Courtesy of Redbubble All Time Low not only describes my current state during midterms, but is also the band that was every teenage girls gateway drug to pop punk. For better or for worse, ATL made me want to smudge my eyeliner and leave their song lyrics as my away...
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Producing from College: Take 2
Courtesy of Cheer Sounds When it comes to producing music, there are a couple methods to my madness. I make electronic music, but my methods work for any genre of music. One of my traditions when making music is to find either four chords that sound off key or chords...
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Everything Is Terrible @ Black Cat on 10/28
Not your traditional live performance, Everything Is Terrible takes forgotten VHS tapes and releases them back out on their website. They're taking the best of their first seven years of discovering the Internet on the road. Performing at the Black Cat on October...
Interviews: At Landmark with the Mowglis
Courtesy of Brightest Young Things The Mowglis performed at Washington DC's first Landmark Festival on September 26th. They're a high-energy band of seven from Venice Beach, California who has recently released their second album, Kids In Love. WVAU DJ and Promo...
Pretentiousness in Music
Courtesy of U2 Gospel Being fair with myself, I was really a pretentious asshat in my first two years of high school. I still retain a bit of that today, but it definitely shaped my musical tastes (and I've now learned you can like non-mainstream music without being...
The Menzingers @ Black Cat on 10/25
Courtesy of Black Cat If you aren't listening to The Menzingers it's easy to think that middle aged punk has run out steam. But you'd be the only one thinking that. Raised in Scranton but now based in Philadelphia, this band combines great songwriting with tireless...
Neon Indian @ 9:30 Club on 10/13/15
Mexican-born, Texas-raised Alan Palomo - better known as Neon Indian - will perform at the 9:30 Club on Oct. 13. The artist is set to release his latest album “VEGA INTL. Night School” on Oct. 16, Palomo's first since 2011's “Era Extra̱a.Û. Singles “SlumlordÛ,...
A Dog Park Hibernation
Congrats! You made it through the hurricane. So by now you've probably exhausted your music supply from hours of rainy day listening, and are looking forward to getting out and enjoying some nicer weather. But you don't know where to hike, and what to listen to. Like...
Noura Mint Seymali: the psychedelic Mauritanian duo at the heart of contemporary Africa
Courtesy of Noura Mint Seymali “Noura Mint Seymali" is a psychedelic and worldly experience for your ears. This desert blues-funk band from Mauritania is composed of Noura Mint Seymali and her husband, Jeiche Ould Chigaly. The band has gotten the attention of...