Biting wind and cold temperatures didn’t keep people from venturing to Cleveland’s West Side last Saturday, Feb. 15, as the fifth annual Brite Winter Fest drew a crowd of thousands throughout the afternoon...
If you ask someone to think of electronic dance music (EDM), repetitive dance remixes, heavy beats and bass drops often come to mind. Senior Case Western Reserve University student Elie Nasr believes this...
“Walking Light” — Beck
Beck’s new album, “Morning Phase,” was released earlier than expected, and I’m glad that this song got to be in real life existence for even just an extra week. It’s...
One of Cleveland’s biggest music festivals takes place tomorrow, and it takes place...outside.
Okay, so maybe February in Cleveland isn’t the time of year that people want to go stand in the wind...
“No Stranger” — Small Black
Small Black put on a groovy show at Spot Night last week, with chill, difficult-to-discern lyrics. Everything meshed well, though. No one member of the band was overpowering,...
Are you one of the many individuals on campus who feel that the shadow of Severance Hall and the riches of the Cleveland Orchestra are intimidating—but wish to reconcile your curiosity for classical...
“In the Wake of You” — Dum Dum Girls
This song is reminiscent of Billy Idol’s “White Wedding”...and 80’s songs in general. If you ignore the fact that it’s on the album “Too True”...
“Anagram”—Young the Giant
Young the Giant’s new album came out last week, which is pretty cool, because it’s their first original piece of work like it since 2010. “Anagram,” the second...
The Cleveland Orchestra has recently created a group targeted toward “young professionals.” This innovative new group is known as “The Circle” and welcomes youthful business-inclined individuals...
The most irrelevant award ceremony of the year is coming up! No, not the Golden Globes…or the People’s Choice Awards. I suppose I should qualify the statement by saying that it is the most irrelevant...
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