On September 10, I made my way to the porch of Music House to talk to the members of the Beloit-alum band Birthrates. Composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Kirby Jayes’16, and bass player and vocalist Linden Holt’16, Birthrates currently resides in Pittsburgh, PA, and
It would appear that Mac Miller is not keen on plateauing anytime soon. The former frat rap star has continued his dramatic artistic evolution with The Divine Feminine, a tightly wound concept album centered around the endlessly fascinating topic of love. Miller’s last LP, GO:OD
I shudder to think about the length of time it must take Donald Glover to write his résumé. The man has worked as a screenwriter (30 Rock), rapper (as Childish Gambino), actor (30 Rock, Community, The Martian, etc..), voice actor and standup comedian. He
This article was originally published on Sept. 14, 2015. In the 1940s, the Beloit College student humor magazine, Goldfish, ran an issue about a cover girl coming to campus, with the woman on the front cover wearing a loose top. The administration effectively banned the
[huge_it_slider id=”2″] The 45th annual Folk and Blues Festival has come and gone, and many of us are a red t-shirt richer for it. On Friday and Saturday night, Beloit’s students gathered to awkwardly bask in the glorious sounds of both Blues and Folk, and
Frank Ocean has a lot of feelings. He let us know that in his first album, Channel Orange, and the mixtape, Nostalgia, ULTRA, that preceded it. He continues to do so on his newly released albums, Blonde, and his visual album, Endless. Frank Ocean sings
This article was originally published on Oct. 26, 2015. On Tuesday, Oct. 20, Music Box Theatre in Chicago, Ill. was sold out for the nationwide release of “This Changes Everything,” a film based off of Naomi Klein’s book by the same title, and narrated by
This article was originally published on Oct. 5, 2015. “Life begins like music,” Kathleen Dean Moore offered from the stage, pausing for Rachelle McCabe to join in with delicate piano. She continued, describing the ways ecosystems developed from “gelatinous themes,” and McCabe’s soft instrumental followed,
This article was originally published on Nov. 16, 2015. On Thursday, Nov. 12, students, faculty and staff crowded around the table in the North Lounge of the World Affairs Center for the panel The event, sponsored by the English and Critical Identities Studies departments, featured
This article was originally published on Dec. 7, 2015. Students packed Java Joint on Friday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. for the slam poetry performance by Kit Yan, who controlled the stage with his urgent, dynamic voice and dramatic hand gestures. The award-winning one-person show,