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SoundBreak: Heavy Rotation

Eight songs to give your replay button a workout

Angelica Wallingford • May 22, 2015

A list of songs guaranteed to give your replay button a workout

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Lyrics to Inspire the Youth

Franchesca Walker and Richard Lomibao • May 19, 2015

Cory Markiest Doesn't Call Himself a Rapper, He's a Musician With a Big Heart

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Songs for the lovers, the haters and everyone in-between

Angelica Wallingford and Richard Lomibao • February 14, 2015

Every Feb. 14 people in relationships do the exact same thing. Grab some flowers, a heart-shaped box of assorted chocolates, a generic Hallmark card with a generic ‘I’m yours, be mine I love you, hooray...

SoundBreak: AKB48’s Team K steps out of the classic J-pop box

Angelica Wallingford • December 10, 2014

Looking back, 2008 was a very interesting year for music. Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” reached its 25th anniversary, pop punk pioneers The Get Up Kids reunited and indie rock darlings the Dum Dum...

In a world of Abjo

Richard Lomibao • December 9, 2014

San Diego native Soulection-producer, Abraham Joseph Sanders, awakens the ears with a mindset to open people's soul through the use of mesmerizing synthesizers and snappy snare hits that sound like music in a digital dream.

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Blending art with dance (with photo gallery)

Diego Lynch • May 15, 2014

The show could not be contained on one stage. Black-clad performers embodying an oil spill. Dancers tossing up sand with their hands. A group of young men and women sliding down parking lot stairs. Each...

These aren’t your average holiday carols

Angelica Wallingford • December 18, 2013

The holidays are among us once again. Time to hang out with the family that you’ve been trying to avoid for the past year, watch those cute Claymation specials on television and listen to some nostalgic...

Japanese rock band Church of Misery shreds at the Soda Bar

Jennifer Ovalle • December 14, 2013

Japanese doom-metal band Church of Misery made a stop at the San Diego music venue on their second American tour promoting their latest and fifth album “Thy Kingdom Scum.”The Nov. 24 show was...

‘President of Pop’ releases lackluster album

Jennifer Manalili • December 14, 2013

After successfully concluding a summer tour with Jay-Z this summer, Justin Timberlake hung up his "Suit and Tie" and released "The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2," his second album out this year.This sequel suffers...

Sky Ferreira makes her long awaited debut with “Night Time, My Time”

Issa Lozano • December 14, 2013

21-year-old Sky Ferreira has seen success since she first started putting up demos on her Myspace page in the earlier days of the Internet. Although it hasn't been easy, and the success has come with years...

Billy Mintz Band hits the Jazz 88.3 stage

Torrey Spoerer • October 17, 2013

City College's locally based public radio station KSDS Jazz 88.3 FM recently hosted a live radio broadcasted concert for the Billy Mintz Band. The band performed their own original songs of various jazz...

Punk’s not dead, it just went pop

Angelica Wallingford • October 4, 2013

Pop punk is a genre that is guaranteed to ruffle some feathers. Some consider it a poser genre that gives “real” punk music a bad name and others see it as the essence and attitude of classic punk...