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There are very few times that the name of an album is truly indicative of the music inside. This is the unique case of Big Red Machine.

Giraffage didn’t present anything groundbreaking with his Welcome Week set. But then again, that’s probably not what he set out to do.

Jamie xx was set awash in rainbow lights from every direction as the two disco balls that framed the stage began to glitter manically.

But Yaeji, one of the few prominent female Korean American hip-house DJs/producers/singers/rappers, firmly establishes an intimacy in her live performances.

This week, the arts & entertainment staff has prepared a particularly eclectic selection of events to sample throughout the week.

In an interview with the Daily Californian, UC Berkeley alumnus Giraffage talks how he leverages introversion to create a unique sound.

EDM performance as whole — but in particular, the chillwave, bedroom dream-pop vein of EDM — is often directly at odds with its own creation.

If someone told you they liked pop music with a casual, “I like a chipper synthesized baseline, a plucky electric guitar and lyrics about adolescent life that make my heart tingle, if you please,” you would probably tell them to simmer down.

Something about Bieber’s “Despacito” calls us to remove ourselves from the song’s catchiness and ponder a more serious qualm.