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M83: Junk Review

By Connor Schwanke Music Journalist Artist: M83 Album: Junk Label: Mute Release Date: April 7, 2016 Website: http://ilovem83.com M83 has been coined for their increasingly epic, cinematic albums, culminating to the 2011 double album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. The critical success and goosebumps moments of Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming landed scoring opportunities for frontman Anthony Gonzalez for films like Oblivion and Divergent. Some other titles off the album, like "Wait," also […]

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Culture

Schindler’s List May Be Historically Inaccurate, but Still Shines Light on the Holocaust

By Helen Wang Blog Content Contributor Schindler’s List is a biopic film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the novel by Thomas Keneally under the same title. The film received over 80 award wins and 20 nominations, making it one of Hollywood’s films to remember. The day that "Schindler’s List" premiered, New York Times reviewer Janet Maslin declared, “Mr. Spielberg has made sure that neither he nor the Holocaust will […]

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Music

Lemon Demon: Spirit Phone Review

By Wes Clary Music Journalist Artist: Lemon Demon Album: Spirit Phone Label: Self-released Release Date: February 29, 2016 Website: http://www.lemondemon.com/ Mad scientist Neil Cicierega has released his ninth record under his synth-pop alias Lemon Demon titled Spirit Phone. Cicierega is a 29-year-old Massachusetts native that is not only known as a musician but as an internet artist, comedian and filmmaker. Spirit Phone is full of catchy tracks that are soaked in synthesizers. […]

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Music

Denzel Curry: Imperial Review

By Kendra Sells Music Journalist Artist: Denzel Curry Album: Imperial Label: C9 Release Date: March 9, 2016 Website: https://soundcloud.com/denzelcurryph Curry is unapologetically aggressive. Imperial highlights what makes South Florida rapper Denzel Curry stand apart from many others in the rap game; he is intense, introspective and personal. "ULT" makes for an epic opening to his 10-track album with ethereal synths, sounding much like a call to attention for listeners. He then […]

todayMay 19, 2016 60

Music

Black Mountain: IV Review

By Ryan Lacerda Music Journalist Artist: Black Mountain Album: IV Label: Jagjaguwar Release Date: April 1, 2016 Website: http://www.blackmountainarmy.com/home Vancouver based band Black Mountain confidently claims their newest album, IV, is their “strongest material to date.” IV’s experimental return and artistic reach has been positively welcomed by classic fans and was probably necessary to re­-engage their true fan­ base following their poppier and less experimental Wilderness Heart (2010.) In stark contrast to their […]

todayMay 14, 2016 63

Events

MR Fest Artist Profile: Dylan Fox and the Wave

By Melissa Johnston Music Journalist Dylan Fox And The Wave is a garage rock duo of brothers who appropriately got their start in basements and garages in the faraway land of Oakland, California. Their lo-fi sound is akin to a morphed version of Ty Segall and The Ramones with a dash of surf rock and a twist of Dylan’s high, loose vocals that round off their unique presence in the world […]

todayApril 29, 2016 154

Events

MR Fest Artist Profile: Tamarron

By Ashley Galvan Music Journalist   Tamarron is a local band from none other than Austin, Texas. They are a psych-rock, shoegaze band that actually has a split with another Austin-­based band playing at MR Fest, dryspell. The split has a couple of Tamarron’s own tunes to listen to such as “New/Joint” and “Panama.” The riffs and electronic haze sounds gives their listeners a nice, chill wave vibe. Come out to MR […]

todayApril 28, 2016 57

Events

MR Fest Artist Profile: Brandon Smith

By Gabriel Fermin Rap Music Director Brandon Smith is a young confident rapper/producer out of Dallas who moved to San Marcos last year to attend Texas State University. He has already released three albums with the latest one titled Africa: Black Boy, to a Black Man. In his most recent interview with University Star, he explained that one his main missions is help the audience learn something. His latest album Africa is very […]

todayApril 28, 2016 54

Events

MR Fest Artist Profile: Clever Heads Prevail

By Natalia Glenn Music Journalist The unique band Clever Heads Prevail is one of the few sounds I’d recommend out of the indie rock scene in San Marcos. Jose Jimenez (vocals/guitar,) Micah Krejcha (lead guitar,) Eric Puente (drums) and Landon Cabrera (bass) all fuse together to make this uniquely beautiful sound due to the combination of indie rock with a speckle of latin vibe. The soulfulness in Jimenez’s tone and tranquil movement of the guitar, were all […]

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