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Local Natives Release Third Album, Sunlit Youth

Jacob Elsanadi
September 13, 2016
Album Review, News, Reviews
Local Natives have released their third studio album this week amidst mixed reviews. Sunlit Youth (2016), released by Loma Vista Recordings, was preceded by four singles from the album: “Past Lives,” “Vil...

Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, and Kevin Parker create a “Perfect Illusion”

Rebekah Gonzalez
September 9, 2016
News
Following the disappointment and criticism that followed her experimental pop album ARTPOP, Lady Gaga took a substantial amount of time off from the pop music scene. Despite having hinted at new music in Janu...
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The Hush Sound’s comeback tour comes to the Bay Area

Vivian Chen
May 29, 2016
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, News, Previews
After a five-year long hiatus, indie pop-rock band The Hush Sound continues their comeback tour in San Francisco's Social Hall on June 2nd. Since their last album release Goodbye Blues (2008), band member...

On Repeat: Bandcamp heroes’ new single

Leka Gopal
April 16, 2016
News, Reviews
It’s hard to explain the type of music Colorado-based band On Repeat makes. You could use the words “alternative” or “indie” or “rock” or even “alternative indie rock” but they don't really en...

Zayn takes best direction with “Pillowtalk”

Leka Gopal
January 28, 2016
News
Ten months and four days. Not even a whole year has gone by since Zayn Malik departed One Direction to “be a normal 22-year-old” and simultaneously pursue a solo career. Twenty-eight days into the new year,...

Wet announce release date for debut album, Don’t You

Brendan Gibson
September 26, 2015
Album Preview, News
Brooklyn-based electronic pop trio Wet have announced via Twitter that their highly anticipated debut album, Don’t You, will be released on January 29 through Columbia Records. Preceding the announcement ...

Calling all music enthusiasts: The B-Side is hiring for Fall 2015

Myra
August 31, 2015
News
As August draws to a close, we Cal students are collectively wrought with the feeling of summertime sadness -- the dog days are over, as is welcome week, and we're left scrambling in the second week of classes...

Gallery: Pitchfork Music Festival 2015 keeps focus on music

Penelope Leggett
July 26, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, News, Photos
CHICAGO -- Music enthusiasts gathered for the 10th annual Pitchfork Music Festival that took place July 17-19. The festival lineup's fusion of up-and-coming acts with those already influential and establish...

BFD 2015: The scorching sun couldn’t stop anyone

Edfil Dulay
June 13, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, News, Photos
Twenty One Pilots Last weekend, courageous concert-goers braved UV rays and endured sunburns to rock out to LIVE 105's Big Fucking Day filled with a slew of great music. With a solid lineup separated i...

Song Exploder hosts dynamic duo Matmos at Megapolis Audio 2015

Joanna Jiang
June 11, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, News
M.C. Schmidt posed an important question last Sunday during a live Song Exploder event at the fourth annual Megapolis Audio Festival. Schmidt, one half of formerly-local-now-Baltimore-based experimental mus...

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...

Lemaitre electrify Cal students on picturesque Memorial Glade

Angelica Zocchi and Luke Sheard
March 21, 2015
Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, News
Memorial Glade is often seen as the most serene part of an otherwise frenzied UC Berkeley campus, and Norwegian electro-funk duo Lemaitre's presence helped keep up this reputation. On a Saturday afternoo...

“The Flags of the Old Regime” of Amy Winehouse and Peter Doherty

Maddy Smith
March 10, 2015
News
Out of rehab in Thailand and making a new album with The Libertines, Peter Doherty is bursting back into the music scene with a single written for his friend Amy Winehouse and released in aid of The Amy Win...

My Morning Jacket: Rainbows, Big Decisions, and The Waterfall

Conner Smith
March 5, 2015
Album Preview, News
Nothing short of a bursting ray of sunshine, My Morning Jacket’s latest single “Big Decisions” shows us just how worth it the almost four-year wait since the release of Circuital (2011) has been and s...

Kelela releases video for Arca collab “A Message” from upcoming EP

Jay Kwok
March 3, 2015
News
R&B darling of the LA-based Fade to Mind label Kelela has shared the first cut off of her forthcoming Hallucinogen EP. Produced by Arca, “A Message” has been in the works for some time, originating from...
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