Lil Peep dead at 21 Adil Siddiqee November 16, 2017 News Los Angeles rapper Lil Peep died Wednesday night before his show in Tuscon, Arizona. He was 21 years old. Born Gustav Åhr, the rising star enjoyed a short period of fame prior to his passing, drawing at...
7 arrested after Mashrou’ Leila Concert in Cairo Michael Elsanadi September 28, 2017 News Seven concertgoers were arrested last week by Egyptian authorities after photo and video evidence showed them waving rainbow flags at the concert of indie rock band Mashrou’ Leila. Hamed Sinno, the band’s l...
Gucci Mane: Rapper or Author? “Yeah I’m Both” Celia Davalos September 21, 2017 News Rapper Gucci Mane has once again left his OG fans amiss with a move that seems off from his customary ethos, which is usually centered around habits like responding to a judge in a court of law with “Bitch I ...
Comedian Chris Hardwick launching ID10T Festival at the Shoreline Edfil Dulay June 7, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News, Previews Music, comedy, comics books -- need I say more? Chris Hardwick's ID10T Festival (June 24 - 25) is everything you and your inner-nerd have been waiting for. Not only will the festival feature big name headlin...
Not by chance, but by intention: Capturing truths with Songwriting at Berkeley Kenneth Zhang April 19, 2017 Columns and Opinions, Interview, News If you find yourself in Dwinelle Hall on a Wednesday night in need of refuge from an endless deluge of midterms, problem sets, and essays, I suggest you make your way to the second floor. Follow the sweet sound...
Civilization, as told by KNXVES Eda Yu April 5, 2017 Blog, News In present human society, it can be hard to truly grasp what being civilized really means — how does one measure human civilization? When do we know whether or not we've surpassed a phase of raw, abstract fee...
Cherry Glazerr releases “Hot Cheetos and Wine” for anti-trump “Our First 100 Days” campaign Veronica Irwin March 27, 2017 News The indie-rock community’s response to President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, the “Our First Hundred Days” project is a currently 57 song long album raising money for organizations focused o...
Migos thrashes white trash in “what’s the price” music video John Lawson March 23, 2017 News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqlzoxTvOkE Migos has never been shy about getting straight to the cash. But the Atlanta-based trio has ascended to rockstar status in the #BlackLivesMatter era, and audien...
Tommy&Company spring into nostalgia on “Outta Town” Eda Yu March 23, 2017 Blog, News "Outta Town" starts slow, with an easy melody and a simple drum line, the occasional synth teasing the ear — up until you hear the adlib, "Tommy!" at 27 seconds in. And then the beat drops. Tommy&Comp...
Ski masks and religion: Stormzy’s transparent debut George Green March 10, 2017 News, Reviews Gang Signs and Prayers (2017) comes at a time when Grime is at it’s strongest. The aggressive, fast paced rap genre has seen exponential success over the past year or so after several Grime acts broke into th...
The cost of fame for Father John Misty Jacob Elsanadi March 7, 2017 News If you’ve managed to avoid the incessant coverage, Josh Tillman, known as Father John Misty (FJM) played a song about having virtual sex with Taylor Swift on Saturday Night Live (SNL) this past weekend. “T...
Michael Lanza’s “Touch” – a Bay debut George Green February 16, 2017 Album Review, Columns and Opinions, Interview, News, Reviews, Uncategorized Courtesy of Michael Lanza Courtesy of Michael Lanza Since the age of three, Michael Lanza has been playing the violin classically; since age 12, he has been playing the saxophone; since age 14, the guit...
Five Years of Killing Time: An Interview with Terry Malts’s Corey Cunningham Matt Sater February 16, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Interview, News The world was a different place five years ago, in the year of our Lord two-thousand and twelve. “Gangnam Style” was the biggest song in the world. People wrote impassioned blog posts about Fifty Shades...
Will Wiesenfeld is a big-haired beach boy in new Geotic video Matt Sater February 7, 2017 News, Reviews, Videos Will Wiesenfeld has a bonkers sense of humor, but it's never been all that evident in his music. Under the moniker Baths, Wiesenfeld's songs have tended towards masochism and darkness far more than they...
Scraping beyond the surface of Spotify Premium Brendan Redmond January 31, 2017 News For $5, you can buy ¾ of a large coffee from Starbucks. Or, you could have unlimited streaming from Spotify for a month. This seems almost too good to be true … but wait! There’s more. Through hours of exp...