Local Business by Titus Andronicus
Jason Walsh, Music Reporter
October 13, 2012
Titus Andronicus are one of, if not the, greatest rock 'n' roll band currently alive and making music. Their sophomore album, The Monitor, is unequivocally a masterpiece. It is one of the greatest albums of any genre of the last five or ten years. More than that, The Monitorholds a special place in my heart. ...
Nehru Jackets by Himanshu
Jason Walsh, Music Reporter
October 5, 2012
Album: Nehru Jackets Artist:Himanshu Release date:January 27, 2012 Rating: 3.5 / 5 “I ain't got love handles, got thug handles” are the first lines Himanshu gives us on Nehru Jackets, his first solo mixtape, and they kind of sum up the whole thing. There's no doubt that Himanshu, also known as ...
Upcoming Local Concerts
Katy Witkowski, Music Reporter
October 5, 2012
Midterms are quickly approaching. With that in mind, it is important to remember we are in the city of rock and roll. This is a city where live music can be found on virtually every corner on any given night. In years to come, students will not remember the hours spent studying fruitlessly for th...
B.o.B Versus Berloiz
Anne Nickoloff, Music Reporter
October 5, 2012
While many Case Western Reserve University students were donning their school colors for the Homecoming football game, I wore my best dress for my first Cleveland Orchestra concert. Severance Hall was as busy as any part of CWRU this past weekend. Fancily-clad people of all ages bustled around the buildi...
Halftime Hype: The Spartan Dance Team
Elaina Lin, Theatre and Dance Reporter
October 5, 2012
The music crescendos, along with the crowd's cheers and sounds of excitement. Standing on the field is a group of students, no wait Spartans, dancers! The Spartan dance team performances at games and events have certainly brought not only excitement, but spirit and enjoyment as well. "We promote schoo...
A Morning With WRUW: Swing-a-Verse with Brian Tietz
Anne Nickoloff, Music Reporter
September 28, 2012
I stood outside the Mather Memorial Building, hoping that someone inside heard me ring the doorbell. It was cold, and I usually was not walking around campus at nine in the morning. Thankfully, someone came to my rescue and I rushed through the open doors of the campus radio station. ...
Homecoming Pep: The Marching Spartans
Anne Nickoloff, Music Reporter
September 21, 2012
With windows wide open in this sunny weather, students in North Residential Village common rooms hear an interruption like no other twice a week. “What is that?” is a question that often resonates around my residence hall. After performing for four years in my high school’s marching band, the sou...
“The Sound of the Life of the Mind” by Ben Folds Five
Drew Scheeler, Film and Television Reporter
September 21, 2012
Before their split in 1999, piano rockers Ben Folds Five produced three albums of songs about lives spent wandering around just outside the 1990s mainstream. Even after reaching chart success with Brick, the BFF’s best songs continued to balance their alternative rock whims with quirky characters an...
Grog Shop turns 20
Shadi Ahmadmehrabi, Special Interest Reporter
September 21, 2012
“You have to push every show, cross your fingers, and hope everyone shows up,” said Kathy Simkoff, who runs The Grog Shop on Coventry Rd. This weekend, The Grog Shop is celebrating its 20 year anniversary. The Grog Shop opened in 1992 as what Simkoff refers to as a “dive bar that had bands.” ...
Armed to the hilt: Bob Dylan’s Tempest
Adam Luhta, Assistant A&E Editor
September 14, 2012
The first time I heard Bob Dylan play “Every Grain of Sand” live in concert, I was so excited that I fell asleep. I had arrived in Rome three days earlier, taken a bus out to the Amalfi coast for a few days, and returned to the Eternal City that very night for the sole purpose of seeing Bob Dylan...
