New Ellie Goulding Music Video
British sensation Ellie Goulding has just released the music video for her second single, “Figure 8”, off her sophomore album, Halcyon. After recently splitting with long time boyfriend Skrillex, Goulding released the single and video shortly after. Coincidence? I think not. The video for “Figure 8” follows Goulding after losing her most recent boyfriend and [...]
Page Speaks on Zeppelin Remasters
Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin guitarist, is currently working on a set of remasters from the legendary 70’s rock band. According to Rolling Stone, all of the Zeppelin studio albums will be re-released one by one. This also includes Coda, which was released after the band broke up in 1980. It’s been twenty years since the [...]
Midnight Spotlight: Caliph
Influenced by artists such as Jay-Z, Eminem, DMX, and Lupe Fiasco, Boston’s local artist Caliph tells a different side to your typical story through his music. His ethnic cultures such as Senegalese, Guinean & Cape Verdean have allowed him to be exposed to a variety of music. He developed a passion for music at the [...]
J. Cole Drops New Single
J. Cole is planning on releasing his second album, Born Sinner, early in 2013. He recently dropped the project’s first single, “Miss America”. In contrast to “Work Out,” the first single off his debut album Cole World, which was a radio-friendly cut, “Miss America” is more controversial and rebellious. The song opens with JFK’s most [...]
Rolling Stones Make Live Comeback
It’s been over five years since The Rolling Stones closed their “A Bigger Bang” tour with a three night stand at London’s O2 Arena. They reprised these shows with a two night stand at the same venue in honor of their 50th anniversary. With a career spanning setlist, they opened with their version of “I [...]
Music For The Independent Mind: Vol. 7
The Nov. Album of the Month is WERS’s Music For the Independent Mind: Vol. 7
New Yeah Yeah Yeahs Album in 2013
Will there be a follow up to 2009’s It’s Blitz? Yeah, yeah, yeah. According to NME, DJ Jason Bentley announced on his KCRW radio show “Morning Becomes Eclectic” that the band would have a new album in “the springtime” of 2013. As of now, and unfortunately, the promise of a new album is the only [...]
Jake Sorgen on Coffeehouse
Emerson alumnus and WERS veteran Jake Sorgen has become a respectable musician since graduating. So the surreal feeling that was shared between Sorgen and the WERS staff when he came to perform songs from his solo musical career was understandable. He interacted with the staff as if he had never left Emerson and was still working [...]
Aimee Mann & James Mercer on TV
Within the last month, Jimmy Kimmel Live has featured a diverse array of talented musical guests including Vampire Weekend, Ben Folds Five, and Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings. Last Monday Aimee Mann and Shins’ frontman James Mercer also joined this list when they appeared on the late night program together to perform “Living a [...]
“¡DOS!” by Green Day
¡UNO!, the first album in Green Day’s current trilogy ¡UNO! ¡DOS! ¡TRE!, was a breath of fresh air coming from these guys that, since 2004, released two rock operas that were politically charged. ¡DOS!, like ¡UNO!, brings us back to that garage punk, beautifully angsty sound that we know and love this band for. The [...]
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Serenata de Amor Brings Cape Verde to Emerson
Serenata de Amor, a musical theater project spearheaded by visual media arts associate professor Claire Andrade-Watkins, was brought to Emerson this past year. The project is a tribute to the morna of Cape Verde and Brava set in the 1940s. Andrade-Watkins worked with a team of faculty and staff members from Emerson to bring Serenata [...]
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The XX / Grizzly Bear
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The Postal Service
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