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Disappear with The Slow Signal Fade

By Cory Casciato
casciato@mscd.edu

The inevitable decay: existence winds down to nothing, energy is diffused into the formless void. Life is the doomed struggle against entropy and the signature sound of that futile struggle is the digital delay, the first initial surge of sound followed by a slow signal fade. more  >>>

Emo on steroids is the new Criteria

By Cassie Hood
hoodc@mscd.edu

It would be easy to dismiss Criteria as another typical emo band. After all, two of the band members are victims of the indie fad that puts men into tight pants designed for women. However, front man Stephen Pedersen sincerely promises, "We will do everything in our power to rock you." A clich‚d way of asking people to come to their show, but their sincerity makes them hard to ignore. more  >>>

spotlight! old and new bluegrass, together at last

By Adam Goldstein
goldstea@mscd.edu

Adrienne Young's new album, The Art of Virtue fuses an old-time sound with a revolutionary fervor, taking contextual cues from Benjamin Franklin and the Grateful Dead along the way.

A seventh generation Floridian, Young's music teams with agricultural and organic tones, both in its lyrics and its instrumentation. Her clear banjo lines and crystalline voice recall the best elements of American folk music. The album is evocative and earthy, with harmonies and melodies that could have easily sounded from some anonymous Kentucky mountain cabin a hundred years ago. more  >>>

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