Music Issue - The Temple News

Record Store Day rotates shop doors

23 April 2013 Cheyenne Shaffer

Record stores throughout the city offered special deals.

Junior media studies major Evan Lescallette is getting attention online for his DIY Philly music documentary, “My Basement is a S---hole.” | BRENDAN MILLS / TTN

Junior’s documentary explores house-show scene

23 April 2013 Patricia Madej

Junior Evan Lescallette made a film documenting basement shows.

Cruiser’s members met in the summer of 2012, morphing Andy States’ solo project into a full band. | RACHEL BARRISH / TTN

Fishtown indie-pop band to release new music in summer

23 April 2013 Rachel Barrish

Cruiser opened for Matt & Kim at the House of Blues in Atlantic City, N.J.

G. Calvin Weston, a drummer who lives close to Main Campus, said he believes in approaching the recording process with little expectations and relying on feeling and impulse. | ANDREW THAYER /

North Philly drummer relies on improv techniques

23 April 2013 Maura Filoromo

G. Calvin Weston has seen music legends perform at the Uptown Theater.

Ghost Ghang, a fifteen-member rap group, performed at last week’s Spring Fling celebration. The group is comprised of current and former Temple students. | KATE MCCANN / TTN

Ghost Ghang rap group finds strength in numbers

22 April 2013 Spencer McLain

Multiple students perform in Ghost Ghang, a 15-member rap group.

Alumna creates music blog, indie-pop project

22 April 2013 Rachel McDevitt

Writer and musician Attia Taylor has her hand in multiple projects.

Professor currently producing for Lauryn Hill

22 April 2013 Jared Whalen

Adjunct professor Phil Nicolo works as a big-time producer.

P.J. Carroll and Tyler Minford are two members of the band Girl Scouts. The band plans to tour to as far as the Midwest this summer | IAN WATSON / TTN

Live performances create following for three-piece

22 April 2013 Kevin Stairiker

Two students and one anticipated transfer form Girl Scouts.

Features

Music Issue: Eats and Cheats

25 April 2012 Caitlin Weigel

Columnist Caitlin Weigel explores the marriage of mealtime and music at places like Johnny Brenda’s. In my mind, food and music seem to be linked together, like Mary Kate and Ashley circa 1993 when they

Features

Music Issue: Ground Up

24 April 2012 Luis Rodriguez

Four local musicians have been making waves in the Philly music scene with their hip-hop/DJ group, Ground Up. With 10 mix tapes released and two shows lined up in Amsterdam in the coming months, Ground