Playlist of the Week
Kyle Smith, Staff Reporter
November 2, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Music, Playlist of the Week, Top Stories
With every day looking more or less like the last gray and rainy day, it is easy to fall into a monotonous routine: wake up, go to class, do homework, sleep and repeat. To break that routine, this week’s playlist features rap songs that break the mold. “Pray For Me” - Brother Ali While the funky, 1990s-insp...
Playlist of the Week
Kyle Smith, Staff Reporter
October 26, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Music, Playlist of the Week, Top Stories
Fall Break has come and gone, leaving depleted Netflix watchlists in its wake. If you finished your favorite show, your second favorite show and everything else that sounded remotely interesting over the weekend, this week’s playlist is here to help with a selection of songs from concept albums. ...
What’s new with the Fall Concert artists
Henry Bendon, Staff Reporter
October 26, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Music, Top Stories
It’s been about a month since Smallpools and MisterWives rocked the UPBeats Fall Concert. While Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center has hosted only one or two major events since the concert, the bands that performed at the concert have been releasing new content. Smallpools and Mist...
Gus Dapperton to perform at the Grog Shop on Oct. 21
Michael Wu, Staff Reporter
October 19, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Local Events, Music, Top Stories
History tells us that everything must come to an end. Everything good and pure eventually disappears; singer-songwriter Gus Dapperton has shaved his bowl cut. For fans of Dapperton, whose latest tour brings him to the Grog Shop on Oct. 21, the bowl cut was a big deal. A 21-year-old with a hairstyle...
Playlist of the week
Kyle Smith, Staff Reporter
October 12, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Music, Playlist of the Week, Top Stories
As the first round of tests, projects and presentations winds to a close, many students may be tempted to turn off their brains and spend the next few weeks doing nothing more mentally stimulating than binge-watching Netflix. Well, binge away: this week’s playlist has all the mental stimulation you ...
CWRU student group 4upz set to release full length project
Matt Hooke, A&E Editor
October 5, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Music, Top Stories
Oct. 9 marks two important events for fourth-year student Arik Stewart. It marks his birthday and the release of “Son of October,” the first official project from his eight member art collective 4upz. “It’s a musical project focusing on some of my expression and some of my story,” said Stewart. ...
Misterwives plays Veale for UPBeats Fall Concert
Aura Rossy, Account Manager
October 5, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Local Events, Music, Top Stories
As the lights in the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center faded out on Saturday, Sept. 29 in anticipation of Misterwives, it became impossible to see over the heads in the crowd. Smoke drifted out from behind a UPBeats sign on stage and gave way to Misterwives as they took in the cheers from...
Playlist of the Week: Piano Movie Soundtracks
Tracy Wang, Staff Reporter
October 5, 2018
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There are only 88 keys on a piano, but a keyboard tells countless numbers of romantic stories—a short yet unforgettable summer love in an Italian town, a boy’s forever commitment to the love of films, a taboo relationship between a man and a robot, a genius couple struggling with their marriage ...
Noname’s “Room 25” brings the best of old and new
Kyle Smith, Staff Reporter
September 28, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Music, Top Stories
Noname has a question for you: “And y'all still thought a (explicitive) couldn't rap huh?” In her first studio album “Room 25,” Chicago rapper Noname establishes herself as a force to be reckoned with. “Room 25,” which was released on Sept. 14, sees Noname pushing the creative boundaries ...
Playlist of the Week – 9/28/2018
Kyle Smith, Staff Reporter
September 28, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Music, Playlist of the Week, Top Stories
On Sept. 22, the campus bid summer farewell and welcomed fall with the Farm Harvest Festival and sweatshirts as the weather turned wet and cold. This week’s playlist is a few melancholy songs to get you in the mood for the changing seasons. “Never Meant” - American Football Nothing says fall like ...
