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MGMT
MGMT returns with ‘Little Dark Age’
Everyone knows MGMT for three songs: "Kids," "Electric Feel," and "Time to Pretend." All three appear on their 2007 debut album, "Oracular Spectacular," and MGMT hated that. The music was meant to be sarcastic, not commercial, and so the band retreated deeper into a neo-psychedelic retaliation hole. The effect of their retreat was immediately seen […]
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Sigma Nu rocks campus with Battle of the Bands
Last Thursday night marked the sixth-annual Battle of the Bands, a charity event hosted by the brothers of Sigma Nu. The night’s purpose was to raise money to support St. Jude’s Research Hospital, an organization that specializes in treating cancer in young children and teens. During the preceding week, Sigma Nu, at Wilson Commons, collected […]
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Trebellious dominates their first ICCA competition
Standing between the novice Trebellious and a first-place ranking at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella 2018 Tournament Quarterfinal on Saturday were nine other a cappella groups. But on its first visit there, the team took home the win. “The most surreal feeling was looking around, seeing my friends filled with tears of joy,” […]
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The Regrettes bring female-fronted punk to Montage Music Hall
Comprised of lead guitar and vocalist Lydia Night, guitarist Genessa Gariano, bassist Sage Chavis, and drummer Maxx Morando, The Regrettes combine the sweet harmonies and swayable melodies of the ‘50s with snarling guitar and bass more indicative of Bikini Kill than The Ronettes. Read More
Music
MIF ends year on a good note with end of semester concert
The musicians who performed on Friday seemed so genuinely joyous and enthusiastic that it became contagious. Read More
ROC Players
ROC Players illuminate with ‘Into the Woods’
Reviewing my notes on the performance, one word kept on popping up: impressive. Read More
Media Matrix
Media Matrix: Why I love SoundCloud
I scroll through my SoundCloud, looking at all the unsung heroes who wrote songs I’m probably never going to hear in my life. Read More
CT Recommends
CT Recommends: ‘Spiderland’ by Slint
The album has a unique surrealness, where we can be told what to envision but are somehow unable to conjure up images even remotely concrete. Read More
A Capella
After Hours reaches toward the future with ‘The Year 3000’
I listen to a decent amount of acapella and I wanted to capture these performances so I could listen to them over and over afterwards. Read More
Media Matrix
Daft Punk’s ‘Interstella 5555’
“Interstella 5555” is basically an anime, but with no talking, just visuals to accompany the music from “Discovery.” Read More
