Picks of the Week: Singles and superheroes to finish off April

Start your week off by checking out the new singles from Taylor Swift, Kim Petras and FKA Twigs.
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Start your week off by checking out the new singles from Taylor Swift, Kim Petras and FKA Twigs.
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The latest entry to the increasingly crowded Bay Area music festival scene, Blurry Vision Fest made a splash in its debut this weekend at the Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland.
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Luckily, the “Black Panther” soundtrack makes “All The Stars” look like a chart-friendly bone tossed to the Marvel bigwigs.
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Reyez has a stunning voice. She’s been compared to Amy Winehouse, whose throatiness and bad ass-ery live again in the body of this 27-year-old Colombian-Canadian woman.
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“I’m a gangbanger, deadbeat father and drug dealer.” In one line, ScHoolboy Q plainly lays out the intricacies of his latest project Blank Face. The lyrics on Blank Face read like an urban legend come to life, carefully recounting the experiences of Quincey Hanley and his upbringing on the intense,
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Usually, a good indication of whether a rap album or mixtape is quality is checking how many fire emojis show up when typing the album’s or artist’s name on Twitter. And when At.Long.Last.A$AP had its early release May 26 (originally scheduled for Tuesday), A$AP Rocky’s sophomore studio album set Twitter
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Schoolboy Q stopped by Berkeley’s Rasputin Music on Telegraph Avenue and Channing Way on Tuesday to celebrate the release of his major-label debut, Oxymoron. One-fourth of rap supergroup Black Hippy, LA hip-hop artist Schoolboy Q’s debut album features collaborations with artists such as 2 Chainz; Tyler, the Creator; BJ the
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Stress can be overwhelming with midterms, projects and papers on the horizon. Luckily for us, this week we can take a trip to Schoolboy Q’s Los Angeles, listen to local indie rock bands, watch an erotic French film or spend a relaxing afternoon with a comic book. Schoolboy Q’s Oxymoron
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SUPERB presents a screening of “Bad Words” at Shattuck Cinemas, followed by a Q&A with star and director Jason Bateman. RSVP here for the showing Monday evening. Rap artist Schoolboy Q is performing and signing autographs at Rasputin Records on Telegraph Avenue. If you purchase his new album, Oxymoron, you
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At the 10th anniversary of Rock the Bells hip-hop festival this past weekend in Mountain View, the lineup — though it included virtual performances by the Eazy-E and Ol’ Dirty Bastard, both deceased — reminded festival-goers of the virtue in dynamic stage presence and solid delivery that no special effects can replace.
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