Soul, Sparkle, and Stardom: Molly Grace Preaches in Berkeley Sailor Hill December 17, 2024 Berkeley, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Funk, LGBTQ+, Local, music, Pop, Reviews, Soul, women in music, women's music “It’s a shame I’m not a religious person because I think I would’ve made a great preacher. So, Berkeley, will you let me take you to church?” With those electrifying words in the latter half of her...
The music of my childhood Lu He December 3, 2024 Blog, Classical, Mandopop, Pop Our generation loves pop. Where I grew up, teenagers blared One Direction and Ed Sheeran as they made trips to the beach and every time I recall my middle school years, my memory is tinted with a glow of dazzli...
BRAT: a shiny, lime green breakdown Gwen Tam July 23, 2024 Pop, Album Review, Reviews, women in music 1 Comment “Who the fuck are you? I'm a brat when I'm bumpin' that.” This summer has been colored lime green and it’s all Charli xcx’s fault. Charli xcx’s latest album BRAT (2024) has taken over the pop mu...
Governors Ball: NYC’s unofficial start to summer splashes away expectations with SZA, 21 Savage, and Post Malone Natasha Thussu Dhar June 24, 2024 music, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Previews, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Local, Photos, Pop, R&B, Rap, Reviews, women in music 1 Comment What would a summer in NYC be without a music festival luring in audiences from all across the Tri-State area? The sun could not shine as bright around here without Gov Ball each year! As a local growing up ...
The world is… Hatsune Miku’s? What to know about Vocaloid Gwen Tam April 21, 2024 Music History, International, Opinion, Pop 1 Comment If you’ve ever lurked in the digital swamp that was the Internet during the 2000s to early 2010s, chances are, you have encountered, in some form, Vocaloids and Vocaloid music. The ever-present, blue-pigtaile...
Only in Your Wet Dreams: A Double Feature on Snow Wife & Wet Leg Jenai Johns-Peterson April 17, 2024 dance, EDM, indie scene, Indie-Rock, LGBTQ+, Pop, Reviews, women in music Skydiving off of a building. Skinny dipping with your best friend. Committing arson in the dead of night. Have you done any of these actions that I cannot legally condone? No? Well, neither have I. This, howeve...
Gayathri Krishnan: Rockstar Shit, Genre-Bending R&B, and Manifesting Dreams Andrew Zendejas March 19, 2024 R&B, Interview, LGBTQ+, Ones to Watch, Pop, Womens History Month Gayathri Krishnan is an artist on the rise hailing from the City of Angels who is capturing the attention of audiences everywhere with her luscious, captivating voice and her unique approach to the artistry of ...
Love like religion: A Dollface album review Katie Hulse March 18, 2024 Creative Writing, Album Preview, Album Review, Columns and Opinions, folk, indie, indie scene, indie-pop, music, Music Composition, Opinion, Pop, Reviews, women in music, women's music Hana Bryanne released her debut album titled Dollface on September 15, 2023, at twenty years old. It was written entirely by Bryanne and produced by Carter Jahn and Maxwell Bienert. Its namesake deriv...
There Must Be Something About Stephen Sanchez: The Troubadour Performs His Biggest Show To Date Andrew Zendejas November 8, 2023 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Oakland, Pop I still remember the first time I encountered Stephen Sanchez. I was scrolling through TikTok and a video with Sanchez in a hospital room waiting for his doctor came up on my feed captioned: “POV: You’ve be...