Hana Bryanne steals hearts with her new single “Klepto” Baylie Raddon July 29, 2021 Reviews Hana McElroy, or Hana Bryanne as she is known on TikTok, took the video-sharing app by storm using just her guitar and her clever lyrics. Since she was last featured on the B-Side, McElroy has transformed her v...
A chat with Berkeley’s Red Expos Jax Samsell May 4, 2021 Interview Los Angeles musician Aidan Finn has found a home within the Berkeley music scene. Finn has been hard at work over the course of the pandemic, writing, recording, mixing, and, ultimately, self-releasing two solo...
The Yolk: The moment a song hits just right Jax Samsell March 18, 2021 Creative Writing, Uncategorized The 2:02 mark of Lorde’s “Buzzcut Season,” off of Pure Heroine (2013) fills me with an inexplicable emotion. The way she harmonizes behind the chorus is heavenly. It‘s a combination of euphoria, mela...
Shoutout to my ex(es) Stephanie Enciso March 1, 2021 Creative Writing, Mixtapes One of the most bittersweet moments after a break up is confronting the link that was created between that ex and music. It’s sweet because they were able to introduce you to music that provided the soundtrac...
6 Feet Beneath The Moon: My Listening Experience at 13 versus 20 Sravya Gadepalli February 23, 2021 Columns and Opinions Rediscovering artists is one of my most cherished feelings in the world. Maybe you loved the album the first time or maybe you hated it the first time. Regardless, organically stumbling upon an album again afte...
Music as media in Downfalls High Amber Ellertson February 21, 2021 Columns and Opinions, Film, Reviews Machine Gun Kelly, or MGK, released the wildly successful pop-punk album, Tickets to My Downfall, in September of 2020. In January 2021, he directed and released a 50-minute masterpiece of a short film, Downfal...
Heaven To A Tortured Mind Album Review Sravya Gadepalli February 2, 2021 Album Review, Reviews 1 Comment Released early in the first few weeks of quarantine, Heaven To a Tortured Mind (2020) is Yves Tumor’s third studio album, and calling it a masterpiece is an understatement. Every single one of Tumor’s proje...
I bought tickets to MGK’s downfall. Here’s how it went. Amber Ellertson November 10, 2020 Album Review Machine Gun Kelly, or MGK’s, sixth album Tickets to My Downfall (2020) is a prime example of creativity without limits. The rapper stayed true to his high school roots while straying from his typical sound w...
11pm at Flog Gnaw Sunny Sangha November 14, 2019 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews “I told her that I loved her, She told me that she boo’d me, Man flog gnaw that was trippy, they wanted Frank but it was just me lil' ol' Drizzy” You’ve seen all those tweets, sympathizing poor mil...
The night before Halloween: Kero Kero Bonito Sunny Sangha November 13, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Lead singer of the band Kero Kero Bonito, Sarah Bonito, who was supposedly found by the band on Reddit, took the stage the night before Halloween at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, California. The stage...
The Drums wakes up and rouses a calm beach town Annie Nguyen November 12, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews The Drums have been a staple of indie-pop for more than a decade. I have been following them since their release of Portamento (2011), and I wait eagerly for every new record. The Drums’ latest album, Brutali...
mxmtoon plays a charming show at the Great American Music Hall Emma Jaeger November 5, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews Oakland native mxmtoon, aka Maia, played a sold-out show at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco this Halloween. The show, framed by an intimate venue, featured many of the songs from Maia’s debut a...
Here comes Mac DeMarco Makaila Heifner May 20, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Mac DeMarco is arguably the closest thing we have to a contemporary Jerry Garcia. He lives on the principles of having fun, loving everyone, and making music. His fans remind me of less-committed Dead-Heads: wo...
Cage the Elephant delivers a sorrowful masterpiece with Social Cues Shayan Shirkhodai April 22, 2019 Album Review, Reviews Opening with lo-fi sound effects broken by a snappy snare drum and crunchy, bright guitar riff, Social Cues (released April 19, 2019) begins with a weird, alt-rock jam entitled “Broken Boy” that perfectly s...
Karen O and Danger Mouse, Lux Prima album review Alice Markman March 27, 2019 Album Review, Reviews Five years after her debut solo album Crush Songs (2014), Karen O (former frontwoman of the iconic 2000s rock band, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) is back. And this time, she’s not alone. On March 15, the ...