New Track ‘Consumerism’ By Lauryn Hill Myra October 5, 2013 Reviews Lauryn Hill is back. Not only was she released from jail after being incarcerated due to tax evasion for three months (and paying a sentence of $1 million), but also released a new single this week. The song i...
Hardly Strictly How-To: Apps, Maps, Transpo Tips & Webcast Audrey Gertz October 4, 2013 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews "The wait is over, HSBers!" announced an enthused Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival staff in their late-night October 3rd newsletter. Those HSBers--or Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival goers--are the longt...
Photos: Max Cooper and String Theory Play Sproul Audrey Gertz October 4, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews UC Berkeley band String Theory opens the free Sept. 26 night show for UK DJ Max Cooper on Cal's Upper Sproul. http://youtu.be/QsBJ9V0EObo media by Audrey Gertz...
Fall Out Boy and Supporting Acts Shine At America’s Cup Pavillion Audrey Gertz October 1, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews On September 21, approximately 7,000 die hard fans of all ages lined up throughout and around America's Cup Pavilion in San Francisco for Twenty One Pilots, Panic! At The Disco, and Fall Out Boy. They stre...
Thievery Corporation, Morcheeba, and Afrolicious at Cal Myra September 29, 2013 Band of the Week, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews After a long few months of Bay Area summers, the Saturday of September 21 felt like the first day of seasonal Fall. Waking up to rain after a long Berkeley summer was a bit shocking. I’d almost forgotten a...
…But Music’s Dope: A Second Look At Molly Hype Myra September 21, 2013 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews It was Labor Day weekend in New York City. Award-nominated EDM festival Electric Zoo was gearing up for another solid lineup of high-profile DJ and electronic acts. Everyone was excited for Saturday’s openi...
Mod Mixtapes and Culture Cassettes Joanna Jiang September 18, 2013 Columns and Opinions, Reviews On the Record with Amanda Brown, Jaime Nabrynski, and Dawson Ludwig. It was Thursday, September 12, and the Archaeological Research Facility, one of the older buildings on Cal’s campus, welcomed an eager a...
Arcade Fire Release Interactive Video for New Single ‘Reflektor’ Myra September 10, 2013 Reviews The Grammy award-winning band Arcade Fire released new single ‘Reflektor’ on September 9, which is also the title track on their upcoming album. ‘Reflektor’ marks a departure from the Montreal-based...
Chamber Music Holds 61st Annual Noon Concert Audrey Gertz September 10, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Friday, September 13, the UC Berkeley Department of Music will sponsor its annual noon concert series at Hertz Concert Hall, located next to the Faculty Club on campus. Open to student and community members,...
Austra Ignites the Fillmore, Shows Love for SF Audrey Gertz September 9, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Katie Stelmanis sings with her band Austra at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Toronto-based band Austra returned to San Francisco on Saturday for the second time this year to promote their well praised sophomo...