Month: March 2015

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Dan + Shay and Canaan Smith made a stop at the House of Blues on their first headliner, the Where It All Began tour (named after their first album). The boys played an electrifying set that included their famous mashup of Taio Cruz’ “Dynamite” and Maroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger,” a cover of Ed Sheeran’s […]

SXSW is the largest music festival of its kind. Taking place each year around mid-March in Austin, it was established in 1987 and has been gaining more momentum and recognition with each passing year. In 2014 the festival generated a total economic impact of 315.3 million dollars and an estimated 376, 600 persons in attendance. […]

It’s almost here! The time of the year we all let loose, Spring Break. Midterms have our brains squeezed dry and we are ready to rejuvinate. Luckily, we live in Houston and we have a great music and art scene. So, start off your Spring Break by supporting your local talents while having fun with […]

Everyone knows the story of the small town boy who then makes the move to Nashville and becomes a country star right? Well Sam’s story might have started in the small town of Cedartown, Georgia but his storyline has a couple twists. The son of an insurance agent and a teacher, Hunt grew up playing […]

Muse has confirmed via Twitter that the release date of their new album Drones will be June 8, 2015. It’s been three years since their last album, The 2nd Law and Drones marks their seventh studio album overall, the art and track listing is all very Muse-esque. Their ‘fight the system’ persona seems to alive […]

If there is a band that everyone ever needs to know about currently, it would have to be PVRIS. This alternative rock group, that borders pop punk, has been around since 2012. Their sound has evolved from when they were first together under the name Paris. Despite the name, they’re an American bunch from Lowell, […]

Grimes, the musical project of Canadian artist Claire Boucher, has released a new song titled REALiTi alongside its music video. REALiTi is a song from Boucher’s follow-up to her 2012 album Visions; the follow-up album has since been scrapped due to it “sucking,” as she explained last September. REALiTi still has Boucher’s signature high-pitched harmonies and processed, ethereal, sometimes […]

Kendrick Lamar announced that the drop date for his new album, Untitled, is March 23. He announced the album via Twitter, posting a link to iTunes which showed his new album. According to the preorder listing, the record will contain 17 tracks. This is Lamar’s third album. Lamar gained momentum with his debut record, Section […]

The new track from St. Vincent featured in the HBO hit “Girls” has FINALLY hit the internet! Billboard reported at the beginning of the year that a track had been requested by the show’s creator Lena Dunham herself for use on the new season and it has now been released for everyone to hear. St. […]

“This is literally our first rodeo,” were the first words uttered by Fall Out Boy bassist, Pete Wentz at RodeoHouston this Sunday but both the crowd and the band’s set proved otherwise. When you think of rodeo performances, Fall Out Boy probably isn’t the first name that comes to mind but after their first appearance […]

Bo Burnham, seems to be in a constant state of permanent life crisis and has once again turned out an hour of satirical and introspective work onto the Cullen stage. On Saturday (3/7), Burnham hit up Houston to perform a show on his ‘Make Happy’ tour at the Cullen Performance Hall. Always presenting himself as […]

This past Friday night, the city of Houston was in for a treat when John Legend was set to perform at the Rodeo. It was obvious that this was not John’s first time on the Rodeo stage by showing how comfortable he was with the arena and the crowd. He is no stranger to the […]

During the past few weeks, the real world was consuming my life with homework and midterms. I had no time to catch up with the music world and it was really upsetting. After a hectic week, I was able to consolidate and put together songs that have been buzzing in my ear lately. As you […]

Several months ago, I wrote my first blog post: “A Complete Guide to Frontier Fiesta“. This post was about the possible lineup of performers coming to our campus to perform in March. Today, I am announcing the official line up of performers! I hardly can contain my excitement. So without further ado, here are the artists […]

After many breakup rumors and a brief hiatus, Mumford and Sons have returned and announced their highly-anticipated third album, “Wilder Mind,” on Monday. The album will be released on May 4 through their label, Glassnote Records and the first single “Believe” will debut on Monday, March 9!! The British folk-rock band posted a teaser for the […]

I would like to personally thank a friend of mine for showing me this band and allowing my ears to come alive when listening to them. They are the masterpiece that is Royal Blood. Formed in 2012 in Brighton of the UK, this two man band has been challenging the boundaries of Alternative Rock. With a vibe […]

The country queen has returned to her home-state and received a warm welcome from over 62,000 fans. This was Miranda’s fourth time performing at the Houston Rodeo, “I’m still really freaking nervous y’all,” said Lambert, who made her Rodeo debut back in 2008. Since then, Miranda has been named female vocalist of the year at the ACM’s […]

Whether it was Rachel Platten‘s sweet, bluesy cover of “Thinking Out Loud,” Paradise Fears breaking out with spoken word in the middle of their set, or Alex and Sierra‘s endearing on-stage dialogue and anecdotes (including an adorable Simon Cowell impression), The Good Guys and a Girl tour showed the House of Blues a great time last […]

Ah, the season of tests and midterms is upon us. While I FINALLY finished taking tests for just about every single class I have last week, I know that many students still have upcoming tests to ace, and if you’re a fortunate student that doesn’t have any upcoming tests, I’m sure this post can prove […]

Jeff Rosenstock has his roots set in ska and punk rock music, once singer and guitarist for Bomb the Music Industry!, a band that formed in 2004 and disbanded (heh, see what I did there?) just last year. Fortunately, the band’s bright melodic approach to punk is mostly gone by the time Rosenstock released this […]


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