Words about words: songs inspired by books and novels Katie Hulse October 17, 2023 Columns and Opinions, Cultural Commentary, Music Consumption, Music History Words hold immense power, and they often inspire and influence each other over time with the multitudes of organizations and contexts they combine to form. All writings, from lyrics, to poetry, novels...
“The Other Woman” has always been Black: Lana Del Rey’s viral cover of Jessie Mae Robinson’s masterpiece Gianna Caudillo February 24, 2023 Black Culture, Columns and Opinions 1 Comment “2023 is the year of female rage,” says the caption on a TikTok showing a conventionally attractive white woman, eyeliner done like Priscilla Presley’s, dress straight out of Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)...
Young Queer Boys & Female Pop Stars: A Relationship That Transcends Generations and Isolation Adrian Ceja November 26, 2022 LGBTQ+, Opinion It was 2009. I was 6 years old sitting in the backseat of my parents’ car. We were driving in the car on the freeway, and all of a sudden I heard a sound. ‘Mum mum mum mah’ filled the space around me whil...
Destined for superstardom: Rina Sawayama “holds the girl” in Oakland Adrian Ceja November 26, 2022 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Oakland In April of 2020 I stumbled upon an artist who just released their debut studio album. That same artist would soon become one of my favorite artists of all time. Her name is Rina Sawayama. There are so many wor...
Could I beat my most listened to artists of 2022 in a fight? Adrian Ceja November 21, 2022 Creative Writing 2022 is almost over and that means a flurry of Instagram stories showing everyone’s most listened to music of the year is fast approaching. I use Apple Music rather than Spotify, so I do not get the artistic ...
God Bless Ethel Cain, and Other American Musings Annie Bush October 27, 2022 Opinion, Rock Recently, I’ve been spending a great deal of my algorithm-guided time online obsessing over the idea of absolution. I’m not the only one. Over the past couple of months, there’s been an alarming rise in i...
13 Tumblr Albums & Their Berkeley Counterparts Adrian Ceja April 24, 2022 Berkeley, Creative Writing, Opinion The year is 2015. You are 14 years old getting ready for school and looking for your pair of Doc Martens. Your parents come in and you quickly hide your pack of cigarettes. Your room is filled with posters of L...
The Weeknd aims for the trees with Starboy Adil Siddiqee December 6, 2016 Album Review, Reviews Depending on when you first heard him, Abel Tesfaye - the man behind The Weeknd - has delivered a variation of impressions. Those who first heard of The Weeknd when he released one of the mixtapes within his Tr...
Lana Del Rey stuns at the Hollywood Bowl with a cinematic presence Angelica Zocchi May 24, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews On Monday night, New York songstress Lana Del Rey delivered a tempestuous performance at LA's Hollywood Bowl that kept a flower-crowned, Coachella-withdrawn audience exhilarated. Or, to say the least, her...
Lana Del Rey’s midsummer dream comes alive on new single and video, “West Coast” Ning April 15, 2014 News, Reviews 1 Comment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3SqUUoJjW8 Yesterday, Lana Del Rey premiered her new single “West Coast”, an exquisite, slow-tempo counterpart of “Summertime Sadness.” After surprising Coachella fans ...