Music
Lotus Plaza Hides Weak Songwriting Behind a Filter of Fuzz
Similarly, behind all the layers of electronic fuzz and distorted guitars on Lotus Plaza’s new album lie dull songwriting and an unskilled, unadventurous musician who consistently confuses loudness with complexity.
Guitarists Make Berklee Into School of Rock
Dreadlocks, Stratocasters, and massive arrays of effects pedals were all on display at the Berklee College of Music’s annual Guitar Night: Rock and Pop concert.
Studying with Movie Scores
If you're anything like me, when you sit down to study with music, you may inevitably find yourself writing "I'm lost in the world / I'm down on my mind" instead of defining relevant aspects of life history theory. Watching TV while completing a problem set? The last time I tried that, I waxed poetic about Liz Lemon's dominant alleles. No, homework requires something else—something without distracting words or images. So whether you're tackling a paper or problem set, movie scores are a surefire accompaniment. The Arts Board presents you with eight classics.
BSO Masterfully Performs Brahms's 'Requiem'
The Boston Symphony Orchestra captured the piece's emotions with control and power. The orchestra will give its final performance of the piece tonight.
Fellow Discusses Hip-Hop
Hip-hop music played a central role in the formation of a cohesive Afro-Brazilian identity, Jaqueline L. Santos contended in a presentation of her research on the rise of the genre in Sao Paulo, Brazil as part of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute’s Spring Colloquium Series on Wednesday.
Russian Writer's Block Playlist
From the Arts Board, tips to help get you through that paper. Russia had its first influx of classical music in the Romantic period of the 1800s. Given the tourtured-artist motif that charactarized many Romantic writers and composers, including Tchaikovsky, it seems fitting to turn to the Russian repertoire as a response to crippling writer’s block. The somber and often harrowing moments of the music only add to the sublime, manic joy interspersed throughout the repertoire. The Arts Board hopes you enjoy indulging in Russian classical music while dealing with the the destabilizing mood of writer's block.
YardFest: The Best Concert on April 15
Eager to maintain continuity, the Office of Student Life tapped an act best known for its supporting role on Far East Movement’s “Like A G6,” to play in Yardfest 2012. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Amiright?
Sharing A (Vital) Organ
A man holding his wife’s elbow ushers her down the aisle. “It’s over there,” he shout-whispers, tilting her arm up and back to point at the organ.
Osvaldo Golijov
World-renowned Argentine Composer Osvaldo Golijov (far left), discusses Jewish themes in his musical work alongside the St. Lawrence String Quartet. The St. Lawrence String Quartet performed selections from a new composition inspired by the biblical book of Ecclesiastes.
Albarn, Flea & Co. Venture to the Boundaries of Pop Music
Rocket Juice & the Moon takes the listener through a re-interpretation of rap, rock, funk, and afrobeat.
Bear in Heaven Descends to Earth on Tedious Latest
The ambient and droning synths seem to simply cover up for the lack of catchy melodies.
