Chronicles of a Diamond – Black Pumas, an album review Megan Darzynkiewicz December 7, 2023 Album Review, Opinion, R&B, Reviews, Rock The first time I heard the Black Pumas was when their song “Colors” popped up on my Spotify Discover Weekly. Since then, it’s become an absolute star on my playlists, with its building chorus and messag...
The Who violin player Katie Jacoby talks about tour life and playing with rock legends Lily Ramus October 30, 2022 Interview, Rock When Katie Jacoby was 15, she emailed The Who asking to perform the violin solo in “Baba O’Riley” at their upcoming show at the Wachovia Center in 2007. While Jacoby never received a response, 15 years la...
“If you get confused, just listen to the music play” Sophie Turovsky February 24, 2019 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews “You see that girl over there?” asked someone in the crowd. “That’s Mariah. All the hippies in Berkeley know her. She’s like the queen of the hippies.” As I stood in the back of the crowd, too intim...
Cage the Elephant: the band of a generation Shayan Shirkhodai December 3, 2018 Columns and Opinions Any sort of rock music, as a whole, has been kicked out of the mainstream since Nirvana’s unfortunate collapse in the mid 90s. Afterwards, few rock bands have consistently topped charts and dominated mainstre...
The Goo Goo Dolls revisit old hits at The Fillmore Shayan Shirkhodai November 10, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Currently on a twentieth anniversary tour of their breakthrough album Dizzy Up The Girl (1998), the Goo Goo Dolls stopped by the Fillmore and reminded the entire audience that good live music never ages. Every ...
Apparently there might actually be something very wrong with living like this: On the road with FIDLAR…again Natalie Silver and Rosie Davidowitz May 15, 2018 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Hi, my name is Natalie Silver, and I am a raging narcissist. Hi, my name is Rosie Davidowitz, and I am a raging narcissist. Hi, my name is Sofia Duarte, and I am Editor-In-Chief. Hi, we're FIDLAR, and who ...
Chaotic, ambitious, and lovely: Jack White’s Boarding House Reach Shayan Shirkhodai April 3, 2018 Album Review, Reviews “You people are totally absurd”: Jack White tells us how he really feels all throughout his new album, Boarding House Reach (2018). The record covers a wide variety of social critiques and strangely, but f...
Roger Daltrey defies age at the Fox Theater Shayan Shirkhodai March 20, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Roger Daltrey may have gotten older, but his voice has not aged one bit. The 74-year-young frontman of infamous British rock band, The Who, proved to the Fox Theater that age is nothing more than a number. Welc...
BREAKING: B-Side editor-in-chief pops mosh cherry Natalie Silver February 26, 2018 News Pomona, CA — On Feb. 25, The B-Side received an anonymous report that Sofia Duarte, one of the Editors-in-Chief of The B-Side, the premier music magazine of the number one public university in the world,...
Queens of the Stone Age rule San Francisco Shayan Shirkhodai February 4, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Flashy lights, double-neck guitars, drum solos, and an incredible frontman — Queens of the Stone Age delivered on all these fronts (and more) when rocking out at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium this past Th...
