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(04/09/19 11:09pm)
It feels like Drake Bell has been an icon for so much of the past two decades, it’s hard to believe he’s managed to maintain such a steady following and keep his image so dynamic. Getting his first glimpses of the spotlight back in the nineties with minor roles in Seinfeld, Home Improvement, and Jerry Maguire, he got his first big break on Nickelodeon with regular appearances on The Amanda Show. That led to a role with his co–star Josh Peck on the hit show Drake and Josh, which earned him three Kids’ Choice Awards. On the show, he portrayed a rebellious teenager, Drake Parker, who plays against his more straight–laced step–brother Josh Nichols. Parker is also a popular musician, just like Bell in real life, who wrote the theme song for the series.
(04/05/19 10:56pm)
On March 30 at 8 p.m., the Fillmore is brimming with teens wearing glitter and flannel. Save for a handful of parents, the bar is empty—this crowd is too young to drink. But even without the steady flow of alcohol, the space is full of energy and excitement. When the star of the night, Conan Gray, walks up on stage, the crowd roars the type of roar only the young and unjaded can muster. This is a safe, intimate space.
(04/08/19 5:06pm)
MARINA is back, and this time without the Diamonds. Welsh singer Marina Diamandis recently dropped the album LOVE, the first half of the double feature LOVE + FEAR, which is set to be released in full on April 26. With her stage name now changed to just MARINA, the artist is ready to enter a new era of music, one that’s more true to herself. She’s MARINA the person, not Marina and the Diamonds, the pop star.
(10/17/19 4:00pm)
Griffin Washburn makes the antithesis of goth music. Creating music out of his camper with just a few solar panels, Washburn has been releasing perfect, summer–y, indie–pop songs for the past three years under the name Goth Babe. With an acoustic guitar, folksy vocals, and soft synths, he’s taking the DIY music scene by storm and emerging as a big name in indie pop.
(04/08/19 1:37am)
The deep house subgenre is growing more diverse by the day as artists are learning to experiment with new influences and sounds. However, it's not the most accessible genre for non–listeners, as it can come across as too “clubby” or electronic. In reality, there’s a wide range of sounds within deep house, and it’s a matter of determining which artists’ sounds appeal to each listener. One thing that often differentiates deep house from standard house music is the “beats per minute” and bass level, as deep house songs typically possess—as you might have guessed—deeper bass. Oftentimes, deep house is even further divided into two subdivisions, “future house” and “tropical house.” In both cases, the songs themselves range from 110–124 BPM. From dark and unforgiving club beats to uplifting remixes, there’s something in deep house for everyone. For those unacquainted with deep house’s best tracks, here are a few recent standouts to get you into the genre.
(04/07/19 11:30pm)
Certain sounds remind us of summer: the jingle of a Mr. Softee truck, the shrill whistle of a lifeguard at an overcrowded pool, and of course, the radio’s decision to overplay the same five songs like they’re the only ones that exist. These are the songs of the summer, say what you will about them. But whether you think they’re derivative and overrated like a summer blockbuster or pure strokes of genius, these songs are anthems, and have the power to transport even the most cynical of us back to the days of sunburns and sticky ice cream fingers.
(04/04/19 3:00pm)
With the exception of cognitive dissonance, nothing gets a kid that’s taking PSYC 001 this semester more hyped than the mention of schemas. Cognitive structures within our long term memory, schemas help us to make quick decisions by providing scripts for appropriate behavior in a given setting. They’re a quiet understanding of a situation’s social rules and our roles within them. Schemas, however, are inherently skewed. Naturally, our culture creeps into the scripts we write for ourselves, making space for biases as we try to categorize the world around us.
(04/01/19 4:52am)
Miguel might be the headliner at this year’s Spring Fling on Saturday, April 13, but it’s J.I.D., the show's special guest, who deserves the spotlight as an East Atlanta rapper who has been rising up in the music scene for the last two years. Street takes a look into what J.I.D. brings to the table and why we should be excited for his performance at Spring Fling.
(04/01/19 4:18am)
Five months ago, Street wrote that Billie Eilish "belongs to teenage girls," citing her young fanbase and her seemingly boundless energy as evidence that, while talented, Eilish certainly belongs to a distinct generation. Fast forward nearly half a year later, and Eilish drops a time bomb of a debut album filled with enough angst, existentialism, and self–doubt to transport even the most hardened of us back to tenth grade.
(04/01/19 3:31am)
Harley Streten, otherwise known as Flume, has never shied away from an ambitious sound. Leaping onto the scene in 2013, Flume immediately captured hearts with his unique remix of Disclosure’s “You & Me,” and has never played it safe since. His new mixtape, Hi, This is Flume, marks another step in the DJ’s path of experimentation and bold production, filled with creative musical atmospheres and mesmerizing beats front–to–back.
(04/01/19 11:02pm)
In 2009, indie rock band The Antlers released Hospice, a concept album using the love story of a hospice worker and a patient with terminal bone cancer as a metaphor for one of frontman Peter Silberman's old relationships. "To an extent it's autobiographical," Silberman said in an interview with The Village Voice, "but I guess the best way to say it is that there's a few ways to lose someone. It's not always through death, even if it resembles death." The message resonated with fans and critics alike: Pitchfork awarded the album with a "Best New Music" stamp upon its release before ranking it #37 of the best 50 albums of 2009, while Beats Per Minute crowned Hospice the best album of the year.
(04/07/19 11:39pm)
Sitcoms are a dime a dozen—major entertainment networks such as NBC, CBS, and FOX cycle through them at a rapid pace, each with their own premise and title theme songs. Speaking of the latter, a number of shows last long enough that their signature song becomes instantly recognizable. However, a few of these themes become something more—a celebrated track forever enshrined in the minds of viewers across the world, symbolizing good memories of the times spent watching and laughing at the trials of their favorite comedic characters. Why not rank the best ones?
(04/05/19 1:39am)
Bon Iver’s March 27 performance at The Met Philadelphia epitomized the perfect 21st century concert. The perfect 21st century concert is sophisticated, self–aware, experimental, and fluid. It is polished, but not perfect; that is to say, the audience does not forget that a human is performing live and on–stage. The perfect 21st century concert utilizes modern technology to enhance the performance but not distract from its message. Flowing effortlessly from traditional rock and roll to airy, acoustic melodies to electrifyingly dissonant chords, Bon Iver delivered a profound performance that fully captured their artistic evolution. In one fell swoop, Bon Iver embodied what it means to be an artist in the 21st century—satiating the audience’s distinctly modern craving for human connection through music and exiting—smugly, almost—as the theatre gasped for more.
(03/31/19 11:52pm)
For their last show of the school year, SPEC Jazz & Grooves will bring Choker to campus with opening acts Orion Sun and Bathe on Friday, April 5, at the TEP Chapter House located at 3805 Walnut Street. These acts will finish off a string of up–and–coming artists that included headliners Tierra Whack and Omar Apollo from previous concerts this year.
(04/10/19 10:44pm)
Even if you haven’t seen Bradley Cooper’s Oscar nominated directorial debut A Star is Born, there’s no way the buzz has escaped you. The movie soundtrack’s biggest hit, “Shallow,” has swept the radio airwaves, and Cooper and Lady Gaga’s passionate performance at the Oscars stole the show.
(04/15/19 1:54am)
One day, like most days, my mother made an offhand comment: "I don't know why male musicians dress so boring. If I were a rock star, I'd dress like ZZ Ward every day." When I saw her at the Theatre of Living Arts last February, Ward wore a sequined black tank top, black and white leather pants, and her signature black hat—not necessarily an outfit you would want to picture your mother wearing. In an effort to banish that thought from my mind, I started mulling over the statement, wondering how I would dress in the parallel universe where I become a famous musician, and soon it worked its way into conversation—an icebreaker I never expected.
(04/14/19 6:24pm)
When artificial intelligence comes to mind, we imagine an emotionally barren apocalypse: we're falling in love with lines of code that can't love us back, interacting with robots who speak and move in mechanical beats, and waiting for the day our computers decide to kill us. Humanity is gone, and perfection—in the form of machinery and numeric binaries—has arrived at the expense of human bonds. But for many in the music industry, AI offers an expansive playground to grow sound and listening experiences. It’s the new frontier, only instead of conquering humanity, musical AI serves to help it.
(04/03/19 10:37pm)
On March 18, it was announced that Miguel, along with J.I.D, will be performing at this year’s Spring Fling on Saturday, April 13. In preparation for Miguel’s performance, Street takes look into the musical evolution of Miguel and what we should expect from this prolific R&B artist at his Fling concert.
(04/03/19 9:18pm)
On Childish Gambino’s Wikipedia page, he is listed as an actor, comedian, writer, producer, director, rapper, singer, songwriter, and DJ. Kanye West’s Wikipedia states his occupation as a rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. Rihanna is not only the seventh best–selling music artist worldwide, but also the owner of Fenty Beauty, a powerhouse makeup brand.
(05/01/19 1:11am)
To cap off the spring semester, Street decided to compile a list of “10 Songs Instrumental to Our Experiences,” featuring ten songs with personal stories chosen by different members of 34th Street’s music staff and our editors. Music is a big part of all of our lives, and we all have those songs that remind us of home, got us through a tough time, or otherwise defined our adolescence. So here is a small piece of our story, featuring songs that—for different reasons—have contributed to who we are.
