http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs Articles for College Students by College Students Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:00:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2010/03/24/notable-album-release-grovesnor-aka-that-drummer-from-hot-chip-soft-return/ http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2010/03/24/notable-album-release-grovesnor-aka-that-drummer-from-hot-chip-soft-return/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:49:23 +0000 llevin http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/?p=2856
Grovesnor, aka Rob Smoughton, aka Hot Chip’s drummer, will be releasing his debut album, Soft Return, on May 25 via Lo Recordings. Apparently he’s performed plenty solo electro pop in the past throughout the UK, but since I’m scared of other cultures this is the first I’m hearing of his solo efforts. Although, is it fair to [...]]]> http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2010/03/24/notable-album-release-grovesnor-aka-that-drummer-from-hot-chip-soft-return/feed/ 0 http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/05/15/color-of-clouds/ http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/05/15/color-of-clouds/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 04:22:38 +0000 llevin http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/?p=1611
Lee Levin Appropriate name much? The electroacoustic trio, Color of Clouds, hail from Brooklyn and were actually referred to me by my blog Knox Road’s friend and favorite, Ivana XL (thank you Ivana!) Fronted by the crisp vocals of Kelli Scarr, along with the backing duo of Dan Chen and Nate Greenberg, Color of Clouds brings [...]]]> http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/05/15/color-of-clouds/feed/ 2 http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/03/06/the-usb-memory-stick-mixtape/ http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/03/06/the-usb-memory-stick-mixtape/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:18:29 +0000 llevin http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/?p=1135
Jamie Hale This is really cool. It’s basically just a USB memory stick packaged in what looks like an old school mixtape. The idea is, you make a folder of MP3s (64 MB max) and put them on the memory stick and give it to somebody as a mixtape. Cool, no? As somebody who used to spend [...]]]> http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/03/06/the-usb-memory-stick-mixtape/feed/ 4 http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/02/26/artist-to-watch-one-day-international/ http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/02/26/artist-to-watch-one-day-international/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:28:07 +0000 llevin http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/?p=1027
Lee Levin I recently hinted on my blog Knox Road, in a SXSW post, that I would soon feature One Day International (ODI). Well, I couldn’t have waited any longer to write about the Irish quintet from Dublin. ODI is Matt Lunson on vocals, Cormac Curran on piano, Danny Snow on bass, Ross Turner on drums, and Eimear O’Grady on cello (see, now you know [...]]]> http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/02/26/artist-to-watch-one-day-international/feed/ 1 http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/02/20/st-vincent-to-release-new-album-actor-may-5/ http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/02/20/st-vincent-to-release-new-album-actor-may-5/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:50:23 +0000 llevin http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/?p=963
Lee Levin “On May 5, 4AD will release ‘Actor’ the anticipated new album by St. Vincent (nee Annie Clark), and the follow-up to her first album, ‘Marry Me,’ one of the most acclaimed debuts of 2007. ‘Actor’ was co-produced by Clark and John Congleton (Modest Mouse, Polyphonic Spree, etc…), and features eleven new songs, all written [...]]]> http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/02/20/st-vincent-to-release-new-album-actor-may-5/feed/ 0 http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/02/13/the-next-big-thing-starlume-with-exclusive-mp3s/ http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/02/13/the-next-big-thing-starlume-with-exclusive-mp3s/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:07:30 +0000 llevin http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/?p=806
Lee Levin Wow, talk about a band blowing me away. I had never heard of Starlume until I stumbled upon their MySpace. I messaged them with a hope of maybe getting some info about, as well as music from, the group. Not only did they warmly respond, they provided three unique mp3s: two brand-new, yet-to-be released songs off [...]]]> http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/02/13/the-next-big-thing-starlume-with-exclusive-mp3s/feed/ 3 http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/02/06/notable-cd-release-the-doves-kingdom-of-rust/ http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/02/06/notable-cd-release-the-doves-kingdom-of-rust/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:02:58 +0000 llevin http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/?p=687
Lee Levin   At this point you may forget who The Doves are, considering their last release, Some Cities, was all the way back in, oh, February 2005. That’s 4 years ago, ladies and gentlemen. I don’t really know why it’s taken so long to produce a new album, but  The Doves are back! Kingdom Of Rust is set to [...]]]> http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/02/06/notable-cd-release-the-doves-kingdom-of-rust/feed/ 1 http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/01/30/dc-band-making-waves-no-second-troy/ http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/01/30/dc-band-making-waves-no-second-troy/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:15:06 +0000 llevin http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/?p=533
By Lee Levin: No Second Troy is a DC act that has recently been picking up a ton of momentum – and for good reason. Their sprawling atmospheric-rock is highly listenable to fans of many genres. Their blending of diverse sounds (keys, thumping guitar/bass lines, synthesizers) adds to the impressive raspy and full-ranging voice of lead [...]]]> http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/01/30/dc-band-making-waves-no-second-troy/feed/ 0 http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/01/23/music-insider-dark-was-the-night-incredible-compilation-album/ http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/01/23/music-insider-dark-was-the-night-incredible-compilation-album/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:56:27 +0000 llevin http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/?p=433
Wow guys. We got some big stuff on our hands. And by big, I mean, unreal. 4AD is releasing a compilation album called “Dark Was The Night,“ full of indie-pop gems to benefit the fight against AIDS.  The tracklist was released this week to the utter excitement of, well, the entire music blogging world. [...]]]> http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/01/23/music-insider-dark-was-the-night-incredible-compilation-album/feed/ 1 http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/01/15/music-insider-a-cold-mix-from-new-york-city/ http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/01/15/music-insider-a-cold-mix-from-new-york-city/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:46:15 +0000 llevin http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/?p=333
So, I’m currently living the life in New York City (as part of the NYU spring in New York program at Tisch). Except for one small thing. It’s freezing outside. And don’t tell me that just because I’m from Boston I should be able to deal. I’m sorry, I’m still cold. Yeah… Anyway, here’s a little [...]]]> http://www.collegemagazine.com/college-blogs/2009/01/15/music-insider-a-cold-mix-from-new-york-city/feed/ 2