Music
This Ain't Nothin' But A Summer Jam
Yes, yes, we know: Drake’s album is dropping this summer. Excited as we are, we’d also like to open your eyes to some other releases worth listening to.
Guilty Pleasure: Shania Twain, "Man, I feel Like A Woman!"
I don’t think a junior pairs figure-skating competition falls into any third grader’s definition of an ideal Friday afternoon.
No Forgiveness Necessary
Forgiveness Rock Record, Broken Social Scene’s fourth full-length, is an album without illusions.
Live And Kickin' It
On Friday night, Franklin Field gets gangsta. Snoop Dogg, Kid Cudi, and opening act Shwayze are hitting the stage to put Penn’s most start-studded Fling concert to date.
Gettin' Schwayze
You might know hip-pop duo Shwayze from their 2008 show Buzzin’. Or you might know their string of chill party hits like “Corona And Lime.” Regardless of how you know Shwayze, come Friday, you’ll know their concert antics firsthand.
Strange Love
Here Lies Love consists of new wave icon David Byrne and British beatmaker Fatboy Slim attempting to tell the story of the former First Lady of the Phillipines, Imelda Marcos, and her nanny, Estrella Cumpas, through 22 songs, two discs, and a whole bunch of guest singers.
Let It Bang
Chidera “Chiddy” Anamege and Noah “Xaphoon Jones” Beresin are no ordinary Drexel students.
Woof Woof
Remember when everyone made music like Dr. Dog? Neither do we. While we’re certainly happy with the music of our own day and age, it would’ve been pure magic to have seen 1960s musical greats sow the seeds of their musical arcs.
Guilty Pleasure: Aaron Carter, "That's How I Beat Shaq" (2000)
Let’s be frank for a second. “That’s How I Beat Shaq” by Aaron Carter is by far the greatest song to ever come out of the entire Carter family (and yes, that includes you, Leslie). In this epic minstrel’s tale, a young Aaron finds himself challenged to a game of one-on-one by Shaquille O’Neal.
One Track Mind
Not every song is an instant classic. Some tracks take time to build up momentum, slowly seducing listeners and gaining recognition.
Schizophrenic Slash
Guitar god Slash has showcased his talent for lightning-fast fretboard fingering in many bands from the ego-fraught Guns ‘n’ Roses to the all-star line-up of Velvet Revolver and the guitar-centric Slash’s Snakepit.
Defibrillator: Washington Social Club, Catching Looks (2002)
I’ll admit, I may have been inappropriately obsessed with D.C. local celebrities and jangly indie rock quintet Washington Social Club.
Mo' Money, Mo' Musyck
Winston Ojeda Jr. has plans for “total world domination.” The president of Musyck.com, a new website promoting itself as the “Fan-Powered Musyck Revolution,” has big hopes for his patent-pending brainchild.
Both Of Them
Actors-turned-musicians tend to take on this hyphenation as another outlet for publicity and building a name.
Defibrillator
One of the major turning points in my life was when I stopped listening to my dad’s music. At the age of seven, with two older brothers shoveling grunge, metal and punk into my eardrums, my music tastes switched drastically.
Be Consumed
Following 2008’s New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), Erykah Badu’s latest album takes on a completely different tone.
We Know What You’re Doing This Summer
Bonnaroo Located on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, TN, the annual Bonnaroo festival brings together some of the most talented acts across genres for a four-day bacchanalia of live music, arts and crafts, dance tents and booze.
Month in Music
April 6 David Byrne & Fatboy Slim, Here Lies Love Slash, Slash Dr. Dog, Shame, Shame Peter Wolf, Midnight Souvenirs Bobby McFerrin, VOCabuLarieS April 13 Coheed and Cambria, Year of the Black Rainbow Jeff Beck, Emotion & Commotion The Tallest Man On Earth, Wild Hunt MGMT, Congratulations April 20 Circa Survive, Blue Sky Noise Willie Nelson, Country Music Caribou, Swim Cypress Hill, Rise Up Rufus Wainwright, All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu April 27 B.o.B, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray Gogol Bordello, Trans-Continental Hustle Bullet for my Valentine, Fever Hole, Nobody’s Daughter My Education, Sunrise
Congratulating Innovation
The first time you hear Congratulations, you won’t like it. There’s no “Electric Feel,” no “Kids,” and you won’t hear this at a frat party.
