DAFT PUNK’S RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES: MUSIC OF THE FUTURE, ROOTED IN THE PAST
When I went to Lollapalooza in 2007, Daft Punk caused mass insanity with their closing show. People danced so hard they approached a communal orgasm, all beneath an incredible pyramid that flashed everything from bursts of rainbow to pictures of cats. Eight years later, they're back with a worthy reprise.
DILLO DAY DREAMIN’: THREE ACTS I’D LIKE TO SEE
Dillo Day is coming up. You can feel it in the air, the mass amount of Safe Dillo advertisements everywhere and your bones. So here, I wanted to throw out three artists I would die to listen to on Dillo. Not that I’m not giving mad props to Mayfest (and I’ll give the actual job...
A&O SPRING SHOW REVIEW, AND A HOUSE OF BLUES’ HEADS UP
Last week, my friends and I were overjoyed that A&O had gotten whysowhite and Geographer for their annual spring show. It seems as though A&O had an uncannily consistent aptitude for choosing great bands; last year Aninamiguchi and Dr. Dog were excellent.
WHYSOWHITE’S COLORFUL STYLE
We’re kicking it off today at Mr. Stitcher by talking about the style of the funky, hippity-hoppity whysowhite, the band filled with Evanstonian natives and Northwesterners who just played at the A&O spring concert on Sunday. Not only did their concert blow my mind (as will be discussed in the separate concert review) their fashion...
A SOUNDTRACK GREATER THAN GATSBY
Jay-Z, Beyonce, Fergie, Lana Del Ray, will.i.am., Florence + The Machine, Emelie Sandé, Gotye, Jack White, and Sia – certainly the only thing that could possibly improve The Great Gatsby soundtrack would be Leonardo DiCaprio crooning a love song directly for me.
BASTILLE MY HEART
One of my favorite things to do on Sundays, as I settle down to start whatever inane assignment I’ve procrastinated, on is troll the Internet for new music to soundtrack my workday afternoon.
ON REPEAT: ATLAS GENIUS’S “WHEN IT WAS NOW”
As students, we’re constantly on the lookout for that one album to revitalize the spirit before a night of partying. That album is Atlas Genius’s debut LP, When It Was Now, a veritable homage to the indie-dance genre.
LET’S GO: FIND LIVE MUSIC
There’s just something about seeing a person get up in front of a microphone and start laying down some tunes right before your eyes, watching it done right there in the flesh, that makes our world of mp3 files and Youtube streaming pale in comparison.
STITCH MUSIC REVIEW: PACIFIC AIR
Imagine sitting on the beach in Cabo: a piña colada in one hand and the latest InStyle Magazine in the other. As an exotic man fans you with a giant banana leaf, you’re listening to the sound of the waves crashing against the shore, with some peaceful music in the background. Now, cut back to...
WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM BEYONCE
Did you watch the Super Bowl? Me neither. But the half-time show? Absolutely. If the Super Bowl didn’t prove that Beyoncé runs the world, I don’t know what can. Besides feeling inadequate that our Sunday evening did not entail performing in front of thousands of fans, for one of the most televised events of the...
SHOULD WE GO THRIFT SHOPPIN’?
“Limited edition, let’s do some simple addition fifty dollars for a T-shirt – that’s some ignorant bitch shit…” curethriftshop.tumblr.com In the words of Macklemore in his song ‘Thrift Shop,’ now the number one song on iTunes, is spending $50.00 for an item “some ignorant bitch shit”? Most of my fashion-obsessed peers would have to strongly...
SONGZA: A NEW WAY TO LISTEN TO MUSIC
As much as I love Pandora, their improbable song matches – seriously, why are you giving me Trey Songz when all I want is to listen to Frank Ocean? – can get quite frustrating at times. Luckily I discovered Songza, a fun new music streaming website full of playlists that cater exactly to your taste...
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