Story by: Alexia Smith After a semester of rumored renovations, possible new ownership and the withdrawal of live music, College Park’s favorite bar and music venue, the Santa Fe Café, is officially open and has a band lineup that nobody will want to miss. Last fall, Santa Fe had a sporadic schedule due to the [...]
A good time was had by all at the MMBS meeting this past Thursday in the Stamp Student Union. After some brief introductions, various upcoming events were discussed including the MMBS pre-concert social at the Last House on the Left which was held last night. Next the group watched an interview from the BBC’s show [...]
Philip Chorney could be called the Renaissance Man of the Maryland music industry. He manages original acts (like the Mad Sweet Pangs), manages novelty acts (clowns!), owns and runs the MeeMaw Booking and Entertainment Company, and manages the production of the RamJam Festival. Just last night, he spoke to a group of Maryland Music Business [...]
What would you say to a free Weezer concert on campus and a monetary donation to the University? Seem too good to be true? Well it’s not, we just need your help!
Steven Tyler, frontman of Aerosmith, has quit the band. This happened very soon after Tyler was air-lifted to a hospital after falling off stage. More information can be found here.
I admit this is only tangentially related to music. But I wanted to post this story so I could make a pun in the title and also because no one writes letters anymore! Everyone uses e-mail, facebook, and texting, and while that technology might be faster and more convenient, regular letters have something that they [...]
Los Angeles rock band 30 Seconds To Mars released a new single Tuesday. The song, titled “Kings and Queens”, is the first track released off their highly anticipated upcoming album This Is War, the band’s first release since their platinum selling 2005 album, A Beautiful Lie. While the track is currently only available for radio play (and [...]
Scandal! Kid Cudi deleted his Twitter account! Follow the jump to find out why…
Yeah, that’s pretty much it. Stereogum said it first. It’s going to be the rapper’s first festival appearance, says Consequence of Sound. See yesterday’s news for why the Beasties can’t make it. Anyone else going to be there? If you’re going, look out for Matt and me! All Points West is going down pretty soon; [...]
Camp Barefoot, now in its third year, has released its weekend schedule. Going down in Gore, VA, two hours south of College Park, from August 13-15, the festival feature three sets from Lotus, two sets each from Perpetual Groove and Jazzam, and single sets by The Bridge, UMelt, The Breakfast, Toubab Krewe, and many others.
