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New Releases

By Abby Reutzel September 21, 2012

“SECRET SOCIETY” | TITLE FIGHT 3/5 stars Title Fight returns this month with its second studio album, Floral Green, and the album’s first single, “Secret Society.” Carried by guitarist...

Cruel Summer’ Is G.O.O.D. Music

By Danny Funt September 21, 2012

4/5 stars When Kanye West burst onto the rap scene in 2004 with the hit single “Jesus Walks,” his record label, G.O.O.D. Music (which stands for “getting out our dreams”), was already...

It’s Just ‘Not the Same’

By Zach Gordon September 21, 2012

3/5 stars Ben Folds and I have a pretty personal relationship. His kids went to my school in Nashville, and he used to wave to me when our cars were next to each other in the carpool line. We’re...

Guide Grooves: Matchbox Twenty and Grizzly Bear

By The 4E Staff and The 4E Staff September 18, 2012

Guide Grooves from September 14 from thehoya on 8tracks Radio. This week, The Guide took a look at a standout classic and a recent standout. Turns out, however, the standout classic — Matchbox Twenty...

‘Shields’ Brings the Beat

By Alex Sanchez September 14, 2012

4/5 stars Brooklyn-based indie rock band Grizzly Bear is set to release its fourth studio album, Shields, on Sept. 18. This will be the band’s first release since 2009’s Veckatimest, an album...

Soundtrack to Success: Your New Study Playlist

By Allie Prescott September 14, 2012

You’re sitting in a study carrel in Lau, seemingly isolated from the world around you. The buzz of the florescent lights almost overpowers the frantic typing of your fellow miserable comrades. Pretty...

How Far We Haven’t Come

By Victoria Edel September 14, 2012

2/5 stars Full disclosure: I love Matchbox Twenty. Maybe it’s because, growing up, they were constantly on the radio. I never bought any of their albums, but I know the words of so many of their...

New Releases // 9.14.12

By Eduardo Gueiros September 14, 2012

“I Will Wait” I Mumford and Sons 4/5 Stars Mumford and Sons continues their ascent with its new single, showcasing the fantastic intensity and upbeat instrumentals that have been vital to the group’s...

I Want to Go to There (in a Zipcar)

By Michelle Cassidy and Michelle Cassidy September 11, 2012

The arrival of a small fleet of Zipcars to campus will make it easier for students (well, students over 21) to explore more of D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. While we talk about breaking the Georgetown...

Georgetown’s Expanding Music Scene

By Peter Brigham September 7, 2012

It’s a familiar sight: Healy’s Gaston Hall filled to capacity with students, staff and members of the D.C. community assembled to listen to an American politician, a foreign dignitary or even the...

Gossamer:’ Passion Pit’s Healing

By Charlie Long July 29, 2012

I still remember the first time I heard Passion Pit. It was New Year’s Eve 2009; I was 18, a senior in high school. The party that night was at an empty Cape Cod beach house, about a two-hour drive...

New Releases | 7.6.12

By Abby Reutzel July 6, 2012

“Power & Control” Marina and the Diamonds | Electra Heart 4 stars The second single from Marina’s sophomore album proves once again that her initial success wasn’t just some fluke. The track...

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