Local Natives Release Third Album, Sunlit Youth Jacob Elsanadi September 13, 2016 Album Review, News, Reviews Local Natives have released their third studio album this week amidst mixed reviews. Sunlit Youth (2016), released by Loma Vista Recordings, was preceded by four singles from the album: “Past Lives,” “Vil...
Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, and Kevin Parker create a “Perfect Illusion” Rebekah Gonzalez September 9, 2016 News Following the disappointment and criticism that followed her experimental pop album ARTPOP, Lady Gaga took a substantial amount of time off from the pop music scene. Despite having hinted at new music in Janu...
The Hush Sound’s comeback tour comes to the Bay Area Vivian Chen May 29, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News, Previews After a five-year long hiatus, indie pop-rock band The Hush Sound continues their comeback tour in San Francisco's Social Hall on June 2nd. Since their last album release Goodbye Blues (2008), band member...
On Repeat: Bandcamp heroes’ new single Leka Gopal April 16, 2016 News, Reviews It’s hard to explain the type of music Colorado-based band On Repeat makes. You could use the words “alternative” or “indie” or “rock” or even “alternative indie rock” but they don't really en...
Zayn takes best direction with “Pillowtalk” Leka Gopal January 28, 2016 News Ten months and four days. Not even a whole year has gone by since Zayn Malik departed One Direction to “be a normal 22-year-old” and simultaneously pursue a solo career. Twenty-eight days into the new year,...
Wet announce release date for debut album, Don’t You Brendan Gibson September 26, 2015 Album Preview, News Brooklyn-based electronic pop trio Wet have announced via Twitter that their highly anticipated debut album, Don’t You, will be released on January 29 through Columbia Records. Preceding the announcement ...
Calling all music enthusiasts: The B-Side is hiring for Fall 2015 Myra August 31, 2015 News As August draws to a close, we Cal students are collectively wrought with the feeling of summertime sadness -- the dog days are over, as is welcome week, and we're left scrambling in the second week of classes...
Gallery: Pitchfork Music Festival 2015 keeps focus on music Penelope Leggett July 26, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, News, Photos CHICAGO -- Music enthusiasts gathered for the 10th annual Pitchfork Music Festival that took place July 17-19. The festival lineup's fusion of up-and-coming acts with those already influential and establish...
BFD 2015: The scorching sun couldn’t stop anyone Edfil Dulay June 13, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, News, Photos Twenty One Pilots Last weekend, courageous concert-goers braved UV rays and endured sunburns to rock out to LIVE 105's Big Fucking Day filled with a slew of great music. With a solid lineup separated i...
Song Exploder hosts dynamic duo Matmos at Megapolis Audio 2015 Joanna Jiang June 11, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, News M.C. Schmidt posed an important question last Sunday during a live Song Exploder event at the fourth annual Megapolis Audio Festival. Schmidt, one half of formerly-local-now-Baltimore-based experimental mus...
Turning the tide on streaming services: a socioeconomic reflection Joanna Jiang April 4, 2015 Columns and Opinions, News We used to listen to a few songs repeatedly. Now we can listen to more songs, with fewer repetitions. In its latest campaign, TIDAL describes itself as “the future of music streaming.” The service wa...
Lemaitre electrify Cal students on picturesque Memorial Glade Angelica Zocchi and Luke Sheard March 21, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, News Memorial Glade is often seen as the most serene part of an otherwise frenzied UC Berkeley campus, and Norwegian electro-funk duo Lemaitre's presence helped keep up this reputation. On a Saturday afternoo...
“The Flags of the Old Regime” of Amy Winehouse and Peter Doherty Maddy Smith March 10, 2015 News Out of rehab in Thailand and making a new album with The Libertines, Peter Doherty is bursting back into the music scene with a single written for his friend Amy Winehouse and released in aid of The Amy Win...
My Morning Jacket: Rainbows, Big Decisions, and The Waterfall Conner Smith March 5, 2015 Album Preview, News Nothing short of a bursting ray of sunshine, My Morning Jacket’s latest single “Big Decisions” shows us just how worth it the almost four-year wait since the release of Circuital (2011) has been and s...
Kelela releases video for Arca collab “A Message” from upcoming EP Jay Kwok March 3, 2015 News R&B darling of the LA-based Fade to Mind label Kelela has shared the first cut off of her forthcoming Hallucinogen EP. Produced by Arca, “A Message” has been in the works for some time, originating from...