| We Outside: San Francisco’s Noise Pop Organizers Talk Running Their Homegrown Music Festival | February 26, 2025 |
Pranav Trewn delivers the latest edition of his We Outside column, speaking to the organizers of a unique San Fransisco festival about the process of putting it together, ticket prices and more.
A conversation with Pitchfork Music Festival’s Seth Dodson and Liz Pesnel about telling stories through scheduling, a consumer-first approach to sponsorships, and welcoming criticism.
| We Outside: The 2024 US Festival Market is the Canary in the Coal Mine for Music Curiosity | March 11, 2024 |
For the first edition of his new We Outside column, Pranav Trewn dives into the state of the US festival market in 2024 – filling IG with posters eager to grab your attention, but relying on mass appeal names in efforts to offer a “well-rounded” lineup.
| On the Ground at Primavera Sound Los Angeles | September 21, 2022 |
Primavera's stop in L.A. State Historic Park recaptures some of the magic that Fuck Yeah Fest left behind, Reed Jackson (and briefly Jeff Weiss) write.
Pranav Trewn gets back into the groove of live music in a post-pandemic world with San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival.
| Hella Personal Music Festival: How Artists Are Fighting Back Against Corporate Dominance | August 12, 2016 |
After several uninspiring summers, this year’s festival run finds artists seizing control of increasingly corporatized spaces and performing for themselves.
| Jungle Brings The Funk Like Your Grandpa’s Feet | July 17, 2014 |
Brad Beatson can give it to you but whatcha gon’ do with it? I’ve got this image of everybody standing on the beach somewhere, and there’s this festival on the beach and everyone’s having a really great time. There’s like people surfing, sharks in the ocean, police cars are like pulling up on the beach. […]
