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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

As an avid music fanatic, I take pride in organizing my artists across the digital plane. For instance, iTunes houses only full albums that exist tangibly somewhere. Spotify is for party playlists. Grooveshark ...

Blowing off steam at Burger Boogaloo On Saturday, July 5, I had the pleasure of (wo)man-ing KALX's merch table on Day 1 of Burger Boogaloo, Burger Records' annual music festival in Oakland's Mosswood Park...

"Blue Sky" was inspired by Lone's Reality Testing (2014) Reality Testing was released June 16th, 2014 on R&S Records. Stream it via THUMP. ...