Tagged The Beatles

“One, two…,” counts Paul McCartney, but he is not about to launch into a rollicking, “Well, she was just seventeen! You know what I mean!” This McCartney count-in is more methodical, of lower timbre, ...

Photo by Gary Friedman I had the wonderful pleasure to see Grace Jones at the Fox Theater for the immensely convenient price of zero dollars. As instructed by the contest-holders, I went to the box office ...

Spotify Blend is the newest feature on Spotify. It syncs your music taste with whoever you send the Spotify blend link to and generates a playlist with similar songs you each would like. It has a song compatibi...

Photo by Robert Freeman Ranked 83rd on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time,” The Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood” lit a fire in the burgeoning psychedelic music community. Part of the folk-...

As we approach the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, examining the impact of social isolation on mental health has become pivotal as we process the year we have spent quarantined. For artists, the faults ...

80 years since October 9, 1940, 40 since December 8, 1980. 40 with John Lennon, 40 without. Saints are often depicted as "holier than thou" impossibilities, people of mythical and dubious origin from a time ...

Regardless of someone’s degree of Beatles fandom, a look at the cover of their final recording reveals a deeper familiarity with the world culture overall. Abbey Road, 1969’s greatest contribution to music,...

All my life I have been fascinated by the Soviet Union's history mainly because my parents were growing up as it was unfolding. I’ve sought out various mediums of art — documentaries, films, and photographs...

 The editorial team of The B-Side has been working on a new column idea: a journal-wide collaboration to let readers know more about us and why we love music. For this week, I posed the all-telling question ...

I am always shocked by the number of people that show up for Gus Dapperton shows in San Francisco. The first shock came earlier this year in April at the Rickshaw Stop. I arrived twenty minutes after doors open...

On January 20, 2017, the day of President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration, a group of English soccer fans released the charting single, “Hey Donald Trump, I Wanna Know Why You’re Such a Cunt,” culminatin...

She is standing at the top of a pearly white set of front angled stairs. The crowd at San Francisco’s The Masonic auditorium roars beneath her. Just half an hour ago, Janelle Monáe seemed cooler than ice. In...

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 ...

Earth Day became a national holiday in 1970, in light of a growing concern for the planet’s health. In the 25 years following World War II, the United States experienced a major increase in the number of cars...

Have you ever heard of The Beatles? I hadn’t either until I googled FIDLAR to conduct research for my upcoming rant on how I got punched in the face at their Pomona show, and this band came up instead. Any...