Category: Music
SAYMYNAME brings HARDTRAP to Bottom Lounge, 1/13
SAYMYNAME will bring his What’s My Name tour to Chicago this Saturday, January 13 at Bottom Lounge! Continue reading
EDM Concerts Winter 2018
Dillon Francis! (instagram: catdiggedydog)
Ready to rage every weekend? I’ve got you covered. Plan out how exactly you’re going to waste all of your money on concerts and festivals.
If you love heavy, bass-loaded music, hit up: Datsik (with Brillz, Space Jesus, Riot Ten and Wooli), Carnage, Ganja White Night, Excision
If you love chill, mellow beats, hit up: MØ & Cashmere Cat, Stelouse, Matoma
Sullivan King on his Lost Lands set, new Vantablack EP
Sullivan King’s debut festival set at Lost Lands helped put him on many people’s radars, but this is just the beginning. The 23-year-old LA native caught bass heads by surprise with his punk and metal-infused set, resulting in a massive flood of support. Continue reading
Manila Killa: “Music is always there for me” [interview + giveaway]
Photo credit: STruong Photography
Some people go to work at a consulting firm after graduation. Others might go to graduate school. Chris Gavino aka Manila Killa is ending his I Want You tour in Chicago this weekend after performing over a dozen shows across the country this fall. That’s what he’s been doing since graduating from George Mason University in Virginia earlier last year. Continue reading
Champagne Drip on trying new things: “Learn the rules to break them”
Photo credit: Webster Hall
When I asked him about who inspired him to create music, Champagne Drip aka Sam Pool cited his former art teacher Marlene Alexander as one of his biggest motivators. Continue reading
some great songs to listen to
source: rexisky
A couple of years ago, I had this wild idea to start a second blog for music with one liners like these to review and recommend songs. Take a peek at the songs I was bumpin’ in 2014:
<“54 incredible songs you may have missed in 2014”>
And 17 more songs from my sophomore year, fall quarter:
And now, songs I love, in no particular order.
Taylor McFerrin – Degrees of Light
A fairy ballerina dancing across a dark pond:
Win a pair of tickets to see Cosmo’s Midnight!
Credits: Cosmo’s Midnight
I remember listening to Cosmo’s Midnight on Youtube when I was a senior, writing my college application essays in a Starbucks one evening. This was before Spotify and Soundcloud took over, when I was listening to channels like Majestic Casual and Pandora to find new music. Continue reading
