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Flatbush Zombies. Photo by Loren Wohl Tuesdays are rough for me. I have class pretty much straight from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. So when I stumbled off the bus in Oakland October 29, I was wondering if I’d be a...

BOO. It's our first Halloween here at Resound UC Berkeley, and to get Cal on the spook track, our staff submitted the songs that creep them out most, and what they'll be playing as they suit up for those upcomi...

On October 23rd, just two days after his engagement to girlfriend Kim Kardashian, Kanye West performed the third concert of his Yeezus Tour at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The tour comes several mon...

Look out Berkeley, there’s a new DJ in town! Last Friday, I had the pleasure of interviewing UC Berkeley’s newest musical entertainer, AlTruest. He has been DJing for three years and was formerly known as ...

New York rapper Pusha T visited Power 105.1's morning show The Breakfast Club a few weeks ago to promote his new album, My Name Is My Name, and the subsequent interview is surprisingly and pleasantly honest. ...

Ah what a beautiful thing the Internet is. With just a random click of an unfamiliar name, you can find the sound that you’re going to be feeding into your ears for the rest of the week. This morning I saw t...

Danny Brown’s new album Old is the story of rap music. It’s the story of Danny Brown too, but he’s just a symbol; a tragic figure for the crumbling colossus that is hip hop, tied up in gold chains and Ni...

Holy Ghost! performing live. Full disclosure: I’m a fan of 80s music, and disco sounds, and most everything DFA Records puts out. So when Holy Ghost! of DFA Records released their new album Dynamics digital...

Who is Boldy James? The rapper is currently a rising star in the hip hop scene. He has already released several mixtapes since 2011, but now he is out with the first single off his upcoming album My 1st Chemist...

It doesn’t get much better than a music festival in Golden Gate Park on a perfect Sunday afternoon--unless it’s free. And the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival always is. Since 2001, Hardly Strictly...

Arriving at the regal Great American Musical Hall in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district on the calm night October 1, I could not have anticipated from the relatively subdued atmosphere of the gathering cro...

Photo by Shervin Lainez In April of this year Xenia Rubinos released her debut album Magic Trix on Ba Da Bing Records. Praise for the record has come from the likes of Pitchfork, NPR, The New Yorker, and coun...

B9 released his eponymous LP at the end of last month, on Friday, September 27. Featuring twelve instrumental tracks, the album swirls with the sensations of dubstep, lounge and drone-y introspection.More spe...

Two Daily Cal correspondents poll headphones-wearing students using the sign, “What Song Are You Listening To?” Did the Daily Cal stop you today? If not, what were you listening to? Maybe a track from The...

Lauryn Hill is back. Not only was she released from jail after being incarcerated due to tax evasion for three months (and paying a sentence of $1 million), but also released a new single this week. The song i...