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Lets be real. Everyone has their bad days when anything seems to tick them off. It seems that there is no way to escape those dreaded ‘bad days’, and maybe there wasn’t a way to escape them in the past. Ever heard of the saying ‘There’s no better time than the present’? Well it’s true,…

Coheed and Cambria is, as far as I can discern from a lot of self-reflection, the band most important to my musical development. They’re not my favorite, as that dubious honor goes to the Clash, and they’re not who I would consider the objective best (if there is such a thing). But at a time…

Have you ever felt like every piece of the puzzle is finally coming together? Like, when everything seems to have its own place – with nothing obstructing the symmetry? The combination of Dawes and John Moreland fit perfectly into that synchronization. John Moreland’s alternative country style set the foundation for what was to come. John…

Although Wavves are still fairly new as a band their sounds has seen a few iterations since the ultra lo-fi garage punk of their self titled debut album. As the roster and attitude of the band has changed their sound has as well. Wavves revamped their style into the much clearer and more digestible stonery…

This show was full of surprises. However, they weren’t surprises for the mass of Toro y Moi fans that packed the Music Farm this passed Tuesday. They were surprises to me, an avid music fan but an ignoramus in regards to this man’s body of work. Going into this concert I was really only familiar…

It’s hard to talk about something that makes you feel as if you’ve been hit in the gut. It’s an unmistakable sensation; you experience something that no one wants to experience, and your stomach drops as you’re filled with hopelessness. After watching “Sicario”, a friend commented, “Yeah, that’s the thing about movies, they can take you to really…

It’s finally time to pull out those booties, boyfriend jeans and comfy sweaters…you get the picture, it’s fall. Each year fall comes around and it seems like we’re all doing the same thing – leggings, oversized sweaters and ankle boots. What’s not to like? It’s cute and comfy, but is it chic? Here to help…

Milo is an independent art rapper from Milwaukee with a penitent for spoken word poetry, which he often incorporates into his delivery. On his previous project A Toothpaste Suburb he describes his style as “[rap songs condensed into questions and then muttered]”. Recently he’s been involved in the hip hop supergroup Hellfyre club and is…

Meow the Jewels began as a gag, a phony package on the band’s merch site claiming that, for $40,000, the band would remix their new album by reproducing the instrumentals exclusively with cat noises. This was included amidst other, pricier packages in which Run the Jewels would assault and ruin the lives of anyone who…

Johnnyswim consists of married duo, Abner Ramirez, who sings and plays guitar, and Amanda Sudano, who also sings, and a varying band. With their angelic voices, they create enchanting, folky music highlighted by their beautiful harmonies. Their music is primarily folk, with a presence of pop in songs like “Diamonds” and “Live Like We’re Young.”…

“Don’t you know he’s the Devil?”… One of the first lines I caught from the Grace Joyner opening act prefaced her Lynchian set well. Her sound enveloped the few people present at the Charleston Music Hall on Friday, September 18, with a mystique only comparable to those infamous bar scenes in Twin Peaks or True…

There’s nothing like a local Charleston band to warm a person up for a headlining show. HoneySmoke, who included a kazoo solo in one of their songs, was a nice country/rock-influenced-blues band to serve as an appetizer for what was to come. They were followed by Hugh Masterson who could be described as the acoustic,…

Feminists across the nation are up in arms about the sexist language in the IRS tax code. “The patriarchal language found in the tax code is egregious and offensive,” says local tax accountant Brenda Polshik. “The consistent use of the word ‘he’ just shows how behind the field of taxation is in gender reform.” “Women…

It’s the age-old question: What is it that makes us enjoy art?  Everyone has different answers, which I guess must be realized to truly grasp the enormity of the question.  But in life, we are unfortunately confined to a single perspective, no matter how we try to expand our minds.  The most we can do…

It’s that time of year.  The plague has stricken our land yet again.  Stock up on hand sanitizer and herbal teas and boxes of tissues, because it’s flu season. Some of you may have heard of this new, magical preventative measure that some morally questionable doctors have been talking about: the flu shot.  This is…

(Note: This article discusses sexual topics, and some links in this article contain mild, nonsexual nudity.) You may know of Sense8 from the commercials Netflix pushed in the weeks leading up to and after its release, or just from emphatic Facebook posts about how awesome it was.  It’s a lot to take in, and I’m…

After a thorough investigation, the National Bureau for Literary Research confirmed that Bill Murray is a real-life manifestation of Aslan, the mythological God figure of the beloved children’s books by English author C.S. Lewis. Ever since his first appearance on the wildly popular “Saturday Night Live” following Chevy Chase’s transition to feature films, he has become a worldwide,…