Four years later with The Underachievers Fiona Duerr November 2, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Four years ago, I was still in high school, and tickets to FYF FEST were only 100 bucks. FYF was the first music festival I ever attended and I went with a group of friends and my brother, Joe. On the second da...
A$AP brings the Mob to Bill Graham Noah Bogner October 31, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews A$AP Mob shut down Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Wednesday night. In support of their most recent album, Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy (2017), the A$AP Mob’s Too Cozy Tour touched down in San Francisco. They ...
The No More Jobs Tour: Underground hip-hop all the way from Chicago Circe Ament October 30, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Do you have a yearning for lyrical ingenuity, cutting sarcasm, and witty humor in your music? If yes, then get excited because The Palmer Squares are on tour, an underground rap duo from C...
Tyler, The Creator’s new album is really weird Shelby Mayes August 3, 2017 Album Review, Reviews Tyler, The Creator’s new album is really weird. But not the “cause I usually just stalk you and masturbate” kind of weird that had become the main component of his past works -- Flower Boy is the type o...
Fordson Labs shatter stereotypes with two new singles Brendan Redmond July 19, 2017 Reviews When I heard that one of my co-workers, Carter Ward, produces hip-hop music after work, I assumed that it would essentially be a manifestation of memes targeting hometown rappers -- a classic case of a Soundclo...
Vince Staples spouts off on conscious rap rave album Big Fish Theory Veronica Irwin June 27, 2017 Album Review, Reviews Whether speaking up about #blacklivesmatter, all-caps yelling about “UGLY” Schoolboy Q praising his album, or retweeting fans’ posts about their own dead fish and dedicating his album to them, Vince Stapl...
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...
THEY. converts Social Hall to their Nü Religion Rebekah Gonzalez March 18, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews The stress of categorizing their music and performance is not something that Dante Jones and Drew Love of THEY. are concerned with. Through listening to their music and talking with them for a pre-show intervie...
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...
Interview: THEY. want you to join their Nü Religion Kenneth Zhang and Rebekah Gonzalez March 8, 2017 Interview If you’re a fan of Bryson Tiller, Nirvana, or New Edition, you should listen to THEY. immediately. The Los Angeles based “GrungeR&B” duo consists of Dante and Drew, who make music that draws from a di...
In defense of Princess Nokia Veronica Irwin March 5, 2017 Columns and Opinions 1 Comment “That’s what you do when a white boy disrespects you. You punch him in the fucking face.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH-LyInSNYw Those are the words I saw plastered all over my friend...
On Roadhouse 01, Allan Rayman would prefer you meet his alter ego Jordan Aronson March 3, 2017 Album Review, Reviews On the cover of Roadhouse 01 (2017), Allan Rayman stares down the camera, bearded and underexposed. It’s probably the first time listeners have seen him, not that that would upset him – the social-media-and...
Jon Bellion’s dreams come true at Pixar Animation Studios Kenneth Zhang November 14, 2016 Columns and Opinions 1 Comment For most of us, Disney and Pixar animated movies take us back to our childhood. For Jon Bellion, these movies represent more than just that -- they are the core of his inspiration and his artistic evolution. Th...
Lauryn Hill: a re-education Natalie Silver November 10, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Cloaked in an oversized leopard coat and matching pants, Ms. Lauryn Hill clutched the microphone and turned the name of our town into a song of its own. “Berkeley,” she wailed deep into a cover of Nina S...
Run the Jewels burst back onto the scene with “Talk to Me” Jordan Aronson October 25, 2016 News, Reviews There’s a rumble in the distance. It builds on itself, getting louder and louder until a voice emerges with a boom: We return from the depths of the badland With a gun and a knife in our waistband. W...