Trip or Treat with AlTruest: Cal DJ Offers Halloween Dance Mix Myra October 29, 2013 Band of the Week, News 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 ...
Weekend Cover Song: GoldLink Covers TLC Myra October 25, 2013 Band of the Week 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...
Interview: Ottawa Songstress Peach Kelli Pop Penelope Leggett October 10, 2013 Band of the Week, Multimedia, Photos Allie Hanlon of Peach Kelli Pop reflects on recording, new band members, and Sailor Moon. Wearing a bubblegum-pink, puff-paint decorated tee reading "Allie" and signature ponytail, Allie Hanlon's fun, ...
Interview: Soul Punk Xenia Rubinos On Her New Record Magic Trix Myra October 9, 2013 Band of the Week 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...
Hardly Strictly How-To: Apps, Maps, Transpo Tips & Webcast Audrey Gertz October 4, 2013 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews "The wait is over, HSBers!" announced an enthused Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival staff in their late-night October 3rd newsletter. Those HSBers--or Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival goers--are the longt...
Thievery Corporation, Morcheeba, and Afrolicious at Cal Myra September 29, 2013 Band of the Week, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews After a long few months of Bay Area summers, the Saturday of September 21 felt like the first day of seasonal Fall. Waking up to rain after a long Berkeley summer was a bit shocking. I’d almost forgotten a...
…But Music’s Dope: A Second Look At Molly Hype Myra September 21, 2013 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews It was Labor Day weekend in New York City. Award-nominated EDM festival Electric Zoo was gearing up for another solid lineup of high-profile DJ and electronic acts. Everyone was excited for Saturday’s openi...
Mod Mixtapes and Culture Cassettes Joanna Jiang September 18, 2013 Columns and Opinions, Reviews On the Record with Amanda Brown, Jaime Nabrynski, and Dawson Ludwig. It was Thursday, September 12, and the Archaeological Research Facility, one of the older buildings on Cal’s campus, welcomed an eager a...