Miley Cyrus is the living embodiment of a well-formulated “fuck it,” and so is her new album, Bangerz. Here’s the thing about Bangerz: It isn’t a great album, but it definitely has a few good tracks. Aside from the infectious “We Can’t Stop” and the already contagious “Wrecking Ball,” you Read More…
I’m already screaming out of excitement and fear because the third season of American Horror Story, Coven, comes out this week and it is expected to be wilder and more terrifying than ever before. Two years ago, American Horror Story released its first season, American Horror Story: Murder House and Read More…
President Obama once said that one of his favorite television shows is “Homeland.” In response to this compliment from the Command in Chief—the guy whose job it is confront the realities of terrorism and homeland security on a near constant basis—the show’s two stars, Claire Danes and Damian Lewis signed Read More…
In November 2011, when Occupy Cal was at its peak, professor Robert Reich spoke to a crowd of thousands gathered on Sproul Plaza. Tensions ran high, and passions flared. Speakers took the stage, offering insight and hope, echoing the protesters’ anger. Standing on Mario Savio Steps, Reich urged the crowd Read More…
At OFF festival in Poland, AlunaGeorge was scheduled to play their set opposite the festival headliner Smashing Pumpkins. Having just splashed onto the scene, the duo expected to be performing for a few hundred people. Instead, a crowd of thousands was eagerly waiting for them to take the stage. Their Read More…
In a January 2013 interview with The Guardian, Aluna Francis, the vocal half of the electronic pop duo AlunaGeorge, described their music as “fat beats with songs on top.” After the duo’s 2012 debut EP, You Know You Like It, Francis’ description was accurate, but following the drop of their Read More…
It’s a few weeks into summer vacation and you’ve probably already accepted defeat: Your reading list will go unchecked, your body will not magically chisel and you will not make it to the beach unless dragged by your family for a picnic with grandma and grandpa. Instead, you’ll most likely Read More…
If the music world were a high school, then punk-rock sisters Jennifer and Jessie Clavin of Bleached would be the most popular girls in school. Since their first album, Ride Your Heart, dropped in April, the Clavin sisters have been riding a seemingly nonstop press circuit and tour. Last month, Read More…
Over the past few weeks, Brooklyn-based indie-rock group The National have teased us with preview releases of two songs off of their new album Trouble Will Find Me. Earlier in the month, The National released “Demons” accompanied by a stop-motion video of a man sketching the album art for Trouble Read More…
Cherry Blossom Festival in Japantown There are only three remaining Japantowns in the United States, and we are lucky to have one in San Francisco. Every year, in each of the three Japantowns, the blooming of the Japanese cherry blossoms, the “sakura,” is celebrated with a festival that attracts hundreds Read More…