Field Notes: Electric adventures in London’s new undisputed reign Conner Smith June 17, 2015 Columns and Opinions 1 Comment London. Some call it the most expensive city in the world; others call it the land of deflated dreams and broken spirits. Some call it the hub of everything and anything exciting; a melting pot; a chaotic m...
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...
Bay Area’s Never Young present a standout sophomore effort with self-titled EP Patricia Villon March 30, 2015 Album Review, Staff Pick In the world of noise rock, it’s easy for artists to adhere to recurring structures when attempting to craft an avant-garde tone, resulting in music that tends to fall flat and indistinguishable. However...
Spotlight: Postmodern Jukebox gain momentum from YouTube beginnings, are not a gimmick Angelica Zocchi March 18, 2015 Columns and Opinions, Staff Pick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeDgZIw28Fk “Instead of calling a song a rock song, or a hip-hop song, or a pop song, songs just are. And whatever you choose to do with them is up to you...” In this state...
Revisiting a recluse: Earl Sweatshirt’s Doris Dan Savo February 23, 2015 Album Review, Columns and Opinions Last Friday, Drake delivered one of the most successful online music debuts in recent cyberhistory. A 17-track mixtape, typically a free gimmick used as promotion for an upcoming project such as an EP or st...
Hear, Here: The B-Side recaps releases of 2014 Myra December 31, 2014 Staff Pick 1 Comment 2014 was not the easiest; from injustice in the domestic legal system to constant violence plaguing the international community, these are the records that got us through the chaos. Fueling our midnight study s...
Thriftworks gets a cat: Or, Thriftworks expands catalogue with Fade, Fader, Fadest Joanna Jiang December 9, 2014 Album Review, Band of the Week 2 Comments The first thing you should know about Jake Atlas is that he’s not a DJ. Funny that, when most electronic artists get a kick out of spinning live, Atlas isn’t interested in turning up an inebriated dance flo...
The motley foolishness of Mark Morris Dance Group fueled by Beethoven, Cutler, and Cowell Etan Khanal October 27, 2014 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews "The Muir". Credit: Richard Termine. Dance can be funny and whimsical, idiosyncratic and beautiful -- characteristics overlooked or under-appreciated by today’s audiences, particularly by college studen...
Remembering The Spaceape, Stephen Samuel Gordon Jay Kwok October 5, 2014 Columns and Opinions, News On Thursday morning, dubstep MC/poet Stephen Samuel Gordon, known to most as The Spaceape, passed away after a five-year struggle with a rare form of cancer called Neurolymphomatosis. Gordon’s condition ...
YouTuber Wisdom: The Voidz — “Human Sadness” Jade Theriault September 8, 2014 Blog 2 Comments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8k3qB61lhk “Human Sadness,” a difficult single off The Voidz's new album Tyranny, sounds like something Julian Casablancas would do, on steroids. Pieces of this song can b...
Feature: Music photographer Daniel Topete Audrey Gertz August 27, 2014 Columns and Opinions, Interview At the height of Death Grips' breakup last month, I came across a photographer who caught my eye: New York City's Daniel Topete. I'd just started my own serious venture into photojournalism, capturing bands wit...
Camp Life at Roskilde Festival 2014 Penelope Leggett August 20, 2014 Blog, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos Copenhagen, Denmark* -- Attended by over 130,000 concert-goers, Roskilde is one of Europe's largest festivals; yet, few in the States have caught wind of this amazing nordic event. Located in the town ...
BLAUS debut as an experiment gone right Joanna Jiang August 4, 2014 Album Review, Band of the Week, Interview On August 5th via Tricycle Records, Nathan and Zach Blaustone offer their debut work as BLAUS, a self-proclaimed “Booty House” duo. The brothers, based in San Francisco, “merge live instrumentation wi...
Photo Set: Cloud Nothings, Metz, and The Wytches at Great American Music Hall Audrey Gertz July 9, 2014 Blog, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Metz at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on July 7, 2014 This is not hyperbole; this is how it went down: a monster lineup of Toronto's Metz, Ohio's Cloud Nothings, and UK band The Wytches endorse...
A midsummer night’s roundup: notable albums of 2014 (so far) Myra July 9, 2014 Columns and Opinions As we drift into the heart of summer, The B-Side reflects on records released in the first six months of 2014. The offseason is excellent for catching up on those albums you haven't yet given a good ear to, so...