Miranda Sings stands center stage, bowing before a packed theater, her arms thrust behind her in an awkward “V,” wrists bent and hands cupped. Her nose is nearl...
In 2012, SPIN Magazine launched @SPINReviews, a Twitter account dedicated specifically to reviewing albums in 140 characters or less. SPIN dubbed it a “misguide...
Forty years and seven studio albums later, iconic Los Angeles punk band, X, still tours with its original lineup. Such tenacity and popularity are celebrated in...
During Bleachers' concert last Tuesday at the Fonda Theater in Los Angeles (which was, coincidentally, the opening night of Lorde's headlining tour in support of Melodrama across the pond in Manchester), Antonoff took a moment mid-way through the set to encourage the audience to listen to silence in a crowded theater....
Rosemarie Alejandrino is a first-generation Filipino-American who was born and raised in the Bay Area. She graduated from UC Berkeley in 2017 with degrees in English and American Studies (Popular Culture & American Mediascapes). She served as the Arts & Entertainment Editor for the Daily Californian, and is the co-founder of FLASH THRIVE Zine Collective. She has been published in East Bay Express, HelloGiggles, Berkeleyside, and Kastor & Pollux. She is passionate about punk subcultures, bagels, Kanye West, musicals, and Disney Channel Original Movies. You can find her making zines (https://issuu.com/flashthrive).
