Many have suggested fun.’s hit single “Some Nights” is a melodic cross between Queen and The Lion King.
Country fans decked out in boots, cut-off jeans, tank tops and camouflage piled into downtown Charlottesville’s Jefferson Theater last Thursday, hoping for the chance to stand in the front row to see smooth-singing Nashville-native Kip Moore perform.
The origins of DJ duo Ratchet Cat are almost as epic as their stage name. Eeshaan Sachatheva and Ishaan Chaudhary, two current fourth year students in the Comm and E-school, respectively, happened to meet up in New Delhi two summers ago and kick-started their music career together over a shared passion for music.
In a conversation that satisfied the dreams of my 13-year-old self, Switchfoot’s Drew Shirley (guitar/backing vocals) elaborates on the future of the band and on continuing to make waves — in more ways than one.
We’re all self-conscious. Kanye was the first to admit it, but Aubrey “Drake” Graham was the first to relish in it.
Juicy J has enjoyed quite a surge in popularity this year. His aptly named banger “Bandz A Make Her Dance” made its way into dance clubs across the world, and the success led to features on tracks by a slew of popular artists: will.i.am, Miley Cyrus, Ke$ha, Rihanna and Lil Wayne.
While every acoustic and folk lover flocked to the local Lockn music festival this past weekend[a], the electro-rock lovers stayed behind to attend a pair of shows at the Southern Café and Music Hall. Friday night featured Pissed Jeans, a noise rock band and a pioneer of the recent punk revival based out of Allentown, Penn.
“We Can’t Stop” buying into the commercialism of pop culture, and it seems as though local bands — and indie bands for that matter — will continue to struggle to get noticed in the growing music industry.
Fans of folk and country duo The Civil Wars will likely never hear their eponymous second album live.
When Fox’s “Glee” returns to the airwaves this fall, the question on everyone’s mind will be how the writers will handle the surprise death of star Cory Monteith this July. Monteith reportedly died of an accidental heroin and alcohol overdose — unsurprising given the star’s history of drug and alcohol abuse.
Pegi Young has played many roles: backup singer (touring with Neil Young’s band since 2000), mother (Pegi and Neil Young have been married for 27 and raised three children), and caring philanthropist (Pegi co-founded the Bridge School in 1985, an institution that supports students with complex communicational and physical needs). Recently, her musical path has led her to begin her own solo project, Pegi Young and The Survivors, who have most recently been on tour since August this year.
The University is home to a variety of notable alumni, but it’s not every day that current Wahoos can enjoy former students’ career choices on the radio.
The Lawn will come alive Wednesday as students congregate to take part in one of the University’s most treasured traditions: Rotunda Sing.
The University is home to a variety of notable alumni, but it’s not every day that current Wahoos can enjoy former students’ career choices on the radio.
The Lawn will come alive Wednesday as students congregate to take part in one of the University’s most treasured traditions: Rotunda Sing.
By the time I was 14, I had discovered a world of music outside the endless homogenous stream of Top 40 radio singles.
It seems like every three months is the “best three months of music,” but these past Summer months have certainly been the greatest “best three months of music” in recent memory, for both mainstream and lesser known artists.
Let’s forget for a minute that John Mayer spent his early career as a brooding ladies’ man, that he has dated every vapid starlet in Hollywood from Jessica Simpson to Taylor Swift and that his early singing style was so breathy he might have in fact swallowed several microphones.
Looking to get a little taste of the music festival experience, but missed out on such big name festivals as Bonnaroo, Coachella and Lollapalooza?
Miley Cyrus ‘Can’t Stop’ By Katie Cole Arts and Entertainment Editor Miley Cyrus has been a household name since Hannah Montana aired on Disney channel.
