A brief history of the Nueva canción movement Natalia Girolami November 15, 2022 Blog, folk, Music History When my abuela was a little girl, her mother allowed her to play with the neighborhood kids in the street under one condition: she must be home by tea time, which was three o’clock on the dot. She told me the...
A Witch’s Words of Wisdom: Florence + The Machine and More Layla Mahmoud October 31, 2022 Columns and Opinions It was on a full blood moon in October that Florence and The Machine took the stage at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. As I stood in the audience, an overwhelming feeling of serendipity fel...
From the mind of Björk spawns Fossora Jackie Greene October 31, 2022 Album Review, Columns and Opinions, Reviews, Rock With no choice but to isolate during the pandemic, many of us, in our collective boredom, spent our days coping with various outlets. Some of us took up new hobbies, like baking bread or crocheting. Others look...
The musical genius of Devonté Hynes Natalia Girolami October 28, 2022 Blog, Columns and Opinions When I was thirteen, I watched Gia Coppola’s directorial debut Palo Alto (2013), and believed it was the epitome of cinema and storytelling. I recently watched the movie again and could not help but reflect o...
Sad Woman September: A case study for hyper-specific playlist making Sabrina Herrera September 30, 2022 Blog, Columns and Opinions, Creative Writing, Multimedia In my life I have met two types of people: those who intricately craft a playlist, who will put their life and soul into this playlist, and then those with one mega playlist. For the former there is no such thi...
Festival Diary: A Primavera Sound Experience Layla Mahmoud September 24, 2022 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized The iconic Primavera Sound festival finally made its way to Los Angeles, California on the weekend of September 16th-18th. For two decades Primavera Sound has been spreading music throughout the world. The fest...
How to Not DYE in the Pit: Together Pangea Takes San Francisco By Storm Nico Chodor May 3, 2022 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Together Pangea, Sad Park, and Reckling brought out all the stops Thursday night at Cafe Du Nord for the 29th show of Pangea’s How to DYE tour. Reckling kicked things off as the crowd trickled into the Market...
Rap Music and Rebellion: From Highschool Detention to the Grammys Saida Dahir April 27, 2022 Black Culture, Columns and Opinions, Opinion A rapper's biggest enemy is their K-12 teachers— or so many rap songs like to portray. From Biggie’s “to all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothin'” and Juice Wrld’s “I remember ...
Berkeley’s Musical Exchange Sophia Shen April 17, 2022 Columns and Opinions In the words of Clem Zimmer, Cal alum and synth punk virtuoso, the Bay Area has a rich DIY music tradition. Zooming in on UC Berkeley and its adjacent co-op houses, backyard stages, and student stomping grounds...
Mitski and me Sophia Shen April 5, 2022 Berkeley, Columns and Opinions By the time my friend and I arrived at the Fox for the Mitski concert on March 5, the formidable line was already snaking down the block, terminating on the far side of the adjacent parking lot. With Mitski’s...
True Believer: An All-Inclusive Term Walker Price March 28, 2022 Columns and Opinions, Multimedia, Opinion, Videos – DISCLAIMER: I, the author of this article, have played two of the livestream shows discussed in this article. When mentioning the artists involved, I am not referring to myself. I have tried my best to rema...
Barely Legal: Turning 21 with Is This It Lily Roshan March 15, 2022 Columns and Opinions, Opinion 1 Comment As my twenty-first birthday quickly approaches and with it the looming threat of becoming an actual adult, I’ve been spending much of my time reminiscing and clinging to the last of my adolescent and teenage ...
The Marriage of Dream Pop and Hip-Hop Ally Flygare December 15, 2021 Columns and Opinions, Creative Writing, Multimedia It is of no surprise that hip-hop is one of the broadest genres in music. Foundational to the vastness of its modern sound is the use of sampling, which in short is characterized by isolating the drum beat, cho...
Queer Pop Sensation Zolita Finds Viral Fame Once Again Madeline Roorda November 18, 2021 Columns and Opinions When it first hit the web late September, pop star Zolita’s music video for her newest single, “Somebody I F*cked Once” (2021) became an almost-overnight hit. This newest contribution to pop didn’t just...
A Race to my Downloads with Alex G Ally Flygare November 17, 2021 Album Review, Columns and Opinions, Creative Writing, Opinion Alex G’s 2010 self-released album, Race, is an ode to the trials and tribulations of young adulthood. Released when Alex was a mere 17 years old, the pains of being a teenager growing up in suburban Havertown...