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Coverage by Waylon O’Day, BreeAngela Hamilton, Raj Radia, and Franco Rosa Photos by Aarik Charles and Junior Fernandez The final day of Day for Night was the perfect end to a stellar weekend. In spite of the cold and the wind, festival goers braved the elements with the help of some stellar music. However, […]
Coverage by Waylon O’Day, Bree Angela Hamilton, Raj Radia, and Franco Rosa Photos by Aarik Charles and Junior Fernandez People from around the world descended upon the Bayou City this weekend for a one of the most highly anticipated festivals of the year, Day for Night. After the Friday night pre-party which included a DJ […]
Arcade Fire’s own, Win Butler, will be at Day For Night this year as his latest musical endeavor, DJ Windows 98. Combining elements of African and Haitian soul music, hazy electronics and sampling distinct sonics from the 90’s, Butler brings together all these elements to curate a sound that feels like it belongs in the […]
The 59th Annual Grammy Nominations were released this morning, with Beyonce and Adele leading the with number of nominations as a whole. Chance the Rapper and Kanye West each received their nods, with Frank Ocean’s Blonde staying out of the nominations due to his own personal choice. http://gty.im/470462559 Here are the nominees of the 2017 Grammy […]
The amazing wonder that is Mykki Blanco is shrouded into its own world.
Growing up in Chicago and then moving to Salt Lake City, Ryan Gary Raddon developed his own sense of music, playing at a basement club. After moving to San Francisco, he officially rebranded himself as Kaskade and officially began his career as a DJ.
http://gty.im/579688654 As solo artists Killer Mike and El-P tout impressive resumes, but together they make a pretty dynamic duo.
The king of cassette culture Ariel Marcus Rosenberg, better known as Ariel Pink, has been making music since he was 10 years old.
Richard David James, better known as Aphex Twin, sometimes stylized as AFX is a electronic musician and composer that is known for his riveting and “idiosyncratic” work in electronic music such as acid techno and IDM. These accomplishments alone have garnered James with high critical praise, and made him a legend in the genre, James was […]
Stephen Bruner (born October 19, 1984), also known by his stage name Thundercat is a world renowned performer, and artist, but also is heavily praised for his unique, and creative music style. Bruner hails from Los Angeles California, and was born into a family of musicians. Bruner began playing the bass in his early childhood, and […]
In the history of Hip-Hop, there are a few individuals that elevate their craft, change the sound of their culture, and eventually become legendary. One of these individuals include hip-hop producer, artist, screen writer, and director, Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known as RZA. Originating from the also legendary hip-hop group “The Wu-Tang Clan”, Robert diggs […]
Kamerra Franklin (born June 7, 1987) better known as Kam Franklin, is a Houston hometown hero of sorts. Franklin is widely known as the lead singer for the Houston Gulf Coast Soul Group, The Suffers. Franklin got her start backing up world renowned musicians, as well as dancing for them. Franklin is known for her “soulful mezzo-soprano vocals,” […]
Unknown Mortal Orchestra is an American and New Zealand rock band composed of Singer, and guitarist Ruban Nielson, bassist Jake Portrait, keyboardist Quincy McCrary, and drummer Amber Baker. This new age band came together when Ruban Nielson released the track “Ffunny Ffrends” on his Bandcamp profile with no information on who uploaded the song. Within […]
Devonté (Dev) Hynes better known as Blood Orange, is a 30 years old artist, producer, songwriter, and composer based out of New York City. Hynes was born December 23rd, 1985 in London, but eventually moved to America (New York) as his career started to balloon in the year 2007. Hynes initially started his music journey in […]
South Korean boy group BTS has released their second studio album Wings. Since their debut back in 2013, the group, whose name in Korean, Bangtan Sonyeondan, can be translated to “Bulletproof Boy Scouts” or simply “Bangtan Boys,” has been gaining traction in the K-Pop charts and now even in U.S. music charts. Released on Oct. […]
Fat Tony hails from UH’s back yard. The Third Ward native and UH alumnus earned enormous buzz early in his career, winning hardware at three straight Houston Press Music Awards in 2008, ’09, and ’10. Fresh off the release of 2010’s RADARGAB, he worked with OG Ron C to put out the remixed SCREWDARGAB in […]
http://gty.im/459601546 Known for his songs “Talk is Cheap” and “1998”, Australian native Nick Murphy, also known as Chet Faker, set the internet in a frenzy back in 2011 with his electronic, slightly more lazy version of Blackstreet’s “No Diggity”. His unique take on music quickly caught people’s attention and within a year he released his debut EP Thinking […]
ODESZA is a duo made up of Harrison Mills (aka CatacombKid) and Clayton Knight (aka BeachesBeaches). They met at Western Washington University and although they had met during their freshman year, they didn’t start recording music together until they were seniors in 2012. Knight was classically trained in piano as a child and took up […]
Every year there’s a multitude of films that come out from Hollywood. Big or small, acclaimed or criticized, the films that are released have the potential to make a sizable impact on pop culture. But with such a large amount of films coming out, most audiences do not have the time to see all of […]
Who are The Jesus & Mary Chain? Well, back in 1977, brothers Jim & William Reid decided to form a band in the Scottish town of East Kilbride. Taking influence from several artists like Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, The Ramones, and Pink Floyd, the brothers officially formed the group in 1983. With Douglas Hart and […]
