The title of Georgia-based indie outfit Deerhunter’s sixth full length LP, Monomania, was borne as a reflection of frontman Bradford Cox’s obsessive traits, specifically in regards to music: in a 2011 interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, Cox stated “I guess my time as a musician has gone by so fast that I realized that I have [...]
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Contemporary artists embrace earlier sounds
Things are starting to get hectic here on campus as the semester begins to wind down. Last-minute assignments and studying for finals are taking up everybody’s time, and it feels like someone is shafting us by stealing hours out of the day when no one’s looking. In this semester’s coda, most of us are just [...]
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The electro-pop-duo Brandon and Leah recently released its first EP Cronies.
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There is an impressive amount of artistic growth between Tyler, the Creator’s disappointing 2011 LP Goblin and his latest release Wolf.
Read the rest of this article »It’s time to blow the dust off those books and prepare for post-midterm madness, and this week’s New Noise has just the soundtrack for you. Whether it’s the awaited return of the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club or the awesome simplicity of Colleen Green, the songs featured will help get you off that couch and get [...]
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R&B/pop artist Jarell Perry’s debut EP Simple Things is full of raw, lyrical confessionals.
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Rhye’s debut album delivers a soulful mix of creative and contemplative tracks.
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The quirky Darwin Smith focuses on writing music that makes people smile.
Read the rest of this article »New artist Kishi Bashi embraces life through music
Named one of the top artists of 2012 by NPR, Kishi Bashi’s debut album 151a celebrates the uniqueness of day-to-day life.
Read the rest of this article »Punk still relevant for today’s music scene
The genre of punk has long been sliced and diced into various subgenres, and nowadays it seems that just about every slightly hardcore indie band seems to slap the “post-punk” or “prog-punk” label onto itself. In the 1970s, the meaning of punk was clear as hair gel — no one was confused about the dude [...]
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