Tagged Music

Alex G’s 2010 self-released album, Race, is an ode to the trials and tribulations of young adulthood. Released when Alex was a mere 17 years old, the pains of being a teenager growing up in suburban Havertown...

Whether you only listen to music once in a blue moon, or you always have to have a song playing in the background of every task you complete, we can all agree that there is a song out there that makes us feel u...

As this final virtual semester comes to a close there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel; a promise that as August rolls around, we will be once again flocking to our beautiful campus and not sitting i...

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...

I was surprised the day I learned I was not the only child that escaped into their own music video once the radio turned on. The sorrowful look in the eyes, the distant and longing stare as trees pass the car w...

Bay Area locals and UC Berkeley alumni, Brijean Murphy and Doug Stuart released their debut album, Feelings on February 26, 2021 with Ghostly International. The album incorporates various styles with most not...

Jam sessions: the ones where you sit in a fellow twenty-something year old’s hot-boxed, heatless bedroom while they pluck the strings of their prized guitar. Friends humming along until all thoughts are lost ...

If you’re reading this publication, I’m positive you understand, if not deeply appreciate, the power of music. You know how it makes you feel; how it can give you company, comfort you in sadness, and ampl...

Note to Reader: This article was written on November 7, 2020.Earlier today, Joe Biden was announced President-Elect, alongside Kamala Harris as the Vice President-Elect. Donald Trump’s trainwreck presidency ...

In her essay called “The Lost Races of Science Fiction” published by the acclaimed science-fiction author, Octavia Butler, she wrote, “Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, Amerindians, minority characters, in gene...

Finals week is quickly approaching, and everywhere I look I see students hunched over studying - usually sporting Air Pods or Wireless Beats. Recently, I have been very curious as to what kind of music is featu...

Cooking and music have always been my favorite hobbies. I have loved to cook before I could even reach the counter and picked up my first instrument when I was four year old. When I listened to the iconic recor...

Mikaela Straus, known better as King Princess, recently released her debut album Cheap Queen (2019). The queer pop icon has racked up a lot of attention since dropping three singles last year: “1950,” “Pu...

A soft spotlight brings to life Hozier's shadow as he walks through the smoke. Hozier’s performance at the Greek was like a loud and bright yet sweet and intimate serenade. Despite the hundreds of people,...

This July saw the death of an absolute legend, João Gilberto — Brazilian singer, songwriter, guitarist and pioneer of an entire music genre. In honor of him, I hope to make the Berkeley student body more aw...