DAMN.: a poetic paradox
How do I even begin to formulate language around an album that initially left me speechless? I don’t know, but here goes nothing:
On April 14th, 2017, a day that will be remembered for years to come, Kend...
The Year in Music
This past weekend I had a conversation with a former B-Side contributor about the merits of my favorite fruitless activity: compiling my coveted year-end albums list. As someone who takes this pointless endea...
The B-Side’s Top 15 Albums of 2016
2016 is nearly over, and with the conclusion of the year come the myriad human attempts to quantitatively evaluate the last three-hundred sixty-five days through year-end and best-of lists and rankings. Conti...
Symbiosis Gathering reunites with resonance amid transformational spaces
Bay Area and Nor Cal subscribers, stop what you are doing and clear your calendars for the weekend of September 17-20. Just outside of Oakdale on the Woodard reservoir -- a mere two-hour drive from the bay -- a...
Flume commandeers Tuesday evening at the UC Davis ARC Pavilion
With its quiet suburbs, swarms of bicycles, and (of course) cow population -- Davis may seem like an unlikely place to host one of electronic music's rising stars. However, thanks to the ASUCD Entertainment...