Missed Releases: ∆ – “An Awesome Wave”
UK band ∆ (pronounced Alt-J) released their debut album An Awesome Wave in early 2012. I completely missed it. Even when the band won the Mercury Prize, I still had yet to hear of them. Over the course...
View ArticleMissed Releases: Pile – “dripping”
Today’s album came to me through a music reviewer that releases videos under the moniker “The Needle Drop.” This album made his top 50 (#29), described as “a solid combo of [old-school] indie rock and...
View ArticleMissed Releases: Chromatics – “Kill for Love”
Chromatic’s fourth album (the second on their current label Italians Do it Better) Kill for Love, opens with an echo-heavy guitar playing lingering notes that seem to drift and fade and swim in and out...
View ArticleBoys Soccer Triumphs over Westmoor
After a devastating loss to rival, Sequoia, in their second league game of the season, the Bears bounced back Friday night and handily defeated the Westmoor Rams 3-1. The Bears have been fierce rivals...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesday: Yo La Tengo – “Fade”
Around 50% of all marriages in the United States end in divorce. The other 50% aren’t always the best of relationships either, often couples will stay together because of a child or other reason. Some,...
View ArticleAnyone Want to Buy a Church?
Arcade Fire announced earlier today that they would be selling the church that they recorded their last two albums, Neon Bible and The Suburbs. The church, located in Farnham, Quebec, was purchased in...
View ArticleDaft Punk Signs to Columbia, Releasing New Album in May
Ground-breaking French half-human, half-robot electronic music duo Daft Punk will reportedly release the follow-up to 2005’s Human After All this May. According to an article by the Guardian, which...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesdays: Local Natives – “Hummingbird”
Often, new bands are immediately defined by a few characteristics; which of their contemporaries they sound like, who they tour with, and the time they emerge in. This can pigeon-hole bands, forcing a...
View ArticleFebruary Releases
As we head out of January and into February, I have compiled a list of the albums that will be released this month that I have heard snippets of and am excited for. This is by no means a complete list...
View ArticleVampire Weekend Releases Details About Upcoming Third Album
Anyone happening to scan the New York Times this morning was in for a surprise if they wandered into the “Lost and Found” section. A small entry in the column advertised something called “Modern...
View ArticleNew Music Tuesdays: Frightened Rabbit – “Pedestrian Verse”
Hailing from Glasgow, Scotland, Frightened Rabbit have raised the bar for Scottish music, at least in America. Proving to be more popular in the US than in their native country, the band has become...
View ArticleOpinion: The Introverts Are Being Left Out
Success in school is a marker by which almost everyone is subjected to. It determines our college choices, our career paths, and, supposedly, our intelligence. However, is the school system truly a...
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