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Blood v. Electricity by Unknown Component

Blood v. Electricity by Unknown Component

Anne Nickoloff, Music Reporter October 19, 2012

Until I heard about its latest album, Blood v. Electricity, Unknown Component was completely foreign to me. Even odder still, what I thought was a full rock band turned out to be a music project of...

Nehru Jackets by Himanshu

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...

The Sound of the Life of the Mind by Ben Folds Five

“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,...

Armed to the hilt: Bob Dylan’s Tempest

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...

Coexist by The xx

Coexist by The xx

Jason Walsh, Music Reporter September 7, 2012

The xx are all about simplicity and consistency. Their first album, xx, was released three years and one month ago, had eleven songs, ran 38.5 minutes, and had a simple black background with a white X...

New music for your daily commute: From Frank Ocean to the Japandroids, it’s all in your ear

Jason Walsh, Staff Reporter August 24, 2012

A lot of great albums have been released since the last issue of The Observer, and 2012 has been a good year for music so far. Here are six albums that have been sound-tracking the summer.   Bloom...

Break It Yourself

Break It Yourself

Jason Walsh, Staff Reporter April 27, 2012

There is clearly nothing broken about Andrew Bird. Despite the title of his latest album, Break It Yourself, Bird is in fine shape. He has released six solo albums in the last fifteen years, along with...

All The Lonely People

All The Lonely People

Ben Robertson, Staff Reporter April 27, 2012

Album: All The Lonely People Artist: Spencer McGillicutty Release Date: 5/15/2012 3/5 Stars It is no secret that Minneapolis quartet Spencer McGillicutty’s music is heavily influenced by...

Blunderbuss

Blunderbuss

Nicholas Jordan, Contributing Reporter April 20, 2012

Artist: Jack White Album: Blunderbuss Label: Third Man Records/ Columbia Release Date: Apr. 24, 2012 3 out of 5 stars   Before I really get going here, I would just first like to...

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