Columns and Opinions

The other day, I watched the “Buenos Aires” episode of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown in which Bourdain traverses the capital of Argentina and explores its culture. To get a sense of the place and the peop...

Whenever I introduce a friend to Bob Dylan’s music, I start with a safe album, something like The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963). It’s accessible, and like many of his other iconic albums, can appeal to an...

Twenty-five years ago, on April 5, 1994, the artistic world lost one of its most unique figures, Kurt Cobain. At only 27 years old, the Nirvana frontman’s death has left as much of a void today as it did in t...

I lived in Maui nomadically for a summer to surf, shave ice, camp and repeat in an epic attempt to find myself and escape my biggest fear: committing to a career. During this super indulgent phase of my life, I...

After more than 10 long years of waiting, fans of the Raconteurs can finally rejoice. Two singles, “Sunday Driver” and “Now That You’re Gone,” were dropped on December 19, 2018, and the band has final...

𝒾 𝑔𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔰𝔢 𝔱𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔦𝔰 𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔡 At this point, you’ve probabl...

March 2019 sees the 40th anniversary of one of the most controversial records by the free-thinking guitar virtuoso Frank Zappa, Sheik Yerbouti (1979). The double disc, part-studio, and part-live record was the ...

I’ve decided to give up honest music writing for the sake of pure clickbait, so here we are. This list is absolutely not the definitive top five, but hopefully, it can give a glimpse into the dustier corners ...

Wednesday before spring break, mentally exhausted from endless studying, I could not have been looking more forward to the week off school. Midterms seem to be continuous and I unfortunately have one right when...

Nothing screams punk rock louder than ripped denim, raw vocals and an unapologetically volatile frustration with the “man.” No one brought this to the US with the same success and political charge as the De...

It’s 1:45 pm at Coffee Lab & Roasters in Evanston, Illinois and the place is packed with students with espresso drinks, spread out with laptops studying for exams. The Berkeley B-Side wanted to find out w...

Song covers are scary. They can ruin a song for you, ruin an artist for you, and ruin a mood for you. But at the same time, song covers are exciting. They can reinvent a song, letting it grow through time and c...

What is in a song choice that makes it so sweet? Is it the rhythm, the movement you feel as you dance to it in your messy room? Is it the memory that it gives you of the night you spent with your first crush? T...

A slow-burning candle. Clouds colored in a deep, dusky rose. Dried lavender crumbling through your fingers. Forgive me for playing a bit of word-association, but the above phrases are about as close as I ca...

In honor of all the rain we’ve been getting recently, I decided to write this piece as a way to introduce you all to the wonder that is Burial. If the darkness of underground subways, the smell and sound of r...