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Hey b-side baddies🙈🙊🙉 We are in the fin

Hey b-side baddies🙈🙊🙉

We are in the final stretch of the semester 🤸🤩 it’s time to cram and slam those books 🫡📚📖 whether it is ethereal brain music or the City Girls 🤪😜 what guilty tunes are you studying to 👀👀👀

(But wait…there’s more 😱) As it is our last Discussion Thursday of the semester 💔(ik ik)😪🤧 we want to congratulate the 2024 class for graduating 😍 keep slaying💅🏻 MIC DROP 🎤⬇️

xoxo ~ discussion Thursday baddies

Throw back ⏪: In honor of our last meeting of th

Throw back ⏪: In honor of our last meeting of the semester, we wanted to reminisce about the times we had. What better way than with pictures from our first meeting with both our new and existing members.

We’re sad that another era of B-Side is coming to a close but we’re also excited for what’s to come ✨

If you’ve ever lurked in the digital swamp that

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-pigtailed Hatsune Miku in particular, was a famous denizen of that era. She was almost everywhere depending on which sphere of the web you occupied at the time, especially as Japanese pop culture rose in popularity internationally. Miku is equally renowned today, even performing at Coachella. But who (or what) even is Miku, and why are so many people attracted to her, almost-alien sound?

Find out at berkeleybside.com!

Article by @g.whenn

HAPPY MEME MONDAY 🥝⭐️🩷🌀B-Side wishes

HAPPY MEME MONDAY 🥝⭐️🩷🌀B-Side wishes you an amazing rest of your semester full of #vibes and good #music. YOU GOT THIS! 🫡📚Swipe through for sneak peeks of our TBA upcoming events 😳🥳

🎸PANCHIKO PANCHIKO PANCHIKO🎸 Check out @sof

🎸PANCHIKO PANCHIKO PANCHIKO🎸

Check out @sofiabiagio’s review of the @panchiko_deathmetal concert at @theuctheatre to relive all the details from that special night.

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This week, I had the unbelievable privilege of attending the sold-out @panchiko_deathmetal show at @theuctheatre. Panchiko’s lore runs deep. In the late nineties, they were a British indie band with a dream. They made thirty copies of their demo, D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L (2000), but were never picked up by a record label. In 2016, a copy of this demo was discovered in an Oxfam charity store in Nottingham and was promptly uploaded to 4chan. Since then, Panchiko has skyrocketed to over a million monthly listeners on Spotify alone. If you are ever able to, consider snagging tickets to their next Bay Area show. Until then, enjoy the lore and stream their R>O>T versions on Spotify, where they preserve the original disc rot quality that the songs were discovered in. When you listen to the fuzziness and scrambled audio, thank the magical absurdity of the internet for uncovering the musical genius that is Panchiko.

📝: @sofiabiagio
📸: @r3nscale

Happy Sunday! Today, we take a look back at a pivo

Happy Sunday! Today, we take a look back at a pivotal figure in hip hop. 💿

Poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron was a seminal figure in the fusion of music and activism. His work not only provided a voice for social issues through the medium of soul and jazz, but it also laid the foundation for future generations of musicians, particularly in hip-hop and the neo-soul movement. His ability to weave complex social issues into compelling musical narratives helped bridge a gap between musical genres and gave rise to a new form of political expression in music. His influence is still felt today in the work of artists who use their platform to challenge societal norms and advocate for change.

The song, “We Almost Lost Detroit,” explores topics including nuclear power plants, corporate greed, whistleblowers, and the how the (mis)use of space affects cities and communities. Brian Jackson’s lush keys and ghostly synth mixed with Gil’s prophetic voice and brilliant prose create a powerful musical experience. The track has been sampled in dozens of songs, most notably by Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli’s Black Star, as well as MF Doom.

Check out all these tracks and more on B-Side’s Spotify account! 🎧

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“We Almost Lost Detroit” by Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson
“Brown Skin Lady” by Black Star
“Camphor” by MF DOOM
“Fire” by Rapsody (ft. Moonchild)
“The People” by Common and Dwele (prod. Kanye West)
“Negus Poem 1 & 2” by KeiyaA
“七転八倒” by Microphone Pager
“Keep On” by Grand Puba

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