Monthly Archives: February 2012

Stuck with a late-night time slot as a first-semester freshman in fall 2010, DJ Morgan Brown first hosted a program that followed material from her History of Rock class. When the class was over, this jokester in denial decided to blend her humor and music tastes, resulting in a new show – Jokes after Midnight. After three semesters, JAM is going strong, and Morgan has fully embraced her three true loves – lawyer jokes, excellent music, and of course, the Monday late night time slots.

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In Be The Void, Philadelphia band Dr. Dog is back with more of their catchy, rhythmic rock. This album is mostly in line with their previous six releases, but at points it becomes a little more raucous, a little more raw. The lo-fi quality is not a step backwards by any means, though.

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Do you love music? Do you have Hoya pride? If you answered yes to both of those questions, Grasping At Straws needs your help! The student band, featuring Anatole Doak (COL ’12) and Matt Galizia (COL ’12) as well as Charlie Burgoyne and Chris Harold, is playing in a Battle of the Bands this Sunday 2/19. Depending on how many tickets they sell by Thursday, they’ll either get to play a smaller venue like DC9 or the Rock N Roll Hotel or the ultimate DC stage at the 9:30 Club. Additionally, the winner of each venue will get 15 hours of studio time and $500. Watch this acoustic session we did with Anatole and if you’re interested in helping these guys to the big stage at the 9:30 Club, make sure to check out the details after the jump! Read More »

Everywhere you turn, it seems like an old movie or TV series is getting the remake treatment. This often gets fans of the originals up in arms, and the product can easily become an uninspired retread, where no new life is put into the work. Rodrigo y Gabriela could have fallen into this trap with their newest album Area 52, in which they reinterpret several songs from their previous albums. Fortunately, they’ve managed to come out with an album that separates itself from their early work while, for the most part, maintaining their personal sound.

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Virgin Forest, four fifths of Alabama indie band Phosphorescent, recently released the album Easy Way Out whose title seems somewhat prophetic. There is nothing wrong with this album, no glaring mistakes or unbearable stylistic choices. Unfortunately, there is also nothing terribly interesting about this album.

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Unlike The Band’s 1968 debut studio album, the sophomore album belonging to its electric-rock duo namesake, The Big Pink, will most likely not snag a spot on Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums of all time. Future This is teeming with corny feel-good lyrics. Not that there is anything wrong with optimism, but it is an awkward departure from The Big Pink’s first album Brief History of Love, which felt lonely and a little depressing, but in an offbeat, cool way.

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Note: We here at The Rotation thought we’d get a two-sided look at LDR’s latest album. This second installment is the negative review, written by Stephen Choi:

Saturation is a strange thing. It’s pervasive, it’s insistent, you turn around and its there, glaring right back at you. It craves the battle cry of the public; it fuels itself on both anger and love. So, it isn’t surprising how the static overload of Lana Del Rey’s dividing ascent has seized the attention of Georgetown’s various news outlets; only furthering the divvying momentum of her latest album, Born to Die.

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WGTB’s Sydney Browning interviewed Caitlin Krisko of The Broadcast to promote their show at Acre121 on Febrary 4th:

The Broadcast is a soul rock band based out of Asheville, North Carolina.  From their beginning in Brooklyn, they gained popularity in New York before moving away from the New York rat race.  They have one album “Over the Undercover” and have recently released their new EP “Days Like Dreams”.  The band is comprised of lead vocalist Caitlin Krisko, Rich Brownstein on the keyboard, Matthew Davis on the bass, Tyler Housholder on percussion, Christian Mendoza on guitar, and Michael Davis on drums.  All of the members of the band are professionally trained.

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