Interview

Courtesy of Michael Lanza Courtesy of Michael Lanza Since the age of three, Michael Lanza has been playing the violin classically; since age 12, he has been playing the saxophone; since age 14, the guit...

The world was a different place five years ago, in the year of our Lord two-thousand and twelve. “Gangnam Style” was the biggest song in the world. People wrote impassioned blog posts about Fifty Shades...

There's a few things a gal from Southern California can't live without. Burritos for starters. Somewhere high on that list is surf rock. The Beach Boys, Dick Dale, The Ventures. Sometimes it's hard to indulge i...

In high school perhaps you knew a friend or acquaintance in a band and made the pilgrimage to the local all ages venue, got your hands X'ed and swayed alongside your classmates. Maybe you even had your own band...

They say you learn something valuable from every mistake you make. Sometimes, a mistake teaches you a life lesson, reveals a solution to a problem, or shows you how to become a better person. Other times, a mi...

Don’t be turned away by the 48,000 plays on their top song. Creature Comfort’s talent and originality are not reflected in their current popularity (or lack thereof). I had a chance to Skype with two member...

Con Brio's music is a dynamic collaboration of funk, soul, R&B, and jazz elements, elements that appear in infectiously groovy compilations of tracks on both their EP Kiss the Sun (2015) and newly released...

Greta Kline wishes she’d written “Good Intentions Paving Company” by Joanna Newsom. Greta Kline says that Eminem’s “Stan” is the greatest song of all time. Greta Kline is Frankie Cosmos, and Greta K...

Jack Garratt has effectively proven to the world that he is a jack of all trades (pun sincerely unintended), but more impressively—a master of it all. The British multi-instrumentalist is currently on tour pr...

Following a soulful and powerful performance as the opener for Cat Power at The UC Theatre, we had the supreme pleasure of speaking with the wonderful Jade Castrinos. Two years have passed since Castrinos’ de...

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma has been keeping himself busy. Between running the experimental Root Strata label, producing a ton of impressive ceramic art, re-releasing two of his essential ambient drone recordings from...

Earl St. Clair’s Southern charm can't help but make us feel like we were lounging out on a sunny Saturday afternoon in the Alabama countryside. Last Tuesday, The B-Side had the opportunity to interview Earl ...

After a relatively quiet year, Robert Alfons (main mastermind behind Canadian, dark electronic act TR/ST) posted on Facebook a video last month hinting at a third release. The surprise followed his June announc...

If you were around at The B-Side's original launch, you'll remember Glass Atlas. We caught up with them recently, after a long time no see and ahead of a show this Thursday at The Night Light, to discover the...

I wait to meet Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast in the darkened game room at the back of Brighton Music Hall.  After some time a woman that was unmistakably her walks in the room. She wore a black crop to...