Tagged - music
art
Stop settling for ‘relatability’ in art and seek out the weird
It seems that all we want is more of the same. We will happily forgo the grander artistic horizons available to us for the sake of convenience. Read More
Eastman
Marsalis inspires at Kodak Hall
One of my favorite ways to hype up Rochester is by complimenting its live music scene. It’s fantastic on the small scale — the Bug Jar and other local venues host terrific local musicians and amazing student groups — but there’s no reminder quite like a concert at Kodak Hall that you, UR student, have […]
CSA
CSA holds annual singing competition
Chinese Students’ Association (CSA) held a singing competition this Saturday. Called the Voice of Rochester, it gave students the opportunity to showcase their talents in what is, according to the event coordinator David Sun, an annual tradition for CSA. The show opened with the eight competitors singing a song they had been since the semifinals. […]
music
Damian Lillard is better than Shaq… at rapping
A couple weeks ago, NBA player Damian Lillard and Shaquille O’Neal engaged in a rap battle, and it’s clear that the winner was Dame Dolla. The whole debacle occurred when Damian Lillard appeared on the Joe Budden Podcast and was compared to former NBA player and rapper, O’Neal. Lillard, also known as Dame Dolla, recently […]
concert
Marianas Trench brings wave of pop punk to Rochester
Marianas Trench’s appearance at Anthology this Tuesday attracted fans from all over Rochester with their successful “Suspending Gravity” tour. It has been 4 years since the Canadian band last visited Rochester. This year’s tour not only features their most popular hits from their double-platinum and gold-selling albums, but also “Phantoms,” Mariana Trench’s newest studio album. […]
Aminé
An engaging concert with Aminé
“You’re beautiful,” said Aminé, very politely. “I know!” screamed the crowd in response. “You’re very fucking beautiful.” This call and response continued throughout Aminé’s high-energy, beautiful firework of an intimate show in Feldman Ballroom this Yellowjacket Weekend. He burst onto the small stage with “Yellow,” the warm, easy second track from […]
culture
Walrus Junction brings college music around town
On their Facebook page, Rochester-based band Walrus Junction calls themselves fuzz pop mixed with “raw, gritty tones and lyrics of early garage rock” and “catchy hooks” of modern pop. Their cover photo is a walrus skull clutching a rose in its mouth — which, honestly, made me think they were going to be too edgy […]
Karaoke
International Karaoke: Cultural performance night
The winner took home $15 in URos and a plastic toy microphone at the end of International Karaoke Night on Saturday. The Language Center filled up steadily throughout the two-hour show. “I’ve hosted this four or five times, but we’ve had the event since 2015,” said sophomore Kinga Flaga, one of the two hosts. “It’s […]
Eastman
YouTube-famous Eastman students show K-pop in a new light
The channel lies at the intersection of K-pop reactions and musical analysis. For Chang, the videos on Reacttothek go past simply reacting to K-pop. They delve into “what creates specific emotions, or why a beat makes you feel a certain way,” Chang said. Read More
Christmas
Michael Bublé Emerges From Year-Long Hibernation In Egg To Judge Mankind
The 43-year old Canadian crooner was seen last Sunday dividing up a crowd of Vancouver Starbucks patrons by their moral purity. Read More