Sublime beauty, terror in Beach House’s new album ‘7’
7 is dreamlike, psychedelic study in contradictions, addressing beauty and terror, the expansive and the miniscule, everything and nothing at the same time.
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Tag Archives: Pink Floyd
Sisterhood: A playlist
Cutting Room Floor
Most of my adolescence was defined by a deep delve into music of the late-20th century, music that I considered to be the basis of pop culture as I knew it.
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A playlist for your post-midterm blues
This playlist will hopefully let you feel your pain of your bad midterm so that you can get back into the right mindset for your next midterms.
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Foo Fighters take positive step with ‘Concrete and Gold’ but fall victim to excessive emulation
When taken as a whole, Concrete and Gold is in many ways a reflection of its title — gold in some places, concrete in others.
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Picks of the week: Music legends, local comedy and more
Legends like Hans Zimmer and Kendrick Lamar are certain to draw massive crowds, but they aren’t the only artists taking over next week.
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Guide to Bay Area’s summer 2017 throwback rock concert scene
If you’re a classic rock or ’80s rock fan, you already know that summer is the time to catch all your favorite acts live! So let’s rock on, bears.
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Roger Waters retreads familiar societal, political grounds with still-enjoyable release ‘Is This the Life We Really Want?’
Released Friday, Waters’ fourth studio album features fiery takes on rising militarism, the refugee crisis, climate change and of course, the Trump administration, while simultaneously referencing some of Pink Floyd’s most iconic works. The result is an admirable, but derivative product.
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The Shins fall into trap of nostalgic experimentation on admirable ‘Heartworms’
The 11 songs showcase an experimentation — in folk, country, psych pop and more — to a degree not seen in The Shins before.
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Terrence loves you
Cutting Room Floor
We were watching “American Psycho” when I kissed him for the last time. In some ways, I felt like I was kissing Patrick Bateman but that I’d rewritten the script and found his heart in his hand, at least for the night. Or maybe I was kissing the Dude. “The
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The Berkeley music scene: a breakdown from your summertime disc jockey
Sweaty from all of that commuting to and from your summer internship, job, classes or daily CREAM “appointment”? How about getting sweatier in a way that’s far more enjoyable than trying to cram onto a BART train during rush hour?
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