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(10/21/17 1:23am)
If you’re looking for a super niche genre of music, P–Funk is calling your name. This little–known genre is a subcategory of psychedelic funk, which is a subcategory of funk, which is a subcategory of jazz, R&B, and soul. So yeah, you can say it’s pretty niche. With its space–like vibes, trippy voice changes, and uplifting beats, P–Funk kind of just makes you feel as if you’re floating through an utterly unfamiliar dimension of music.
(10/27/17 10:15pm)
Sometimes a song is just so good, you have to hit replay over and over again. Your interpretation of the song shifts with each fresh listen and novel appraisal, causing the same fundamental music to twist and shift into something new. Great music inspires us to dissect each minute detail until we absorb every drop of emotion and melody. This is what musicians have done with the jazz standard “Summertime.”
(10/18/17 2:12am)
This Philly indie rock, ambient, bordering–on–Americana band fronted by Adam Granduciel dropped what was a near unanimously–acclaimed “masterpiece” of an album, Lost in the Dream, back in the summer of 2014. Now on to their fourth album, the band’s grown in fame, fans (think the likes of me, my mom, Larry Fink—CEO of BlackRock for all you non–Whartonites, The New Yorker, and Jimmy Kimmel) and, most notably, talent. Even Jimmy Iovine, of Beats and The Defiant Ones fame, said that the War on Drugs should be “gigantic". What once was a Bob Dylan–esque rock group has now transformed into a larger–than–life ambient, ethereal and guitar–infused aural experience, that also may or may not be changing the tide of rock music as we know it. That distinct sound surfaced in Lost in the Dream, only to be expanded and perfected in A Deeper Understanding.
(10/04/17 12:34am)
Known for his eclectic mise–en–scène (the arrangement of actors and scenery), Wes Anderson has established himself as one of the most recognizable auteurs of contemporary cinema. Isle of Dogs, Anderson’s upcoming stop–motion film, narrates a dystopian future Japan where “canine flu” has lead to the quarantine of all dogs to the remote “trash island.” An epic journey ensues, as the 12–year–old Atari Kobayashi ventures out to the forbidden isle of dogs in an attempt to find his lost pet. With the help of a gang of local canines, the young Kobayashi disobeys the authorities of Megasaki City in the hopes of finding his beloved Spots.
(10/03/17 8:18pm)
The name “Karim Abdul” probably doesn't ring any bells, but his connection with the second–longest reigning monarch in British history might surprise you. Made public in 2010, Abdul’s diaries revealed his intense friendship with Queen Victoria during the nearly 14 years preceding her death. Victoria and Abdul, based on the book of the same name by Shrabani Basu and a somewhat sequel to 1997’s Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown, details this somewhat–recently discovered historical narrative.
(10/02/17 11:16pm)
Freshman residents of Fisher Hassenfeld and Hill College Houses saw 616 years of African American experiences in just four hours, during a trip to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
(10/02/17 11:13pm)
Book: A Vision by William Butler Yeats
(10/02/17 10:59pm)
You’ve probably walked by the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), sandwiched between Urban Outfitters and Kings Court. You’ve probably heard of the Free for All and artist opening night celebrations that happen there. But the purpose and organization of the ICA board are as big a mystery to Penn students as the tunnels under the Quad or the answers to a BEPP 250 midterm.
(10/09/17 10:18pm)
Theoretically, the McNeil building shouldn't get that much attention. It's obscured by Huntsman and Commons. It looks unremarkable from the outside. However, McNeil is home to Career Services, a basement office that serves as the physical hub of Penn's pre–professionalism.
(10/02/17 11:08pm)
FASHION
(10/11/17 3:29am)
90’s kids have seen just about everything when it comes to the evolution of listening to music. Early childhood is marked by vintage memories of poking skinny fingers into the turnstiles of my parents' cassettes, winding them by hand before popping them into the clunky boom-box. Kindergarten is colored by the all consuming excitement of CD’s— I remember shoving my black zip-up CD case into my backpack and secretly showing off my collection on the blacktop during recess. Elementary school was revolutionized by the Walkman. Its sleek portable body changed everything— I could hold it in one hand, while I walked the dog with the other; I could slip it in the mesh side paneling of my backpack on the bus ride to school; I could even hide it inside the folds of my hoodie when my parents dragged me to church. And then of course, middle school meant iTunes and Pandora. Then high school meant Spotify. College meant TidalWave, and so on. 90’s kids have seen it all. We were around when music and technology were growing together.
(10/02/17 3:30pm)
Summer may be officially over, but it sure didn’t feel like it last Sunday when indie singer–songwriter Mac Demarco took the Skyline Stage at the Mann.
(09/29/17 10:24pm)
It seems like everything Sleeping with Sirens does is a departure from their debut album, 2010’s With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear—if you believe they’ve “sold out,” it would be hard to pinpoint exactly when they did. After making an album that firmly cemented them as a post–hardcore band, their sound has been inching towards a more pop–influenced rock style.
(09/29/17 10:22pm)
The antiquated mythological figure of the American cowboy is predicated on manifest destiny: the 19th–century belief that US expansion throughout the American continents was both divinely justified and inevitable. In what ways does this ideological negligence persist in contemporary society? And how can it be overcome? Mohamed Bourouissa provokes these questions in Mohamed Bourouissa: Urban Riders, a must–see exhibition that politically dismantles the cowboy archetype by highlighting one North Philadelphia community’s symbolic rise above the neighborhood’s destructive economic circumstance.
(09/26/17 7:13pm)
Far beyond Penn’s campus, nestled behind Cobbs Creek, stands the Tower Theater, a historic gem of a music venue that is the hallmark (if not the only) attraction that the West Philadelphia suburb of Upper Darby boasts. The theater, grand and elegant, will be hosting acts from Harry Styles to Tracy Morgan in the coming months.
(09/26/17 7:18pm)
When we need to escape from our own reality, it helps to resonate with someone else’s. Here are some recommendations to get you through:
(09/26/17 12:10am)
Roxane Gay is full of contradictions. In her memoir Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, she writes about the abundance of weight–loss reality TV shows. “I hate these shows, but clearly I watch them,” she writes. “I watch these shows because even though I know how damaging and unrealistic they are, part of me still yearns for the salvation they promise.”
(09/26/17 4:01am)
When you think of the word "monument," what pops into your head? The Washington Monument, Statue of Liberty, permanence, government...
(09/26/17 12:07am)
With midterm season already here and the recent swarm of (definitely not extra) first, second, and third–round club interviews, Penn can definitely feel a little overwhelming around this time of year. But like it or not, if you do choose to deal with the stress, expression of this stress can be hard. And that’s why art therapy can be so useful.
(09/22/17 7:22pm)
Stop me if you’ve heard this producer tag before: if young Metro don’t trust you, I gon’ shoot you. Of course you have, because producer Metro Boomin’s tag has achieved meme–like fame with Boomin’s chart–topping hits like “Jumpman” by Drake and Future, and “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1” by Kanye West. Current hip–hop producers in the new wave of rap like Metro Boomin, MikeWillMadeIt, DJ Mustard, Just Blaze, and others love their production tags, so much so that some producers—such as Metro Boomin—have curated more than one tag to let you know that you’re listening to their beat. However, one producer would rather you recognize their beats by the sound itself, not through their tags—Kaytranada.
