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The Live Music Series is Coming Back for a Second Show This Semester

Nathan Kingston, Contributor
February 25, 2022

On Monday Feb. 28, 2022, the Live Music Series is returning for the second show of the semester featuring Devilish Merry. The group will perform live in the RMU-TV studio at 7:00 p.m. on Feb. 28. There will be a live studio audience for the performance. If you choose to attend,...

Photo Credit:  Akshdeep Sharma

Top Music Artists of 2021

Nathan Breisinger, Assistant Arts and Entertainment Editor
January 31, 2022

With every passing year, music continues to shift and experience new sounds. 2021 was no different, and artists continue to leverage popular social media platforms to their benefit, including the trendy TikTok app. A long list of artists made waves over the 12 months, but...

From A Birds Eye View (Credit: (Cordae) Album Art)

Review: Cordae’s ‘From a Birds Eye View’

Nathan Breisinger
January 19, 2022

The state of hip-hop music is everchanging with new variations and styles of rap amongst the younger generations. While the separation between older and young rappers alike continues to grow, 24-year-old Cordae has elevated to a platform that hopes to bring unity between the...

Credit: Beth Garrabrant

Taylor Swift releases “Red (Taylor’s Version),” short film, music video

Kaelei Whitlatch, Copy Editor
November 18, 2021

Taylor Swift has done it again. Swift released her second re-recorded album “Red (Taylor’s Version)” on Nov. 12. Swift is in the process of re-recording her first six albums due to her first recording label, Big Machine Records, selling her master recordings. Swift no...

Pittsburgh-Raised, Independent Artist Caleb LaDuke Aims to Show His Road to Redemption on Upcoming EP

Pittsburgh-Raised, Independent Artist Caleb LaDuke Aims to Show His Road to Redemption on Upcoming EP

Zachary Somma, Arts and Entertainment Editor
October 10, 2020

For the most part, our music reviews tend to focus on bigger, more well-known and popular artists. But it is sometimes easy to forget that there are thousands of unknown artists and independent people out there making music to only a small audience. While sometimes the audience...

Metal and Hip-Hop: The unlikely combination arising in the music industry

Metal and Hip-Hop: The unlikely combination arising in the music industry

Garret Roberts, Editor in Chief
October 10, 2020
Taking a look at metal's influence on a section of modern hip-hop and the new genre arising from the "collision course" of the industry.
The Rex Theater Will Close Its Doors

The Rex Theater Will Close Its Doors

Jonah Hoy, Assistant Arts and Entertainment Editor
October 6, 2020

There will be a sad and solemn farewell for one of Pittsburgh's longest standing music venues, as it will be closing its doors for good. The Rex Theater, which has been a Pittsburgh staple for just over a decade, announced on September 18 that they will close down permanently...

Review: "Nectar" by Joji

Review: “Nectar” by Joji

Zachary Somma, Arts and Entertainment Editor
September 26, 2020
Joji makes a radical style change on his sophomore album, Nectar
Top 5 Nickelback Guilty Pleasure Songs

Top 5 Nickelback Guilty Pleasure Songs

Nick Hedderick, Colonial Sports Network Editor in Chief
September 20, 2020

So, am I going to get a confession from you that you like Nickelback, or are you content with being a liar? It is time to stop fooling ourselves and admit that the Canadian rock band was an instrumental (yeah, I meant to do that) part of our lives back in the early and mid...

Somma's Soundbites (9/18/20)

Somma’s Soundbites (9/18/20)

Zachary Somma
September 18, 2020
Featuring (Big Sean, 6ix9ine, Declan McKenna)