Imad Pasha
Daily Californian
Berkeley, CA, United States
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The Arctic Monkeys skyrocket with 'Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino'
"Tranquility" is an album that sticks impressively to its visual narrative — one set in of a Jean-Pierre Melville-inspired jazz club. → Read More
Graduate student well-being at UC Berkeley is suffering. What can we do?
While keeping research labs running and teaching undergraduates, graduate student instructors are trying to learn the skills to excel in their fields. → Read More
5 types of people who should come to UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley’s size and funding means that there’s almost certainly someone here on campus researching something you’re interested in. → Read More
How the music in our favorite films is changing before our ears
Visuals have gotten a lot of the credit for what is making films more immersive. Less obvious is the way scores have changed the way we engage with films. → Read More
Disappearing act: As vinyl resurges, used records are vanishing
In an era where we pay subscriptions to Spotify for the right to access music, rather than owning it, the tangibility of vinyl records has immediate appeal. → Read More
8 concerts in the Bay Area you can’t miss this semester
As described by former The Daily Californian arts & entertainment editor Jason Chen, “Any conversation about Miguel’s artistry is actually about his abs. → Read More
EDM artist Giraffage talks turning production to performance
In an interview with the Daily Californian, UC Berkeley alumnus Giraffage talks how he leverages introversion to create a unique sound. → Read More
Giraffage brings melodic dance music to The Fillmore stage
EDM performance as whole — but in particular, the chillwave, bedroom dream-pop vein of EDM — is often directly at odds with its own creation. → Read More
‘The Martian’ author Andy Weir returns with moon caper ‘Artemis’
The question is not whether “Artemis” is scientifically accurate — that much is — it's how it compares to first novel “The Martian.” → Read More
How to build a moonbase: Author Andy Weir on following up ‘The Martian’
“I’m only human,” he complained with a good-natured whine. “There's only so long I can go without talking about orbital dynamics!” → Read More
Taylor Swift embraces thoroughfare synth-pop with ‘Reputation’
All this is to say that almost any 10-second segment off of Reputation can be directly attributed to another recent pop song or trend. → Read More
OK Go treats fans to authentic, high-energy performance in sold-out show
The simple fact of the matter is that OK Go has a discography stuffed with tracks you might not have memorized, but that are just plain fun. → Read More
MGMT returns after hiatus with gothic-tinged track ‘Little Dark Age’
A woman walks into a dark and haunted mansion with a candlestick, and, with a flourish of synth, announces the return of MGMT. → Read More
Lack of crowd engagement eclipses Moon Taxi’s set at the Fillmore
You know a band has made it not when it garners wild cheers during its choruses, but when the crowd goes silent for the quieter interludes. → Read More
‘American Made’ flies high with thrills, falters from featherweight narrative
It’s nice to see Cruise acting again and to shake our heads in amazement at the ridiculousness that was possible in the ‘80s. → Read More
Paramore peddles new pop, old punk at Paramount Theatre
It was the band’s older, more punk hits — the likes of “Misery Business” and “That’s What You Get” — that had the crowd headbanging the hardest. → Read More
The Killers’ ‘Wonderful Wonderful’ brings refreshing sonics, but frustrating disjoints
The album seems to be an imploration for us to take the band seriously, and though this attempt doesn’t quite succeed, it doesn’t exactly fail either. → Read More
Glass Animals unite the Greek Theatre under pineapples, joyous dancing
Under the shimmering reflected light of its golden pineapple-shaped disco ball, Glass Animals absolutely commanded the Hearst Greek Theatre on Friday night. → Read More
Matthew Vaughn wastes potential in ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’
“The Golden Circle” shows all the classic signs of the student who got too cocky too fast, and it winds up paying for it dearly. → Read More
Rock group Muse does fans disservice with amphitheater tour
It was easy in all this to forget it was even a Muse show, and not some festival set — few people were dancing, and even fewer were singing along. → Read More