Music
Noise Pop 2013!
February 22, 2013 | krista kurisaki | One Comment Recently, one of my favorite activities is "spot the hipster" (psst, try the awesome hipster bingo card in our newest issue). While tabling on Sproul, falling asleep taking notes in class, or even walking around campus, I've seen them everywhere, ironic glasses and all. Extra points for dreadlocks. But Read More
Explaining The Harlem Shake
February 20, 2013 | Nam Le | One Comment DISCLAIMER: CALIBER HAS ITS OWN HARLEM SHAKE TOO [Issue 7 Edition] At first, you are confused. Disoriented even, as you watch a helmet-clad individual, dancing wildly in a room full of onlookers. Societal norms dictate that this is weird as it is - dancing in public is pretty much reserved for Read More
Follow Up: Supernova of Sound
February 19, 2013 | Sydney Johnson | One Comment Three weeks ago, Caliber highlighted local bands Virgin Hymns, Hot Flash Heat Wave, Caldecott, and Warm Soda after their performance UC Berkeley’s own Thorsen house. Following their impressive show here on campus, Hot Flash Heat Wave and Caldecott performed at Awaken Café last Friday, this time Read More
Who to Expect at Outside Lands 2013
February 17, 2013 | Kiyana Salkeld | 8 Comments Mark your calendars, the sixth installment of the Outside Lands Music Festival has been scheduled for the second weekend in August (the 9th through the 11th) and will accommodate 75,000 festival attendees, a 10,000 person increase from last year. In addition to this, Another Planet Entertainment, Read More
Grammys 2013: What to Watch
February 8, 2013 | krista kurisaki This Sunday the 55th Annual Grammy Awards will be broadcasted live (or as close to it as possible) from the Staples Center. Observing the setlist and nominations, multiple critics have claimed that this show will be relatively boring: no triumphant ADELE belting out a hit post-surgery, no Chris Brown Read More
Beyoncé’s Guide to Life
February 5, 2013 | Erica Hendry Who runs the world? After Sunday, we all know that’s a hypothetical question. China, corporations, oil barons, get in line. The true orchestrator of all global events (besides that octopus that predicted the World Cup, of course) is none other than Sasha Fierce herself. This weekend Beyoncé Read More
Album Review: “Fight Like a Girl” by Emilie Autumn
February 2, 2013 | Jo W. It's been 6 years since Emilie Autumn released her first "Violindustrial" album Opheliac, with which she cemented her image and distinct sensiblities of combining metal-shredding violins and scathing vocals with a distinctive Victorian-Baroque-goth-influenced wardrobe. She has returned with her newest Read More
