Tragic Kingdom was an enormous file. The immense success of the album helped propel ska into the mainstream and paved the way in which for Orange County bands like Reel Massive Fish and Save Ferris to make a splash within the music world. Even when Tragic Kingdom is hardly a full-on ska-punk album, the 90’s […]
“The Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds ofScience” shouldn’t be confused with a greatest hits album. Although it does contain many of their best songs, it’s more of an audio timeline of the band. This collection defines the group and how they got to be wherethey are. The two-disc album contains some of their early punk […]
Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi well known as “Kid Cudi” was born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 30, 1984. Growing up on the streets of Shaker Heights, as a teenager he attended Shaker Heights High School then transferred to Solon High School. His father, a Mexican-American, died of cancer when Cudi was twelve-years old. His mother, […]
“Sea Change” is a sharp divergence from Beck’s previous albums and offers another dimension from which to view the musician. Most noticeably, it is almost entirely acoustic. There are no electric beats, no grinding guitar, just Beck singing and strumming. Strings and sound effects are used to accentuate the existing music, not mask it. Unlike […]
Everyone questions what you want to be when you grow up starting in elementary school and your answer normally ranges from princess to astronaut. As you grow and you’re in middle school your teachers ask you the same thing my answer was an architect, once you reach high school the question is a lot firmer […]
Anticipation was within the air as we awaited Adele’s lengthy return to the Bay Space final night time at Berkeley’s Greek theater. That’s no understatement. We’d already withstood venue modifications, tour cancellations, a late begin, an (admittedly highly effective) opening act, and a drawn-out, dramatic entrance. And fortuitously, Adele was well worth the wait. She […]
Concrete Blonde – “Bloodletting” and “Walking in London” Concrete Blonde, until about a month ago, was one of those groups I had never heard of, but had heard songs that they had sung without realizing it. However, after seeing the video to “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)” on “Beevis and Butthead” (Please forgive me! I don’t […]
The main question raised in the One Day in Jozefow: Initiation to Mass Murder article is that of how did the Nazis get the manpower and successfully eliminate so many Polish Jews in a mere matter of eleven months. What is found is that the Nazis did not actually use real military force to clear […]
When noticing the scalpers and the individuals ready to acquire final minute tickets, and particularly after the live performance, I felt extraordinarily fortunate to have been capable of attend this live performance. Previous to this live performance, I had by no means been inside Carnegie Corridor’s Isaac Stern Auditorium / Ronald O. Perelman Stage. Though […]
How does a band put together guitar, bass, drums,flute and violin and actually sound good? One of the most popular bandsright now is the Dave Matthews Band and they pull off this feat quitenicely. Although they have been performing for a long time, the teenagecrowd has just started to take notice of them. The Dave […]