music
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Tommy and the High Pilots Fly High at Hatheway
The up and coming national band Tommy and the High Pilots played a free show at Hatheway Hall on Friday, Oct. 11.
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Band Section Leader To Radio Broadcasting Star
Matthew Dorman grew up and graduated in Bethalto, IL.
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A Tast Of Italy On L&C Campus
The Alton Symphony Orchestra sponsored A Tour of Italy at L&C Sunday, February 24, in the Hathaway Cultural Center.
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Student, Cheerleader, Song Writer: She Does It All
Tess Boyer is in her second semester at L&C, but her first at the Godfrey campus instead of the N.O. Nelson campus.
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Andrew Bird: Break it Yourself
“Bright, vibrant whistling and stringed violin, Stationary looping and roundabout…”
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Local Festivals to Keep an Eye Out For In 2012
“Keep an eye out for these two festivals next year: Toco Family Festival and The Mississippi Earthtones Festival. Both are a great time and both benefit the community and environment.”
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BEIRUT VS. IRON & WINE
“What can be said of the musical compositions as of 2011? Has the traditional styling of the modern folk and Americana sound blended finely into that of focused pop…”
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Prefuse 73 – The Only She Chapters (album review)
“Sound can be an adventure; a dense, disturbing journey through the depths of some cold buzzing underworld, or a weightless flight through the greatest peaks of an aural paradise…”
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Architecture in Helsinki – Moment Bends (album review)
““Avant-pop”? A style of pop music with avant-garde (innovative, bizarre, unfamiliar) tendencies. Two sharp examples of the genre include “Do the Whirlwind” and “The Owls Go…”
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Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues (album review)
“Fleet Foxes’ eponymous debut was one of the most critically-acclaimed albums of 2008; needless to say, expectations were high. The band does not disappoint…”