Courtesy of Tumblr. The World Finals of League of Legends (LoL) just concluded in Seoul, South Korea. Over the past few years LoL's popularity ballooned beyond any expectations. E-sports, this strange phenomenon where teams of twenty somethings square off over...
Uncategorized
Pop Exodus: Happy All American Weekend! (A Pop Playlist for You and Your Parents)
Courtesy of Atlanta Black Star. Happy Monday, babes! In honor of parent's weekend, I decided to make up a little playlist chock full of songs for the rents, but also for you. I think there's a debate within the pop community about whether or not we should be paying...
The Looking Glass: Caribou, "Our Love"
Interest in Caribou ÛÒ who, over the years, has been known in various forms and styles ÛÒ has recently been reawakened with the release of the new album Our Love. It is no accident that this release seems to further clarify many of Snaith's vague and idealic...
Vibe of the Week: Post-Midterm Healing
Courtesy of Wakarusa. Alright, I don't know about you all but this past week or so can only be described as stress on stress on stress. But, midterm hell is finally behind us and that definitely calls for celebration. After the physical and mental drain of papers and...
Coo-Coo Ca-Choo: New Discoveries – Eva Stone
Courtesy of Cargo Collective. If you haven't checked out Amazing Radio on YouTube, set aside an afternoon or two to check out some of the amazing upcoming artists in the music world. You won't regret it. As technology increases, so does the amount of electronic,...
The Current: Smoke The Vote – Marijuana and Music
On November 4th, Washington, DC is voting on recreational marijuana. As the nation's capital, this is a very influential decision since laws made for the District of Columbia also have to go through Congress and therefore can set the stage for federal laws in the...
Minutia: Classical Music – Stagnant or Outgrown?
Courtesy of Slate. The past week or so, I've been pondering the prosperity and subsequent decline of trends in music. Without exception, it seems, today's hot trend will be tomorrow's object of mocking nostalgia. Think of tunes like the “Macarena” or...
Leading Ladies: Favorite Live Shows
Courtesy of Independent Music Promotions. I love concerts. They're one of the best ways to experience music because it's a full body experience. You can feel the music physically course through your body and you can feel everyone's energies manifest into something...
Keep Ya Head Up: Why Iggy Can’t Hang
Courtesy of Urban Splatter. Whether you'd admit it or not, at some point this summer you were probably singing along to Iggy Azalea's chart topping single “Fancy.” The song was pretty much unescapable, every time you turned on the radio you ran the risk...
Another Kind of Currency: Lyrical Dissonance as a Warning
Courtesy of WKDU. Jukebox The Ghost has the distinction of being the first DC-area band I was a fan of before knowing that I was going to college in the District, and are still one of my now-local favorites to this day (although they have close competition with Kill...