Month: November 2014

Today, Coog Radio program “Some Weird Sin” is announcing its expansion to “Some Weird Sin Records & Radio”.  While Some Weird Sin will remain on the Coog Radio schedule (until they kick us off), we will also be releasing records.  We are now both a college radio program and an independent record label. With that, we’re […]

  November 26th, 2014— although the international hit-band, The 1975, has been on an international tour with Live Nation for the past two years, fans at Wednesday evenings’ Houston concert would have never known. The band successfully promoted their debut self-titled album “The 1975,” by performing their hit single “Chocolate,” and other popular songs such […]

Fifteen years in the game and Eminem and Paul Rosenburn’s label Shady Records has delivered an album that reflects exactly that, fifteen years worth of music and hard work. SHADYXV, consists of two discs, the first is packed with 12-tracks worth of new material from the likes of Slaughterhouse, Yelawolf and the main man himself, […]

  This is a story all about how Jaden Smith attempted to turn the hip-hop world upside down. And I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there, I’ll tell you how he became enlightened and became self aware.   I don’t think that was necessary, but I thought, there couldn’t be a better […]

Chance The Rapper has been collecting attention quicker than ever since he dropped his mix-tapes “10 Day” and “Acid Rap.” With his high energy stage presence and jazzy, quick raps, Chance has easily dominated the hip hop world. He is also part of an innovative music group called “The Social Experiment” which is composed of […]

Shady, Eminem alter ego never fails. Shady, which has served as Eminem creative outlet, for years now, embodying a character who is not afraid to push boundaries as displayed in, the song  “3 a.m.”  Also not to mention that Shady unpredictable nature is just overall entertaining, even if at times boarder line psychotic, which in […]

The 42nd American Music Awards at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre brought out some of the best, worst, and weirdest performances of the year — as well as the latest crop of teen pop, a few doses of punk attitude and even more reasons for us to love Taylor Swift. Many awards were given out to deserving and hard-working […]

If you didn’t have time to watch the American Music Awards on the 23rd, this a brief summary of all the artists that won. In order, here are the winners and their awards: Fav Rock/ Pop Band, Duo, or Group: One Direction Rock/ Hip-Hop Album: Iggy Azalea “The New Classic” – Fun Fact: This was Iggy’s […]

Australian metalcore band Northlane released their highly anticipated single “Rot” this past Friday. Not only is this their first single since their 2013 release “Singularity”, but it is the first to feature new vocalist, Marcus Bridge. Back in September, former vocalist Adrian Fitipaldes announced his departure, citing severe issues with his vocal chords. After announcing […]

Fronted by Eric Neurotic (Fear of Lipstick), Feral Trash plays dark, melodic pop-punk, and they do it well.  Especially on the opening four tracks.  In fact, “Seventeen”, “Dead Weight”, “Loser”, and  lead single “Obey” would have been a front-runner for EP of the year.  One of the coolest things about this introductory four is that […]

Beyoncé never fails to impress, managing to give the fans new music when they least expect it. Songs “7/11” and “Ring Off “display two very different sides of Queen B, both of which we have grown to love. Friday morning became a lot brighter when Beyoncé dropped two new singles from new deluxe edition of […]

“The Mistress II is a return to my musical roots. I needed to make music that meant something; music that had substance again…” -Jay Sean After leaving Cash Money Records last month, Jay Sean has been trying to make a strong comeback into the industry and started off his independent movement by releasing his new project “The […]

The talent shined through the clouds of smoke on Monday as the Smoker’s Club rolled through Houston. With a gang of artists such as Trademark da Skydiver, Mick Jenkins, Berner, B-Real and headliners like Method Man, and Redman, it is easy to see why there was such a good turnout at the House of Blues. […]

After a 14-year long run on cable television, BET’s daily video countdown show 106 & Park will air its last episode in December convert to an online-only production in 2015. BET hopes that with the switch over to digital-only, they will be able to better engage with its core audience. Since the end of an […]

December 9, 2014 Save the date because J. Cole will be releasing an album entitled “2014 Forest Hills Drive”. This album will be different from any other album he’s released, and many albums in general, because it will have no singles out in advance just the album. This is similar to what happened in 2013 when Beyoncé […]

One could say a lot of great pop music comes out of Europe. The variety that’s produced from this continent has influenced generations of musicians and continues to do so to this day. With that, not only has the music influenced a global audience, but artists located at home base. This is the case for […]

This Friday I had the pleasure of attending the sold out Wiz Khalifia concert at Warehouse Live. After waiting in line for over 2 hours for the Grammy nominee in the cold 40 degree weather, I finally experienced an unforgettable show. Unfortunately the Taylor’d fans didn’t get to experience the awesome Wiz and Curren$y duo […]

With the fall semester nearing its end, many students are already thinking about the spring semester and the upcoming events. One huge event that takes places on campus is Frontier Fiesta. For those who don’t know, Frontier Fiesta is an annual student-run three-day carnival event founded in 1939. This year, Frontier Fiesta will take place […]

Ladies, yes, you read it correctly. Chris Brown and Trey Songz (along with Tyga) are coming to Houston in February 2015 to the Toyota Center! The talented men decided to celebrate their 10-year anniversaries as successful recording artists with their ‘Between The Sheets’ tour, starting off in Hampton, Virginia on January 28. Both Brown and Trey […]

Ever since Lorde dropped The Love Club EP and Pure Heroine, she has been reigning over America with her pop-punk beats and sultry voice. Lately she has been performing at several festivals around the world such as Lollapalooza, Laneway Festival, and Coachella. Just recently, BBC Radio released a video of Lorde covering the famous R&B/Soul […]


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