Hunger Games Soundtrack

Erin O'Brien, Student Life Editor
May 14, 2012

The Hunger Games album is an amazing addition to the already astounding movie. The album, though technically the official album for the movie, is not used in the movie at all. But don’t let this fact deter you from buying the album.  Each song from the album was written and produced specifically for... Read more »

My Kinda Party

Kayleigh Meisenzahl, A&E Lead Editor
May 2, 2012

Jason Aldean’s latest album, My Kinda Party, (which debuted in the year 2010) is still making great waves in the music industry. The first single off the album was his duet with Kelly Clarkson, called “Don’t You Wanna Stay”, gained major success for the rest of the album. Jason Aldean became... Read more »

Ceremonials

Leah Mason, Staff
March 30, 2012

Music artist Florence Welch recently released her second album this past Fall.  The Brit was making waves with her first album Lungs back in 2009, and she is now getting noticed again for her new album, Ceremonials. Florence’s twelve track record holds true to her earlier style first featured in Lungs. ... Read more »

Mr. Roboto

Joe Hickey, Staff
March 30, 2012

Seeing as I did a robotics article, I feel it is only fair that I critique a song on robotics. “Mr. Roboto” is a song by the band known as Styx. If I am correct, it is also the song that created the robot dance. The song is about a man that is thanking a scientist for bringing him back to life by... Read more »

Fun.

Kasey Riedl, Editorial Editor
March 30, 2012

The American indie pop band ‘fun.’ has just released their second album, Some Nights. Nate Ruess, lead singer of fun., formed the band when he left Arizona to come to New York to work with Andrew Dost and Jack Antonoff. They recorded their first album in August of 2009 titled Aim and Ignite.... Read more »

Born To Die – Lana Del Rey

Leah Mason, Staff
March 15, 2012

Up-and-coming music artist Lana Del Rey is making quite the splash on music and media scenes.  Her trademark voice, with its deep sound, is considered, by some, as horrible. Meanwhile, others say that it is incomparable to any other artist heard on the radio today.  Recently, her performance on Saturday... Read more »

Mayer is Back

Margaret Keefer, News Editor
March 9, 2012

John Mayer released a single “Shadow Days” on March 6th. The song is from his new album Born and Raised, which is set to be released in May 2012. We haven’t heard any new music from John since he released Battle Studies back in 2009. You can almost hear the swooning of giddy teenagers and grown... Read more »

Hunter Hayes on the Rise

Kayleigh Meisenzahl, A&E Lead Editor
March 1, 2012

Ever heard of a guy named Hunter Hayes? Well if you have not, now you have. He is a 19 year old country singer who is on the rise in the music industry. His debut album is self titled and it hit stores back in October, but he is getting noticed for his young, modern country voice. He hails from Louisiana,... Read more »

Big Night for Music

Margaret Keefer, News Editor
February 10, 2012

This year marks the 54th year of the Grammy Awards. There are many artists that have had a great year and that have accomplished popularity for making hit records. Adele won the Grammy in 2009 for Best New Artist, and has since been tremendously growing in popularity. She is nominated for six Grammys,... Read more »

We Own the Night

Kayleigh Meisenzahl, A&E Lead Editor
February 6, 2012

Many know Lady Antebellum for their hit song ‘Need You Now’ from their album Need You Now. Well, they have recently come out with their third album, entitled We Own the Night. This album contains singles such as ‘We Own the Night’ and ‘Just a Kiss’. We Own the Night captures Lady Antebellum’s... Read more »