TYGA’s new album, “Hotel California,” was released on April 9th—leaving exactly 72 hours for eager Penn students to learn all of his new lyrics before we see him in concert on Friday. These new songs will have to earn their place among favorites like “Rack City,” “Faded” and “Make it Nasty.” The new album’s cover displays a majestic tiger lounging beside a sunlit pool, because of course it would.
On April 5, Philly musician and sound designer Michael Kiley, also known as The Mural and the Mint, releases an iPhone app called The Empty Air. It plays music filtered with ambient noise that corresponds to the user’s location in Rittenhouse Square Park. Who knew birds, rustling leaves, church bells and your conversations could be art?
Prior to winning a date with Tad Hamilton and charming Superman and… well, I don’t really know what else because Kate Bosworth really hasn’t been in a lot of movies.
The Cold War Kids’ last album was a departure from the indie sound they exhibited on “Robbers & Cowards,” as they chose to go for a more mainstream sound. “Dear Miss Lonelyhearts” is a return back to their indie roots and their original sound. There’s a few misses with the title track and “Fear & Trembling,” but songs like “Miracle Mile” will pump you up just as much as “Tuxedos” will get you thinking. The album is something like the inverted giant drop at amusement parks; you start off being shot upwards then calm down a bit before another shot followed by the slow return to the ground. The title track might make you feel like the ride is malfunctioning before you hit the ground, but “Bitter Poem” brings you home safely.
Philly ‘80s Horror Double
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April 7, 7 P.M. at PhilaMOCA
531 N 12th St.
Philadelphia has always been a hub for so–bad–they’re–good horror B–movies.
If you haven’t already recognized Kevin Crouch around campus by his incredible height and wonderful dress sense—he will definitely stand out through his music.
There’s no denying that “Trance” is stylish — after all, it is directed by Danny Boyle, of “Slumdog Millionaire” and the London Olympics Opening Ceremony fame.
If you never had much faith in Tyler, the Creator’s musical abilities, now would be the time to listen to his newest album “Wolf” and bask in the glitter of his cleaner, more jazzier production.