Music
Your Week In Music 02.26.2015
What with midterms and Beck winning a Grammy, seems like ain’t nobody got time for this shit. Good thing Music did it for you.
Best Song To...
Missing your favorite childhood board game? Head over to the Start key to begin your Music Monopoly (Musicopoly?) adventure. Listen to the song and then move to the next square. Now you finally know what to jam out to when you’re walking around campus, avoiding past hookups, cramming for last–minute midterms or working out (read: pretending to workout). Lucky you!
Q&A with 2:54: British Ambient Duo to Hypnotize Johnny Brenda's
Sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow's gloomy and mysterious rock brought them all the way from London to the States as 2:54. Check them out on Sunday and appreciate their relocation.
Monday Mixtapes: Get Out of Your Mondaze
Music Writer Talia Sterman wants you to get you out of your Mondaze and wake you the eff up.
You Need To Listen To This: Years & Years
My older sister and I engage in a constant exchange of music, which keeps us in touch despite physical distance. So when she posted the music video to “Real” by a band called Years & Years on my wall last year, I listened to it like I did the rest.
Where the Grammys Went Wrong: Nominating Chris Brown
The Grammys made a political statement and denounced abuse. But hypocrisy pervades the music industry's biggest event.
Your Week In Music: 2.19.2015
We’ve hit the rut after Valentine’s and before St. Patrick’s Day. That rut is called midterms. Procrastinate with us.
In Photos: The Districts at Union Transfer (02.14.15)
"We've played a handful of shows here, but we didn't expect anything like this," said The Districts' frontman Rob Grote, staring out from center stage at a sold-out Union Transfer crowd.
Musical Dream Dates
It's a fact: musicians are hotter than regular people. And we've got some ear boners.
Your Week In Music 02.12.15
Valentine's Day may be coming up, but this week is just another week, because music is always our Valentine. Call us—we're single.
This isn't your average Marvin Gaye: weirdest musical hookup stories
Although "Let's Get it On" is always apropos, Penn students aren't exactly picky—or sexy—when it comes to choosing sexual soundtrack. This week, Music presents your best musical hookup songs and stories.
Monday Mixtape: Anti-Valentines Day (02.09.14)
Blast this in your headphones as you walk down Locust and ignore all of the happy couples you see. PDA is so, so overrated.
You Need to Listen to This: JMSN
One of the hottest genres on the block these days is “PBR&B,” a dark, melodic twist on classic rhythm & blues.
Your Week in Music
WHAT TO SEE On Thursday night, the music blog Rock On Philly is hosting a "Bubblegum's Eve" gig at MilkBoy.
Monday Mixtapes: Brazilian Carnaval
Sophomore Julia Evangelista brings you the hottest beats in anticipation of upcoming Brazilian Carnaval. Live from Rio, this should warm you up.
Your Week In Music: 1.29.2015
We know, we know: you're tired, you're sick, it's cold outside. So whether you want to "live a little" and explore downtown or sit at home listening to new beats that just came out, welcome to your personalized week in music
The Retinas: On Shotgunning Beers and World Domination
With big hair and a big sound, The Retinas are ready to rock the North Star Bar this Thursday – but first, check out their exclusive performance of their unnamed new single for Street.
Not Another Hans Zimmer Score
Turn your Netflix cue into your newest study playlist with this extraterrestrial soundtrack that will totally help you ace ASTR001
Invisible Familiars: Amorphous and Alluring
Jared Samuel might be NYC's zaniest new singer-songwriter, and he just dropped his debut album Disturbing Wildlife to prove it. Check Invisible Familiars out at the North Star Bar on Thursday for genre-bending, intricate jams.
