by snoadmin | Jan 31, 2012 | Archives-old
Cate Le Bon – CYRK When I saw Cate Le Bon open for St. Vincent last February, I had only one real criticism: she needed a band. Thankfully, CYRK, her sophomore album, fixes that, and provides excellent results. Le Bon focuses not so much on catchy hooks or...
by snoadmin | Jan 30, 2012 | Archives-old
Editor’s note: We caught up with last semester’s abroad columnist to get her own top tracks from last year. The verdict: club bangers and chillwave. These two picks would mos def be on a list had I compiled my favorite tunes from 2011, but it’s...
by snoadmin | Jan 26, 2012 | Archives-old
I am from Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas calls to all the outsiders to unite in this seemingly small city. Nothing surprises me anymore. From the time I was ten I could have named 20 strip clubs. My middle school English teacher was once a stripper. I’ve seen a...
by snoadmin | Jan 4, 2012 | Archives-old
I can honestly say I’ve never seen a live performance of a movie score, much less heard of the concept, until now. In late November, English band 65daysofstatic took their alternative score of the 1972 sci-fi flick “Silent Running” to the Duke of York Picture...
by snoadmin | Jan 3, 2012 | End of the Year Awards
#1 Album: Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues In the spring of 2011, the stakes appeared to be set impossibly high for Fleet Foxes. Their debut LP was a massive critical and popular success that shot them into the upper echelon of indie stardom almost overnight;...
