Pavement revealed to be on payroll of the haircut industry: true stories with Kieran Clementine Zimmer October 1, 2019 Creative Writing, News STOCKTON - Documents recently released by the Federal Independent Rock Music Investigatory Commission have revealed that the pioneering lo-fi band Pavement have been fooling us all along. A federally-funded inv...
lo fi article to study/chill to Walker Spence August 2, 2018 Columns and Opinions, Interview the beauty of 24/7 live streams is that you can hop in at any point and have very little catching up to do, so in that spirit i’m eschewing capital letters. there are no beginnings and endings, only content. ...
The trajectory of your love life: a playlist Vivian Chen April 20, 2018 Columns and Opinions, Mixtapes "open" - rhye this is where you start. heartbroken, obviously. stay open let's try again. "i was all over her" - salvia palth a little jaded, a little nostalg...
UMI talks activism, Frank Ocean, and remaining authentic Makaila Heifner March 7, 2018 Interview Tierra Umi Wilson, or “UMI,” is a 19 year old Seattle native that is making waves in the neo-soul genre; she has gained the attention of thousands of fans, artists, and producers alike. UMI has already ...
Ariel Pink fools around at The Chapel Rebekah Gonzalez October 20, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Ariel Pink loves champagne, Charles is his girlfriend–not his friend–and he claims he’s not a misogynist. Those were the surface level takeaways from the opening night of Pink’s four night residency at ...
Cuco sweeps audience into lovesick stupor in Bay Area debut Eda Yu September 1, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Around 6 p.m. last Thursday night, fans lined out the door and around the block of the New Parish, Downtown Oakland’s intimate, high-energy music venue. Preparing for the sold-out show to come, the small crow...
Jons on their vinyl release and low-tech sound in the digital age Ally Mason April 11, 2017 Interview Keenan Mittag-Degala and Patrick Rendel have been hard at work. However, right now they have just discovered the new Mrs. Pacman feature on Google Maps, giggling like a couple of teenagers out past curfew. ...
Lo-fi love: torch songs of the indie realm Vivian Chen November 22, 2016 Columns and Opinions I learned about the term “torch song” a while ago, during a session of listening to covers of pop songs (my unfortunate guilty pleasure) when one was labeled “in a torch song style.” The majority of the...
Milagres opens “under sheets of light” at Brick & Mortar Joanna Jiang March 22, 2014 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Yesterday night, San Franciscans could simultaneously go out and feel at home, hugged by the fuzzy timbre of layered keys and sweet falsetto. Milagres waxed and waned on The Brick & Mortar stage, opening fo...
Black Lips release new video, new album; crash town Joanna Jiang March 19, 2014 News Having accumulated over 10,000 views in a day, the new Black Lips video is probably one of the most successful high school film productions the Internet has ever seen. But Black Lips isn't a high school band. ...
Q&A: Kyle Wilson of Milagres on Violent Light, Prince, and fedoras Joanna Jiang March 8, 2014 Interview Milagres Brooklyn phenomenon, Milagres, released Violent Light, a follow-up to 2011’s Glowing Mouth last week. The new album embodies the same lo-fi Brooklyn glitz of their first album, with big falsetto cho...
