Reviews

Psychedelic funk-rock, blue-house and lo-fi kaleidescopism (and any other vague hyphenation, for that matter), cannot even begin to characterize Darkside’s new release.Following their midsummer re-work of D...

On October 23rd, just two days after his engagement to girlfriend Kim Kardashian, Kanye West performed the third concert of his Yeezus Tour at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The tour comes several mon...

She’s a petite young girl with large eyes that go from worried to incandescently happy when she is in her realm. Her realm? Kypseli, Athens – the one she, who goes by Sarah P., and bandmate RΠЯ (pronounce...

New York rapper Pusha T visited Power 105.1's morning show The Breakfast Club a few weeks ago to promote his new album, My Name Is My Name, and the subsequent interview is surprisingly and pleasantly honest. ...

It was cold, to say the least. I was zooming back from class when I spotted Palma Violets kicking back on the steps of Sproul Hall facing a crowd of eager fans. At that moment, I knew 50 degree weather would ha...

If you ever plan to get famous based on your actual music--and not for the punchline it could become--you might want to remember to take care of those pesky recording debts you owe. Like, you know, make sure ...

Danny Brown’s new album Old is the story of rap music. It’s the story of Danny Brown too, but he’s just a symbol; a tragic figure for the crumbling colossus that is hip hop, tied up in gold chains and Ni...

Melodic intricacies pour out from the speakers as my eyes transfix on a mash-up of what can only be described as a 1920s Fantasia vibe induced with Lucy singing in the Sky with the biggest Diamond she can get h...

October 8, 2013. 6:30 p.m. U.C. Berkeley. I raced out of class at the pinpoint of sunset. I was about 100 feet from Zellerbach Hall’s infamous theater, where Fiona Apple was scheduled to perform with SoCal ...

Holy Ghost! performing live. Full disclosure: I’m a fan of 80s music, and disco sounds, and most everything DFA Records puts out. So when Holy Ghost! of DFA Records released their new album Dynamics digital...

Who is Boldy James? The rapper is currently a rising star in the hip hop scene. He has already released several mixtapes since 2011, but now he is out with the first single off his upcoming album My 1st Chemist...

It doesn’t get much better than a music festival in Golden Gate Park on a perfect Sunday afternoon--unless it’s free. And the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival always is. Since 2001, Hardly Strictly...

Arriving at the regal Great American Musical Hall in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district on the calm night October 1, I could not have anticipated from the relatively subdued atmosphere of the gathering cro...

B9 released his eponymous LP at the end of last month, on Friday, September 27. Featuring twelve instrumental tracks, the album swirls with the sensations of dubstep, lounge and drone-y introspection.More spe...

Above: A Christopher Van Redman-designed flyer for UC Berkeley's Resound. Below: Bicycle Day drummer rocks the Cloyne Coop Stage at Resound Magazine UC Berkeley's Oct. 4 launch event.First Friday often denote...