Opinion

I don’t want to write about music. What is music when the pulse of a homeland is extinguished by the looming threat of more bombings and more death? Music is the rhythm of a mother rocking her baby to slee...

In early 2021, a friend of mine sent me a link to a TikTok accompanied by an innocuous message somewhere along the lines of, “Thought you’d like this.” Intrigued, I clicked, and a curly-haired girl in a p...

The winter season has become synonymous with Spotify Wrapped season, wreaking havoc upon us trembling listeners, fearful of what our Wrapped will unearth. Maybe you listened to Your Best American Girl by Mitski...

At last year’s Outside Lands, Moses Sumney gave a cathartic performance. Clad in latex and a leather skirt, his voice pierced the San Francisco fog, entrancing the audience in his siren song. And it was throu...

The San Francisco Ballet’s production of Cinderella takes a modern twist on the classic fairytale, where in place of magic, mice, and wands that go bippity-bobbity-boop, there are Four Fates, colorful spirits...

The Breeders, a band that rose to fame in the nineties, was formed when Pixies bassist Kim Deal desired more; she wanted to be a frontwoman whose words were at the center of the music she was producing. I stumb...

Mohammed Assaf, photo by Ibrahim Alalami A simple song can be integral to a culture, becoming almost second nature to those who value it. Mohammed Assaf’s “Dammi Falastini” is as natural and essential...

  Beginning as a clothing brand but later popularized as an independent record label and rap collective from Buffalo, NY, Griselda is known now for its star-studded lineup of artists who go by the names o...

Alright. Before I begin, I must preface that I am not an avid ballet or dance observer. However, in the San Francisco Ballet’s opening night performance of their newest show, The Colors of Dance, it honestly ...

The public’s lasting perception of 60s pop-rock band the Monkees sounds a little like this: a Neil Diamond impersonator screaming out to a group of picnicking families, “How many of you remember a Saturday ...

When asked how rap music makes you feel, a few things probably come to mind. You might remember your heart rate rising or your mind speeding up against the rapid beat. Whether it’s at a concert among the wild...

Gunk zine issue 4 by Bikceem Ramdasha Riot grrrl is an underground feminist punk movement that originated in the 1990s in the Pacific Northweast of the United States, although some argue the genre truly sta...

It’s July of 2011 and I’m 8 years old. Settled in the gray area between the second and the third grade, my summer days are spent reading upside down with my feet in the air and playing soccer religiously. M...

If you are on TikTok, you have probably heard the name Addison Rae. She is the fourth most followed person on the social media platform, and has amassed over 88 million followers (as of December 2022). She hail...

Kanye West is a rapper, songwriter, producer, and designer; essentially, he's one of the most accomplished artists of this generation. He has an ego to compete with his fame and an influence that affects millio...