Music - The Temple News

Pop music labeled guilty pleasures

05 September 2011 Kevin Stairiker

Columnist Kevin Stairiker says so-called ‘guilty pleasures’ are critical to any music collection. This semester I’ll be writing about music of all creeds, and maybe even all of the music of Creed. But here’s a

Street Sounds: Dayseam

30 August 2011 Danielle Miess

It’s been a complicated few years for Dayseam. With lost relationships, changes to the band’s lineup and a surplus of musical experimentation, there have been, to say the least, ups and downs. Lead guitarist Ehsan

Festies flock to festival farm

29 August 2011 Kara Savidge

This year’s four-day Philadelphia Folk Festival marked its 50th anniversary. If you ask a festival-goer at the Philadelphia Folk Festival what brings them to, or initially drew them to the festival, there’s a good chance

Music Fesitval Hits Philly

03 May 2011 Andrew Eiser

Electronic music festival brings the Cataracs, Switch, Shwayze and many more to the Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing this summer. Because everyone is looking for a good time this summer, the founders of Pixie &

Street Sounds: Find Vienna

03 May 2011 The Temple News

Philadelphia’s Find Vienna finds inspiration by clapping to the band’s own beat. Venturing off the beaten path, Philly-based band Find Vienna has an edgy way of delivering pop-rock in a new, refreshed fashion. With sweet

Street Sounds: Hymn For Her

26 April 2011 Kevin Stairiker

The Black Keys, White Stripes and Hymn For Her. Though more on the country side of the fence than the two former, two-person groups, Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing are quietly making a name for

Musical actions create change in community

19 April 2011 Alise Hammond

The Resolve Tour, brought to Tree House Books by Temple’s Invisible Children, brings awareness. Temple’s Invisible Children organization has teamed up with Resolve, a nonprofit advocacy group whose mission is to stop the Lord’s Resistance

Climbing the Music Charts

19 April 2011 Kevin Stairiker

At age 19, rapper Mac Miller is steadily growing in popularity throughout the country. Then you’re young, not much else matters,” begins the first track of Pittsburgh-bred rapper Mac Miller’s “K.I.D.S.” mixtape. “Everyone that didn’t

Street Sounds: The Vivian Girls

19 April 2011 Kevin Stairiker

The Vivian Girls have a too-cool-for-school look, but the band really just wants to be friends. The group’s third album, “Share the Joy,” was released last week and expands on its science project-style mixture of

Pianist plays green keys for ‘Earth Hour’

05 April 2011 Kara Savidge

Frank Horvat explained how he uses music to illustrate issues in the world. Darkness can evoke feelings of unrest and intimidation for some. For composer and pianist Frank Horvat, it is a source of inspiration.