Author: Coog Radio

Logic is ending the biggest year of his career with the announcement of his first world tour. Named after his new album “Under Pressure”, the tour will kick off in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 27th and finish off in Germany on April 2nd. This tour includes stops in 38 US cities and 8 stops in various European […]

Andy Stott emerged in 2011 with his LP Passed Me By. From his entrance into the world of electronic music, it was clear that this is a DJ who refuses classification. His music flips from primal dance to tribal techno to twitchy dubstep. With ethereal vocals from Alison Skidmore peppered in, this mix is dark […]

For those of us who were unable to make the journey to Grand Prairie or Austin this past year to witness Lana Del Rey in concert, the gods of pop have given us another opportunity. This time, it is in our very own backyard. The itinerary of cities on the “Endless Love Tour” was released […]

It’s December 1st and although we still have sunny skies and flip-flop weather, the holidays are quickly approaching! After finishing our stress-inducing finals in the next couple of weeks, we all need something that will add festivity as we all say goodbye to productivity and hello to sitting in pajamas all day during the break. […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]