Alright, this is it: the final frontier, the home stretch. With only that last round of papers and unfashionably late exam, !Georgetown Day¡ is so close you can taste it. This playlist will help you relax, buckle down, and get through the rest of this semester. See you on the other side!
Alright, I know this seems like a cop out. You may already be asking yourself, “Wait, didn’t this band break up in 2006?”. The answer to that question, my friends, would be yes, they did. These musicians created songs of simple beauty that are often overlooked due to the later successes of each individual artist. This is why I am taking the time to give public appreciation to an unsigned band of the past, a ghost in our musical memories that deserves more than a lingering itch of what could have been. Read More »
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If Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Devandra Banhart, and Lavender Diamond came together to create a musical baby (album), out would come the Bowerbirds’ third album, The Clearing. The trio’s latest album packs a much greater punch than their first two in terms of instrumentation and lyrical quality. The Clearing, however, sounds much more like an album produced by an indie-rock band rather than a freaky-folk band, like Bowerbirds. Read More »
The annual GEMA Rocks concert is a Georgetown tradition that you don’t want to miss (although if you can’t make it out to Gonda, you can still catch the live stream of Saturday’s performance on WGTB!). This year’s performers include a slew of GU alums who have made it big in music, comedy, and television, and they’re going to put on a killer show representing six decades of Hoya talent.
And it’s coming up in just a few days!
By now Bon Iver needs little introduction. We all adored their debut album For Emma, Forever Ago, and now that their latest effort debuted at #2 on the US Billboard 200, frontman Justin Vernon is a legitimate star. But there’s something I’ve been dying to get off my chest: Bon Iver is not that good. Read More »
