by adviser | Nov 12, 2019 | Archives-old
Folks begin to check-in at the box-office after 6:30 p.m., any day of the week like clockwork, until there are diverse throngs of music fans, band-supporters, and even wary family in a 200-capacity basement in Adams Morgan, Washington D.C. As if on cue, like a song on...
by adviser | Nov 11, 2019 | Archives-old
The English born Grammy-nominated singer songwriter, Jorja Smith, never fails to make me feel something with her mellow and otherworldly tracks. Jorja Alice Smith has been a lifelong musician, taking piano lessons from age eight on and earning a music scholarship at...
by adviser | Nov 8, 2019 | Archives-old
On Thursday, singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus released a new single called “Fool’s Gold” right before the rest of her new EP, which comes out Friday. She explained the process of writing it, saying “I started writing ‘Fool’s Gold’ after the last person left a New Year’s...
by adviser | Nov 7, 2019 | Archives-old
When I write about how we should approach music, I worry that it comes across as pretentious. I’m just some college kid and I write about how we, as a culture, should appreciate music in a certain way. All of the statements I make about a better way to interact with...
by adviser | Nov 7, 2019 | Archives-old
If you told me there was a concept album I needed to listen to, I’d probably imagine some complex heady thing full of swishy pad synths and existential questions. But punk band Ausmuteants’ 2019 record ” …Present the World in Handcuffs” is a concept...