Imagine every single Capstone musician coming together — every single instrument, every single type of music, every single musical group at the University. This year, and every year in November, there...

Tonight will mark the joining of two of the University’s distinct cultural events. The Honors College Assembly’s Express Night and the Black Student Union’s Common Ground are combining for the first...

I wish I could have no problems with Kanye West. The guy was at one point a quiet force of hip-hop with a good ear for rhythm. But something set him off. Whether it is success, tragedy or just pure ego,...

Let’s talk about football. Relax, there is still music discussion, but I want you to think about your Sunday habits. Presumably, you watch football and thus watch CBS’s coverage of the NFL. (And if...

MGMT are hipsters and “Oracular Spectacular” is hipster art. That debut record from 2007, aside from being sonically magnificent at times, also happens to be a declarative generational statement in...

According to the American Cancer Society, nearly 12 million Americans were diagnosed with cancer in 2007, the latest year for which cancer statistics have been calculated. With cancer so prevalent in...

Homecoming week has been wracked with events and activities so far, but there is one thing missing from the bill this year: a Homecoming concert. After last year’s poor turnout for the Taking Back Sunday...

Milton Ragsdale, one-half of local experimental trans-genre duo Them Natives, recently handed me a copy of the group’s latest project. It’s a handheld box, a lightweight slab, hard-plastic and rectangular...

So-called “progressive rock” is one of the most redundant genre titles in all of music, since no one else ever refers to “regressive rock,” or to what they view as music beholden of clichés, thus...