Max Cooper explores the cerebral on his long-awaited debut, Human Joanna Jiang March 5, 2014 Album Review Max Cooper has a Ph.D., a real affinity for Twitter, and a critically acclaimed music career that seemed to come out of nowhere. The UK producer showcased his raw, but expert chops with an electrifying perfo...
Beck reflects on growing up and loneliness with Morning Phase Myra March 1, 2014 Album Review 1 Comment Early reports that Beck’s new album Morning Phase would be a sequel to 2002’s melancholy classic Sea Change sent many fans of sad Beck into a state of delirious excitement. “Blue Moon,” the single rele...
The Weekend Menu, Volume 1 Myra February 27, 2014 The Weekend Menu Every Thursday The B-Side serves you The Weekend Menu. We’ll tap select Bay Area shows we’re definitely going to and hope to catch you at. Follow @berkeleybside on Instagram and Twitter and send us the b...
Pharrell Williams “Happy” to announce G I R L [Stream] Linda Choi February 26, 2014 News Pharrell Williams, prodigy producer, seven-time Grammy winner, and rumored vampire, has recently announced his second studio album, G I R L, set for a March 3rd release date. However, there is no need to wait u...
Natural Child goes Nashville with “Saturday Night Blues” Myra February 21, 2014 Reviews Natural Child Earlier this month, Natural Child released “Saturday Night Blues,” the lead single for their forthcoming album, Dancin’ With Wolves. The four-minute track shows the bluesy Nashville roc...
Pussy Riot highlight the dim side of The Olympics in “Putin Will Teach You How To Love” video Audrey Gertz February 20, 2014 Band of the Week, News Pussy Riot protests in Sochi Just two months out of the gulag, punk rock activists Pussy Riot are still doing what they do best: mucking up those moral foundations the Russian Federation strictly protects. I...
Burial’s Rival Dealer Pushes Uplifting New Sounds Myra December 13, 2013 Album Review Burial, the enigmatic and influential dubstep producer, is notorious for pioneering a haunting, darkly ambient, and fuzzy aesthetic that’s almost instantly recognizable. He released two critically acclaimed ...
Mat Zo’s Damage Control Revitalizes EDM Myra December 12, 2013 Album Review You might have heard of Matan Zohar, a.k.a. Mat Zo, through tracks such as "Rebound" or "The Sky or Bipolar." He is, for the untrained ear, a leading club DJ with killer live mixing chops like in this hour-lon...
Show of the Week: Black Joe Lewis at the Fillmore Myra December 3, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa8v7VsH0IM Black Joe Lewis is having a party, and he wants you to come. The Austin-based musician and his backing band are bringing their funky brand of blues rock to the Bay at...
Government Plates by Death Grips Myra November 15, 2013 Album Review, Band of the Week, Reviews If you’ve heard of Death Grips by now, there’s likely one thing about them you’ve realized: beyond a shadow of a doubt, they don’t really give a fuck—about anything. They want you to know this. In ...
More Than Surface Words: Flower Girl’s Conscious Fairy Queen Transforms and Provokes Myra November 13, 2013 Album Review, Band of the Week, Reviews Every once in a while, a gem of an album appears out of thin air and encapsulates the space around you. Through its brutal honesty, time freezes and enables you to empty your mind in a vacuum of wonder. You b...
Review: Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP 2 Myra November 9, 2013 Album Review, Reviews Even if you’re not an everyday fan of the almighty Slim Shady, you might want to take a moment to indulge in a new spin on the Marshall Mathers experience. The sequel to Eminem’s third studio effort and h...
Get Your Freak On: 12 Great Tracks for Halloween 2013 Myra October 31, 2013 Multimedia BOO. It's our first Halloween here at Resound UC Berkeley, and to get Cal on the spook track, our staff submitted the songs that creep them out most, and what they'll be playing as they suit up for those upcomi...
Interview: Memories of Room 14 with Keep Shelly in Athens Joanna Jiang October 28, 2013 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Interview, Photos, Reviews 1 Comment 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...
Discovering Boldy James Myra October 11, 2013 Album Review, Reviews 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...