Music
Arcade Fire Reveal True Nature of Suburbs
On their third album, “The Suburbs”, Arcade Fire continue their expansion into the mainstream, creating an album that evokes the mediocrity and banality of suburbia.
'Hip Hope' Brings Brighter Side to WHRB
Seeing as the hip hop department at Harvard’s WHRB radio station is called “The Darker Side,” it might seem that ...
Portrait of an Artist
Although initially performing as a pianist strictly with jazz techniques, Eric Lewis has expanded the traditional limits of a jazz ...
Eric Lewis
Eric Lewis, creator of the genre "Rockjazz," will visit Harvard September 15 as part of "Conversations with Kirkland."
Lab Crosses Boundaries
The Northwest Science Building came to life with curious crowds on April 30. “Play it. Light it. Dance it,” was the theme of the night at this unconventional lab, where a silent rave had students breaking barriers in science. It was The Laboratory’s latest event, which brought iPods and LEDs together to explore the intersections between science, music, and the visual arts.
Gato Music
Members of the MU Jazz Combo perform Thursday night in Café Gato Rojo. The performers played jazz standards as well as original compositions.
Music Seen: The Reading Period Playlist
It must be the perfect combination of pump-me-up and tune-me-out. Stimulating, yet supremely ignorable, and able to keep you in your Lamont cubicle-studying-rut for as long as it takes. This is not an easy balance to come by. Distractions abound, not in the least messing around with your iTunes, trying to create said inimitable playlist.
Today in Photos (05/03/2010)
Harvard Square's annual MayFair brings vendors, bands and residents together yesterday.
Pop Icon Discusses Music, Activism
Italian pop star Lorenzo "Jovanotti" Cherubini spoke at the Harvard Kennedy School last night about his experiences as a musician and a proponent of human rights.
Christopher Lim ’10
“I started playing piano and composing at the same time. My first music teacher taught me both, which is pretty unique."
Jameson Marvin
One might think the entire sound of the Glee Club is emanating from Jameson N. Marvin, the Holden Choirs’ conductor. This June, after 32 years, he’s stepping down.
Jameson Marvin
Jameson Marvin, Director of Choral Activities for the Holden Choirs for the past three decades, conducts a rehearsal of Harvard’s co-ed Collegium Musicum with characteristically quirky zeal.
NEW VISUAL ALBUM: The Sound and Fury of Animal Collective
“ODDSAC,” the new visual album by psychedelic pop band Animal Collective, is enough to make you feel as if your head has been transported from your body.
Malcolm Campbell ’10
“He’s one of those amazing brains who can process advanced quantum mechanics and rip an awesome jazz solo. He uses both sides of the brain to the fullest,” says E. Forrest O’Connor ’10 regarding his roommate Malcolm G. Campbell ’10.
Kuumba Celebrates 40th
“Kuumba is very much a family, and sometimes after you graduate it’s hard to feel a part of that family...