Q&A: Still Woozy Chats About New Album: If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is Jax Samsell August 27, 2021 Interview, Uncategorized Still Woozy, otherwise known as Sven Gamsky, released his debut album, If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is on August 13th, 2021. The new album contains 13 tracks with each one drawing influence from an...
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 conversation with Hear in Color Noah Larsen May 24, 2021 Interview, Uncategorized One of the stand-out qualities of Hear in Color is that they aren’t just an up-and-coming band—they’re a tight-knit family of musicians looking to share meaningful art with the world. They seamlessly fini...
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...
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...
Album Review: Pixel Bath Sravya Gadepalli November 22, 2020 Album Review, Reviews Jean Dawson’s Spotify bio reads “The life and times of a boy exploring identity, intimacy, and escapism,” and that sums up his sound pretty well. Standing as his debut studio album, Pixel Bath (2020) is ...
Television Tunes: Ramy Sravya Gadepalli October 29, 2020 Columns and Opinions, Uncategorized Warning: This article contains a few spoilers from Ramy Seasons 1 & 2 Well into the second season of Ramy, a series following an Egyptian-Muslim’s spiritual journey, we find Ramy’s sister Dena fall ...
Brittany Howard: a god amongst us Makaila Heifner November 28, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos I think idolizing others is a dangerous game. It creates a false sense of normalcy and places people on a pedestal that is unreachable and ridiculous. With this being said, I am also fully aware of my own idoli...
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...
Local artist on the rise: an interview with Kaden Michelle Castillo May 10, 2019 Interview Los Angeles native and current UC Berkeley student Kaden has already made his mark in the Bay Area music scene. From learning the piano at a young age to joining the School House Rock program to producing his o...
I drew three vials of blood and went to a Bear Hands concert Sunny Sangha April 2, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Before I start, I should clarify: I did not draw blood then decide to go to the Bear Hands concert. I also didn’t decide that the perfect day to draw three vials of blood would be the day of the concert. It k...
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 ...
March madness: music news you need to know about now Erika Badalyan March 27, 2019 Mixtapes Berkeley has been a pretty kooky place lately: people are recovering from their first wave of midterms, the weather has been unpredictable as ever, and will Apple News ever bring positivity back into our notifi...
The 2019 Bay Area Noise Pop Festival Welcomes Crumb Tovah Popilsky March 11, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews As the 2019 Bay Area Noise Pop Festival came to a close, Crumb, comprised of members Lila Ramani (guitar/vocals), Jesse Brotter (bass), Brian Aronow (synth/keys, percussion, reeds), and Jonathan Gilad (drums), ...