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The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

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The student-run magazine of San Francisco State University

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Beats n’ Stuff #6: polygonal melodies

Caty McCarthy
November 27, 2014

  Hey guys! It has been two weeks, which means it is time for another Beats n’ Stuff. In this week’s column, I spotlight some tunes from some of my favorite video game soundtracks. From...

Beats n’ Stuff #5: noticed by senpai, at last (j-pop edition)

Caty McCarthy
November 11, 2014

As I am typing this, I have just woken up from a brief nap post-25-hour session of driving to and from Los Angeles for the sake of J-Pop supergroup Perfume. I was not always that into J-Pop, whereas...

Swift, Stuck in 1989

Katie Mullen
November 10, 2014

  Well, Taylor Swift’s album 1989 has had the biggest sales week since 2002 which went to Britney Spears with Oops…I Did It Again. Seeing as how she pulled her album from music streaming...

Beats n’ Stuff #4: 47 sounds from a haunted house

Caty McCarthy
October 28, 2014

Boo! It is almost the spookiest day of the year (Halloween!!!), and if you are still pining over whatever you are going to dress up as to your PBR-stocked parties, then I have created the perfect...

Mix music with Crossfader

Alec Fernandes
October 23, 2014

Blare two songs at the same time and chances are it will sound like trash being dumped into a garbage truck. But sometimes it creates a pleasant surprise, like late at night in a Castro bar where Rihanna’s...

Beats n Stuff #3: the season of pumpkin spice lattes

Beats n’ Stuff #3: the season of pumpkin spice lattes

Caty McCarthy
October 13, 2014

  Yooo! Autumn’s my favorite season, and I always find myself listening to acoustic and string-laden music and twee pop. I went through a heavy Death Cab for Cutie phase during the fall of...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2014 Recap

Xpress Mag Staff
October 6, 2014

Festival Review: Friday Recap By Airha Dominguez With temperatures in the nineties, festival-goers walk barefoot on the grass, refill their bottled waters, and reapply sunscreen after each performance. Thousands...

Beats N Stuff #2: hiphoppin

Beats N’ Stuff #2: hiphoppin’

Caty McCarthy
September 30, 2014

Hello everyone! This week’s playlist theme is “hiphoppin’”, which will explore just that, hip-hop (and trip-hop too I guess). Hip-Hop’s evolved a lot over time, from the smooth rhymes of A...

Kanye’s Controversy

Katie Mullen
September 21, 2014

“I can’t do this song, I can’t do the rest of this show until everybody stands up.” For those of you who do not know, Kanye West said this while performing in Sydney, Australia earlier this...

Dances On The Wall: Punch Releases Their New LP at 1-2-3-4 Go

Dances On The Wall: Punch Releases Their New LP at 1-2-3-4 Go

Lorisa Salvatin
September 20, 2014

[widgetkit id=6746] Photos and Words by Lorisa Salvatin There is quietude as the small crowd outside 1-2-3-4 Go Records filter into the store and browse through records, as they wait to pay and enter...

Concert Review: Porter Robinson

Concert Review: Porter Robinson

Lorisa Salvatin
September 18, 2014

Lights showered down on hundreds of people filling the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium last Friday, their bodies moving and hands waving to the thumping bass emitted from the stage. On occasion, a colorful...

Good vibes and music take over Haight Street

Ivane Lund-Soyombo
September 15, 2014

Throngs of people flocked to Haight Street on Sunday for the 1st Annual Haight Street Music and Merchants Festival. For the adults, there were drink specials at the many bars along Haight Street,...

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