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Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

Xpress Magazine

Beats n' Stuff #14: tour de beats n' stuff (the end!)

Beats n’ Stuff #14: tour de beats n’ stuff (the end!)

Caty McCarthy
May 11, 2015
We’re at the end! The end of the semester, the end of my time at Xpress, and the end of Beats n’ Stuff.

Beats n’ Stuff #13: The semester’s almost over, stop stressin’

Caty McCarthy
April 27, 2015
Caty McCarthy's latest music column focuses on the positive songs that will brighten your day, and make you briefly forget about all of that end of semester stress.
An illustration of founder of Cyberpunk Cinema, Tosh Chiang, and founder of Thrillhouse Records, Fred Schrunk, driving the iconic motorcycle from Akira, a featured film at Cyberpunk Cinema. ILLUSTRATION BY JEREMIAH WILLIAMS.

High-tech, low-life: Inside the Mission’s secret cyberpunk fanclub

Caty McCarthy
April 23, 2015
The monthly event Cyberpunk Cinema, founded by Thrillhouse Records volunteer Tosh Chiang, celebrates the technological dystopian world of cyberpunk in film - inside a dive bar in the Mission.
Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't: My boyfriend and I's collective Record Store Day 2015 haul.

I Went to Record Store Day 2015 and Left Disappointed and Ashamed in Myself

Caty McCarthy
April 19, 2015
A naïve girl goes to Record Store Day for the first time in hopes of attaining a favorite album of her youth, Brand New's Deja Entendu. Except it sells out within ten minutes.
Positive K accosts a lady in hopes that she'll want him. Not happening.

Beats n’ Stuff #12: The Throwbacks

Caty McCarthy
April 6, 2015
Ah, throwbacks. The songs that make parties come alive with joy, bad dancing, and inaccurate lip-synching.
Beats n' Stuff #11: I Know What You Scrobbled Last Summer

Beats n’ Stuff #11: I Know What You Scrobbled Last Summer

Caty McCarthy
March 25, 2015
"I Know What You Scrobbled Last Summer" is an adventure into Caty McCarthy's musical youth, and the pop-punk bands she just can't seem to forget - no matter how hard she tries.

Beats n’ Stuff #10: A Girl’s Guide to J-Rock

Caty McCarthy
March 9, 2015
Caty McCarthy is there and back again (An Art Director's Tale) with a fresh guide to Japan's finest lady-fronted rock bands.
Beats n' Stuff #9: Noise Poppin'

Beats n’ Stuff #9: Noise Poppin’

Caty McCarthy
February 23, 2015
In Beats n' Stuff #8, columnist Caty McCarthy spotlights the can't-miss artists of this week's Noise Pop Festival.
Having an Oscars party? Here's a ballot to follow along!

Having an Oscars party? Here’s a ballot to follow along!

Caty McCarthy
February 20, 2015
Xpress Magazine's Art Director Caty McCarthy created a free, downloadable Oscar Ballot for the big night on Sunday.
Beats n' Stuff #8: ♡ heart-shaped box ♡

Beats n’ Stuff #8: ♡ heart-shaped box ♡

Caty McCarthy
February 9, 2015
A new playlist just in time for Valentines Day.
Mourning the loss of Club Nintendo, with exclusive items from the program on display. Photo/Graphic by Caty McCarthy.

Club Nintendo announces new rewards before service closes

Caty McCarthy
February 4, 2015
After its seven years of service, Club Nintendo is coming to an end on June 30, but not without some final prizes to offer members. Xpress Mag's Caty McCarthy is devastated, regardless.

Akiba Kei gone local

Caty McCarthy
December 17, 2014

Japan has been known as land of the most hard-working people in the world, home of over two hundred flavors of Kit Kats, the anime utopia, but perhaps most notably: a mecca for quirky, diverse fashion. In...

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