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And while the concert was at a small Oakland venue on a weeknight, the fans were crammed in with Jenkins’ lyrics and melodies already in their hearts. There was a camaraderie between the fans and Jenkins that characterized the night as friendly and fun.
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In its Saturday performance at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, Paris Combo achieved this difficult task, bringing the vibrant flare of a jazz club in the “City of Lights” to Berkeley.
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On Thursday, Amen Dunes, the musical indie rock project of McMahon, played August Hall in San Francisco. The show was the first in his winter 2019 tour in support of his newest record, the critically acclaimed 2018 album Freedom.
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Containing a soulful jazziness in its sound and a spoken word element in its intellect, “Song 31” is worth attuning your ears to. With such consistently clever lyrics, Noname proves that she has something to say on all her tracks — “Song 31” is no exception.
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In an interview with The Daily Californian, Jenkins parsed the concept of his album. From our day-to-day interactions with the people we care about, we might be able to gather a sense of who they are, Jenkins reasoned, but we can never know all the pieces that make someone whole.
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The guys of Microwave — lead singer Nathan Hardy, drummer Timothy Pittard, guitarist Wesley Swanson and bassist Tyler Hill — have been on the road for the last month in a wave of emo rock glory. The tour began Nov. 15 in Los Angeles and has traveled cross-country, only to return to California for its last date.
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“Just write what’s true. No bullshit songs.” she said. This sentiment resonates through her music’s sound, which conjures elements of pop through dry vocals and experimental production.
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Grade: 4.5/5 It’s a good month for rock-and-roll fans. Bruce Springsteen, dubbed “The Boss” by fans of the genre, is back and better than ever with his captivating performance in Springsteen on Broadway. The show was finally made available to the public as both a Netflix special and as a
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Grade: 3.5/5 After a hiatus of nearly three years, Zayn’s long-awaited sophomore album, Icarus Falls, has arrived and has shown a more mature side of the artist to his fans. After leaving the immensely popular boy band, One Direction, in 2015, Zayn’s fate was uncertain — many questioned whether
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On Thursday night, the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium was packed. Headliner Louis the Child would not appear for another two hours, and yet the pit was already crowded with people pushing and elbowing their way to the front. An audience of EDM fans was eagerly waiting to see not one
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