The Beastie Boys has officially become "old school." Its brand of funky, heavy, guitar-tinged hip-hop faded off the radio airwaves years ago, relegated to the same cultural graveyard as boom boxes, Lollapalooza and other facets of the '90s. However, nostalgia can be a band's best friend. Read more...
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Forget about sophomore slumps. Fleet Foxes' second album, "Helplessness Blues," lives up to the expectations of the band's critically acclaimed debut album with a collection of gorgeous indie-folk songs that wrestle with heartbreak and existential questions about life and purpose. That's not to say the album came easy. Read more...
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Friday, third-year ethnomusicology student Miles Freeman will be paying "“ and playing "“ a tribute to one of his inspirations, a man he describes as the "American Mozart." Read more...
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Duke Ellington (left) with the Bharatiya Kala Kendra Orchestra in New Delhi, India in 1963. The photo is a part of the exhibit running with the performance.
Releasing a critically acclaimed album can be both a blessing and a curse for a band. Read more...
The Airborne Toxic Event burst onto the alternative music scene in 2008 with its eponymous debut album, which featured the oft-played "Sometime Around Midnight." That album was outstanding. Read more...
Adjusting to college is tough. For Duncan Palamourdas, arriving in a new country made it even tougher. Read more...
After giving up piano lessons when he moved to the United States from Korea in 1997, alumnus K.J. Kim found his musical calling again, in church. Read more...
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Alumnus K.J. Kim has performed at Disneyland, Carnegie Hall and Six Flags Magic Mountain, and he released an original song titled “21” on iTunes today. He performs, mixes and produces his music himself.
