Tagged Music

In the words of Clem Zimmer, Cal alum and synth punk virtuoso, the Bay Area has a rich DIY music tradition. Zooming in on UC Berkeley and its adjacent co-op houses, backyard stages, and student stomping grounds...

I had the pleasure of seeing Junior Mesa performing live at the Fillmore in San Francisco this past Monday. His unique sound— a mix of psychedelic-pop, alt-rock, and indie music–– enraptured the audience ...

By the time my friend and I arrived at the Fox for the Mitski concert on March 5, the formidable line was already snaking down the block, terminating on the far side of the adjacent parking lot. With Mitski’s...

This past Monday night at the Warfield in San Francisco, Still Woozy and company gave their audience the performance of a lifetime. The night's concert consisted of three hour long sets featuring Legwurk, Walli...

As my twenty-first birthday quickly approaches and with it the looming threat of becoming an actual adult, I’ve been spending much of my time reminiscing and clinging to the last of my adolescent and teenage ...

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...