Archive for Electronic
Editor’s Picks: 10 Best Songs of 2009
December 15th, 2009 • 4 comments Commentary, Electronic, Folk, Hip Hop, Rock, Top Ten
Tags: Karen O and the Kids, Matt and Kim, Mum, Noah and the Whale, Passion Pit, Phoenix, Regina Spektor, The Lonely Island, Top Ten, Weezer, Zee Avi
With just 16 days remaining in 2009, and the music calendar winding down, its time to look back at the year in music as I provide you with my picks for the 10 best songs of the year.
2. “All is Love” (Where the Wild Things Are) Karen O and the Kids
3. “Rome” (Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix) Phoenix
Concert Review: The Miracle on Tremont Street (with Video)
December 5th, 2009 • 1 comment Boston, Concert Review, Electronic, Rock
Tags: Miracle on Tremont Street, Passion Pit, Phoenix, Spoon, WFNX
Usually when you are awakened three hours before the alarm goes off, it’s a sign that you might be having a bad day. However, when I received such a call one morning in October while on a trip in San Francisco, the opposite was true.
The call alerted me to the lineup of the annual Miracle on Tremont Street sponsored by Boston’s WFNX, which featured three of my favorite indie rock acts, in concert order, Passion Pit, Phoenix and Spoon, and the concert was to be held in Boston’s historic Orpheum Theater. Read more »
Commentary: An Exploration into the Burgeoning Pittsburgh Music Scene
November 23rd, 2009 • 1 comment Commentary, Electronic, Op-Ed, Rock
Tags: Girl Talk, Indie, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, The Clarks, TV on the Radio
I should first make it clear that I was born, raised, and still technically live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This is likely not the city you probably envision in your mind. I have heard many falsities about my hometown in my tenure here at Bates. Pittsburgh is not a suburb of Philadelphia. It is no longer dirty. Ihere is, in fact, an ‘H’ at the end of our name, and there is more to life than the Steelers, Penguins, and, of course, our lowly Pirates. Read more »
WRBC and CHC present Matt and Kim
September 1st, 2009 • Brooklyn, Electronic, Press Release, Rock
Tags: Brooklyn, Daylight, KahBang, Matt and Kim
WRBC, Bates College Radio, and the Chase Hall Committee, the principal campus programming board, will present Brooklyn, New York Band ‘Matt and Kim’ (www.mattandkimmusic.com/), at Bates College in Lewiston in Chase Hall on September 18th, 2009. Doors will open at 9:30; the concert costs $3 for Bates Students and $8 for the general public. Tickets go on sale on www.batestickets.com on September 1st. Read more »
Video: Au Revior Simone – 6/27/09
June 29th, 2009 • Brooklyn, Electronic, Video
Tags: au revoir simone, bowery ballroom, Brooklyn, new york city, Video
This is a video I shot of the song “Through the Backyards of our Neighbors” by Au Revoir Simone. It appears on their first album, “Verses Of Comfort, Assurance, and Salvation”
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WRBC presents FM Belfast
February 21st, 2009 • Electronic, Press Release
Tags: Battleship, FM Belfast, Iceland, Reggaenomics, TaNZERMENSCH
As part of the WRBC FM “Never-Ending Concert Series,” Icelandic band, FM Belfast (http://www.myspace.com/fmbelfast), will be playing a show at Bates College in Lewiston at the Benjamin Mays Center on February 28th, 2009. Doors will open at 9:30, and the Bates’ own Battleship and Reggaenomics will head off the concert, which is free. The evening will end with a performance by DJ TäNZERMENSCH. Read more »
Photo Gallery: Iceland Airwaves 2008
October 28th, 2008 • Electronic, Folk, Iceland, Photo Gallery
Tags: FM Belfast, Fuck Buttons, Gus Gus, iceland airwaves, Reykjavik, seabear
Several members of the WRBC Board of Directors made a visit to the nation of Iceland to attend the annual Iceland Airwaves Music Festival in October 2008. The festival included performances from over 100 bands, including many Icelandic acts and several prominent international performers. Read more »