Thursday, October 16, 2014

The Anchor Music Column (October 1-17)

Liam Ryan '17 playing guitar at the annual Club Fair

By Joe Johnston '15

I am consciously making the decision early on that since music is such an incredibly subjective media, I will not be “reviewing” any of it. My opinions are bound to crop up, but in fear of the insanity of music fans, I won't presume to call any of them final.

Instead, I hope to focus on news and interesting occurrences in the music industry, while keeping up to date on upcoming releases or any new announcements. If I happen to miss anyones favorite Indie Neo-Garage-Noise outfit’s new single, feel free to let me know (I still won’t mention them). 

Anyway, EDM fans are in for a treat this week as Steve Aoki’s Neon Future and Aphex Twin’s Syro are launching alongside the ever-mysterious producer SBTRTK’s Wonder Where We Land. Singles have been dropping of this record for a while now, pulling features like A$AP Ferg and the rising (18 y/o) Raury showing that this is not strictly an EDM effort, and I'm giddy. As far as the rock scene goes, just about everybody is aware of Weezer’s album looming over the October release window, along with a few less people aware of Hozier’s. Yellowcard is also checking in, if anyone wants to be reminded of elementary school (sorry, Yellowcard). 

Hip-Hop for the month of September is split almost entirely into two camps, those anticipating Chris Brown’s X, and the others who are much more concerned with the mega-hyped freshman LP of Pro Era frontman Joey Bada$$. The lack of solid info on B4.Da.Ss. and grainy leaked audio clips have East Coast fans ravenous, but it should be a banger, so let's hope the hype is deserved. '


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