The Wonderful World of Wolf Alice
On Saturday night of Halloween weekend, I had the pleasure of seeing Wolf Alice at August Hall in San Francisco. As I walked to the venue from the train station, I began to fill with excitement. The streets wer...
When Did My Playlists Include So Much Linkin Park?
Before last year, I never would have pegged myself as a post-grunge, nu-metal fanatic, but since the rebirth of 2000s music and pop culture, I have found myself banging out a little too much to My Chemical Roma...
Machine Gun Smelly
Following his embarrassing feud with Eminem, a rapper who’s pushing fifty and still failing to recreate the music that made him big in the first place, rapper Machine Gun Kelly attempted to subvert the rap i...
The Academic releases new EP, “Community Spirit”
In the last year, many 20 Somethings have found themselves back in their childhood bedrooms due to the pandemic. While this dramatic shift of lifestyle may not have been ideal for many, Irish band The Academic ...
6 Feet Beneath The Moon: My Listening Experience at 13 versus 20
Rediscovering artists is one of my most cherished feelings in the world. Maybe you loved the album the first time or maybe you hated it the first time. Regardless, organically stumbling upon an album again afte...
I bought tickets to MGK’s downfall. Here’s how it went.
Machine Gun Kelly, or MGK’s, sixth album Tickets to My Downfall (2020) is a prime example of creativity without limits. The rapper stayed true to his high school roots while straying from his typical sound w...
DGD’s Afterburner will light up your quarantine
If there’s anything that living in the age of COVID-19 has taught me, it’s that there really is no shortage of creativity in the human spirit. Look on any social media page and you’ll find people at home...
An unlikely crossover: George Harrison and Ravi Shankar and their fusion magic
Ravi Shankar is a giant in both Indian classical and world music. From a well-respected, professional family in India, he started his career in the arts as a dancer and later moved to intensive training in lear...
Masochistic and therapeutic: Cage the Elephant at Shoreline Amphitheater
I smiled at my date and told him, “You know… Matt Shultz (the lead singer of Cage the Elephant) was my boyfriend when I was ten. He didn’t know it, but he totally was.” He laughed and commented on how...
Cage the Elephant delivers a sorrowful masterpiece with Social Cues
Opening with lo-fi sound effects broken by a snappy snare drum and crunchy, bright guitar riff, Social Cues (released April 19, 2019) begins with a weird, alt-rock jam entitled “Broken Boy” that perfectly s...
Back together and better than ever: finally, a third Raconteurs album
After more than 10 long years of waiting, fans of the Raconteurs can finally rejoice. Two singles, “Sunday Driver” and “Now That You’re Gone,” were dropped on December 19, 2018, and the band has final...
A venture in the slipstream: Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks turns fifty
There are few albums that seem to have a profound effect on not only its listeners but on fellow musicians as well. Bruce Springsteen said that it gave him “a sense of the divine.” It has been described as ...
The Weekday Morning Playlist
November is almost over, which means if you are anything like me, you are tired. If you’re a student, you are nearing the end of the semester. Procrastination, lack of motivation, and fatigue are beginning to...
Down in the Trench with Twenty Øne Piløts
Over a year-long hiatus has passed since twenty øne piløts’ electrifying conclusion to their EMØTIØNAL RØADSHØW WØRLD TØUR, and their highly anticipated return to the stage has absolutely delivered. C...
The Goo Goo Dolls revisit old hits at The Fillmore
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 ...