While in no way a competition, 2005 and 2006 U.Va. Battle of the Bands winners shared the stage last Friday at Starr Hill, and the results were epic.
I AM writing in response to the recent visits from fundamentalist street preachers -- "Bible beaters," if you will -- to our school's amphitheater in the last two weeks.
Every once in a while, there comes a band that breaks free from the restrictions of genre and the syndrome of being too cool for the common folk.
Part of growing up is moving on from the music that you used to listen to. Many times, music fans will support a band until they hit TRL and nation-wide radio rotation.
What do Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, Denis Leary and Will Arnett all have in common? They are all actors struggling to find work.
The 80s had hair metal and cheesy synthesized-pop. The 90s had grunge rock and boy bands. But has anyone else had trouble pinpointing the sound of the 00s?
Coheed and Cambria, like a tall glass of Guinness, is an acquired taste. Front man Claudio Sanchez's impossibly high vocals -- the band's chief signature -- is what makes this music so hard to get into.
