Under-appreciated artists release albums worth listening to
Aside from Miss Black and her interpretation of the final weekday, 2011 has been a great year for music. As the year draws to a close, it seems appropriate to put “Friday” in the backseat of that car along with the other hits of the year and take some time to give a rather opinionated […]
Professor records indie-rock album
Sophomore Sarah Soles listens to a lot of music. When she first heard the band Halloween Town, she said she liked them instantly. “They remind me of Coconut Records with a little bit of Kings of Leon,” Soles said. Halloween Town, a Las Vegas-based band, recently released an album that lead singer Ryan Pardey has […]
REVIEW: Singer-songwriter successfully changes his tune
Kevin Devine, a musician from Brooklyn who has spent the last nine years under the radar, released a new album titled “Between the Concrete and Clouds” on Sept. 13. After nine years of acoustic focus, this album is the first to be backed by a full band. At first I was apprehensive about that, but […]
Senior prepares for final performance
After practicing for countless hours and taking 12 years of lessons, senior Nathan Boone will be performing his senior recital. Boone, a music education major at the University of South Dakota, is set to play Oct. 24 in Colton Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. Boone, who has been playing the trumpet since the fifth grade, […]
Naked Roommate’ author to speak at MUC
Chances are, the average college student has not had the opportunity to attend a presentation at which the speaker has declared his intentions to perform “The Syphilis Song” and teach his audience how to get as much sex as they want. On Sept. 22. the opportunity for both of those things will present itself to […]
PREVIEW: MUC to host The Naked Roommate
Chances are, the average college student has not had the opportunity to attend a presentation at which the speaker has declared his intentions to perform “The Syphilis Song,” and teach his audience how to get as much sex as they want. However, on Sept. 22. starting at 7 p.m., advice columnist and author Harlan Cohen […]