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If there is a trend defining many of the up-and-coming musicians of the 2010s, it is the eccentric artist — the musician who is as much as a character onstage as he or she is a musician. This culture of a cult of personality was all too apparent in Dinner
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For the Jessie Ware show, which took place April 7, Zellerbach Theater had a bit of an identity crisis. It served as a site for an electro-pop concert, but it insisted on preserving its classiness with ushers and gilded chandeliers. That’s not to say that Ware didn’t perform excellently —
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Laying on the lawn just outside of Sproul Hall, eating hummus and carrots, drinking whiskey out of coke bottles and watching squirrels, the members of Twin Peaks and Criminal Hygiene seem not to have a care in the world. Blending in with the crowd of UC Berkeley students spending their
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Considering that The Powers That B could be Death Grips’ last album, it’s necessary to reflect upon everything that has happened since its formation in 2010. Between the controversies that surrounded the band’s presence, which included an album cover that was a picture of an erect penis, not showing up
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After playing shows at the Berkeley Sailing Clubs and local co-op scene, the Berkeley-based trio Pistachio, comprised of guitarist Antony D’Avirro, bassist Devin Hollister and drummer Zach Briefer, garnered lots of positive buzz for their suave, smooth style, combining hints of reggae and funk to create catchy rock tunes. Touring
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SF Sketchfest, San Francisco’s premiere comedy extravaganza, ended it’s 14th run on Feb. 8. But if you missed all the crazy, slapstick and just plain “out there” performances, you can read The Daily Californian’s highlights! Here are some of our favorite events from this year’s festival. “Groundhog Day” on Groundhog
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Hacking has always existed as a black box for convenient plot devices in film. From heist movies such as “The Italian Job” to straight-up action films such as “Die Hard 4,” cybercrime is always portrayed by a stereotypically nerdy character furiously mashing into a keyboard while transferring millions of dollars
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Note: This recap contains spoilers for “Serial” up to and including episode 9, “To Be Suspected,” but does not include any spoilers beyond information outside the show. With only three episodes left of “Serial”’s first season, which is still blowing up the charts on iTunes, I doubt any last-minute revelations
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Within the span of a couple of years, Speedy Ortiz progressed from playing shows at frat house basements on the East Coast to touring with Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus. Although the rock quartet from Massachusetts, made up of Sadie Dupuis, Darl Ferm, Mike Falcone and Devin McKnight, isn’t officially touring anymore,
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Say what you will about Pitchfork and its fanbase, but it does know how to run a music festival. Sure, every fifth person at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago’s Union Park was wearing cutoff jeans, every 10th person was smoking a cigarette, and almost everyone was white. Cups of craft
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