Let me preface this entry by saying I’m not trying to claim any authority over hip-hop. I’m merely providing my own personal insight on a genre of great interest to me by taking what I’ve heard from the music that has come out of the genre, as well as taking from my experiences attending hip-hop…
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Death by Robot
If the title Death by Robot appeals to you, you may rest assured that Feed Me’s new EP will be to your liking as well. The new release from London-based electro house artist and producer Jon Gooch is short and sweet—a collection of only three songs, clocking in at just under thirteen minutes total. This…
Silver Linings and Other Films Worth Your Time
Hey everyone, my name is Matt and I am a History and Religion major here at Concordia who has a passionate love for film. Because of this I’ve decided to write about films that I think are worth your time to watch and that you should make time for during your study breaks this semester. …
My New Year’s Resolution Was to See Title Fight
Title Fight opened their first tour of 2013 at the New Direction in Fargo. It’s a cozy little venue situated in a basement on Roberts Street in Fargo, right next to Paradox comics. The venue is significantly smaller than the Aquarium, only capable of holding approximately 200 people unless the staff finds it suitable to…
Faculty Art Exhibition
The Faculty Art Exhibition, currently running in Concordia’s Cyrus M. Running Gallery, combines the talents of nine distinctive artists with styles that embrace the dramatic and the demure, the whimsical and the dark, the bold and the reserved. The pieces range from intaglio, watercolor, and graphite prints to graphic design to mixed media sculpture. It…
The Heist
“I will not be a statistic, just let me be No child left behind, that’s the American scheme I make my living off of words And do what I love for work And got around 980 on my SATs” The opening track on Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ new album, The Heist, is titled “Ten Thousand…
Tempest
Bob Dylan’s music has led him to many different types of accomplishments and has left him with nothing left to prove, but he still has a lot to say. With his 35th studio album, Tempest, he says a number of these different things in a number of different ways. Like all of the other Dylan…
The Haunted Man
This week, songwriter Natasha Khan (better known by her stage name Bat for Lashes) released her first studio album since the critically acclaimed 2009 album Two Suns. Natasha had already begun making a name for herself in 2008 when she opened for Radiohead, but it is Two Suns’ hit single Daniel that marked her entrance…
The Contrast Between Mainstream and Emerging Female Solo Artists
Female musicians are as prevalent today as they have ever been. Today’s radio charts are littered with female vocals of all kinds — singer/songwriters, pop stars, country sweethearts. But female pop stars found on today’s top charts have in some way all molded themselves after the same icon, whether they know it or not: the…
Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
Does your band include a projectionist as a full time band member? Didn’t think so… Godspeed You! Black Emperor, however, does. And if you’re wondering what kind of a name that is, you’re not alone. The nine-member instrumental anti-government post-rock ensemble from Montreal were on hiatus between 2003 and 2010, and Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!…