Looking Ahead to 2014: Second Quarter (April – June)
One quarter down so far this year, three to go. Here’s our list of what is peaking our excitement in the next few months.
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Review of Sister City’s “Carbon Footprint”
About a year ago, I picked up an album that would later become one of my favorites of all time; Brand New’s 2001 release Your Favorite Weapon. The album was a breath of fresh air in a time where NSYNC was popular and Shaggy was a thing. Songs like “Jude Law and a Semester Abroad,” […]
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Why are concept albums hard to sell? Is it because the stories that the artists/bands try to portray through their music either gets lost in the delivery? Is it because most of the concept albums are made by bands with either little to no audience, or that the audiences just don’t want to invest the […]
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Alternative music has never stopped evolving. From the punk of the 80’s, to today’s emo-screamo-killthemall type of headbanging clutter, the alternative scene always tries to move forward, although it does take some misteps (do not listen to Brokencyde aka the worst excuse of music I have ever heard). This past winter, one of the most […]
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Middle of the Row 