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Textural hills, valleys, and more in alt-J’s new album

Let’s just face it: there is no next Radiohead. That aside, alt-J’s sophomore album “This is All Yours” holds up to the expectations set two years ago by their debut “An Awesome Wave.” This last feat was a surprise success for the

October 2, 2014

Arts & Features·News

Five Songs That Know Exactly How You’re Feeling as a Freshman

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Just three

August 29, 2014

Campus Journal·Uncategorized

Small, independent, fiercely so: tales from WSRN

Good things come to those who listen. If you tune in to WSRN 91.5 FM, expect to hear original ideas, rare music and awesome personalities. Forty years into the game, Swat’s entirely student-run radio station shows no signs of letting up anytime

April 24, 2014

Campus Journal

Resurrecting Rock: How one student folk band almost made it

Between 1968 and 1972, Swarthmore’s folk rock scene blossomed. The five Swatties who made up Phaedra recently had their lost albums “rediscovered” for the first time ever in 2014. Will Daly, nephew of band bassist, Dick Daly, made this rediscovery possible through

March 27, 2014

Arts & Features·Features

A Conversation with Irish Musician Sharon Corr of the Corrs

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Sharon Corr

March 17, 2014

Campus Journal

Discovering gems in the five for five new music challenge

I get tired of being stuck in my old (musical) ways. Day after day, it’s the same hip hop, jazz and R&B blasting out of my boombox, iPod and computer speakers. How can one discover new musical flavors without going through tooth-wrenching

March 6, 2014

Campus Journal

Kimaya Diggs ’15 talks music, writing and identity

Kimaya Diggs ’15 must be one of the most creative people at Swarthmore. Studying creative writing and music, she commits much of her time to crafting words and harmonies. Her inspiration for her art is surely informed by the rich experiences she

March 6, 2014

Arts

A great Grapejam

The Friday evening in the midst of midterms and before the long-anticipated spring break was a popular time for many Swatties to take a break and chill out. They could be found at a fun concert, spending a few moments with friends

March 6, 2014

Arts·Campus Journal

Sampling supremacy

The good music of yesterday inspires the great music of today. As the esteemed Q-Tip once said on the legendary Low End Theory Album: “Don’t you know that things go in cycles?” We are reminded most of this reality through the art

February 20, 2014

Campus Journal

Songs to soothe a pounding Sunday hangover

Sundays at Swarthmore may be the most dreaded day of the week. We convince ourselves to do readings that our professors forgot they even assigned. There is infinite homework due the next day. Your clothes still reek of Olde Club cigarettes and

February 14, 2014

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Textural hills, valleys, and more in alt-J’s new album

Five Songs That Know Exactly How You’re Feeling as a Freshman

Small, independent, fiercely so: tales from WSRN

Resurrecting Rock: How one student folk band almost made it

A Conversation with Irish Musician Sharon Corr of the Corrs

Discovering gems in the five for five new music challenge

Kimaya Diggs ’15 talks music, writing and identity

A great Grapejam

Sampling supremacy

Songs to soothe a pounding Sunday hangover

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