Every girl has to grow up sometime — even one who hit No. 2 in her home country’s charts with her first single at the age of 20 or took home a BRIT award (the British version of a Grammy) for Best Female Artist at 21, like Kate Nash. Moving on Read More…
“This ain’t a motherf***ing rap show … it’s a party with all my friends. We’re singing songs we like. We out here on a weekday partying like it’s a weekend.” Sure enough, Danny Brown stayed true to his word and brought a dizzying energy to his sold-out show at The Read More…
On May 10 and 11, the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra performed Ernest Bloch’s “Schelomo” cello concerto and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor to a packed house in Hertz Hall. The two pieces, separated by an intermission, contrasted each other in both tone and inspiration, coming together to display Read More…
The last time Shout Out Louds played the at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco was three years ago, with 2010’s Work, released with SME Sweden. Now, with a new album, Optica — self-produced, with the help of Johannes Berglund — the band returned on the eve of their Read More…
Following the raging popularity of 2010 hit “Toot It and Boot It,” Def Jam artist YG has released a mixtape and recently announced his upcoming debut album, which is expected to release in early fall. Just before The Daily Californian spoke with YG, he was in the recording studio producing 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…
With their third studio album, Columbia grads Vampire Weekend have solidified a style that they have been perfecting over the course of the last five years. Modern Vampires of the City isn’t so much a departure from Contra and their self-titled album; rather, it builds off of the two albums Read More…
IAmSu! is a star. The 23-year-old stands tall, towering over every student walking on Sproul. He looks like a big kid with his skateboard, basketball shorts and a snapback that barely fits over his afro. It may not be obvious by his demeanor, but IAmSu! of Richmond, Calif., is one Read More…
Most students spend finals week stressing about exams and grades. Mark Gavigan, a fourth-year English major at UC Berkeley, spent finals week of fall 2012 rapping in his dorm room. For Gavigan, who rhymes under the moniker “Second Nature,” it was the culmination of two years of producing beats and Read More…
The Sperry Top-Sider Vacationland College Tour, presented by ASUC SUPERB Productions, hit Memorial Glade on Friday, featuring performances from Geographer and Rogue Wave. Sponsored by Sperry, the multicampus tour made its final stop at UC Berkeley, after traveling through UC San Diego, University of Oregon and other West Coast schools. Read More…
