Tracy Boachie, Contributing Reporter
• September 20, 2013
“Don’t you wanna be somebody, don’t you wanna be? Don’t you wanna be somebody?” Marnie Stern asked her fans as she performed her song “Noonan” during her set on Sept. 11. It was not surprising...
Rarely does a concert opening band have a larger audience than the headliner. But at this week's Spot Night, Case Western Reserve University student and musician Henry Hershey drew a crowd at least three...
Studio-A-Rama isn’t a typical kind of concert for Case Western Reserve University.
Spot Nights, the Homecoming concert and Springfest have all delved into pop, folk or rap and all of them have had...
Oneohtrix Point Never - “Zebra”
Oneohtrix Point Never, aka experimental and electronic producer Daniel Lopatin, made a splash in 2011 with his album “Replica.” His new album “R Plus 7” is...
Tracy Boachie, Arts & Entertainment Reporter
• September 9, 2013
Disclaimer: A band's name that performed at the festival contains profanity. This is not intended to offend, and the content of this article does not necessarily represent the views of The Observer or...
Tracy Boachie, Arts & Entertainment Reporter
• September 6, 2013
On Saturday, Sept. 7, Case Western Reserve University’s radio station WRUW-FM 91.1 will be bringing 11 acts from Cleveland and beyond to the Mather Memorial courtyard for a day filled with good ol’...
Artist: Islands
Album: Ski Mask
Rating: 3 / 5
Islands is a Canadian band fronted by Nicholas Thorburn, formerly of indie-rock touchstones The Unicorns and more recently bands like Islands and Mister...
Stepping through the kitchen and down a set of stairs brought me to the warm basement of Beachland Tavern to meet The Melodic.
Their show on Aug. 31 was both quirky and intimate, catered to a small...
“Thank you for participating,” yelled sweaty singer Ty Tylers, a smile half-concealed by his microphone.
Audience members yelled back, thrusting their hands (most of which held beer cans) into the...
The times, they are a-confusin’ when it comes to the rap world. Way back in 2011, it seemed like Kanye West and Jay-Z were establishing some hip hop hegemony. Kanye had just released the magnum opus...
