Travis Barker

If pop punk is alive and breathing, it’s because artists like Maggie Lindemann are administering the electric pulse.

A vital force of nature, WILLOW bristled with visionary brilliance at Oakland Arena.

In a virtual press conference with The Daily Californian, deputy arts editor and senior staff reporter Taila Lee spoke to the night’s winners.

As one of the first performances of her lifE tour, WILLOW’s San Francisco performance solidified the young artist as a multidimensional powerhouse to be reckoned with.

While many of the songs feel repetitive and cookiecutter, the 19 year old does speak to the hardships of growing up under society’s microscopic lens.

This 11-track pop-punk collection is guaranteed to leave listeners either aching to mosh, or sprinting to their nearest Hot Topic. 

And while fans may have been excited to take a trip back to their childhoods, the pop-punk song inevitably fails to fully encompass the charm of the glory days.

It was out of English’s admiration for the jaguar’s representation of unity in Mayan mythology that the name Jagwar Twin was born.