âMacadellicâ launches Miller to new hights
Mac Miller released his first work of the year with âMacadellic.â The release has been long awaited since the success of his debut album, âBlue Slide Park.â It was considered a major success by Billboard standards, reaching No. 1 and…
Launching new music scene in Oswego
A local entrepreneur began an online fundraising campaign this month in support of the development of a local music scene in Oswego. The project, known as âLaunch Oswegoâs Music Scene,â has set the goal to raise $15,000 in 46 days,…
New ‘Odd Future’
Discretion advised: the use of the Parental Advisory sticker on an album has never been more useful than it has been with alternative hip-hop group Odd Future. The young, rebellious group from Los Angeles gained underground hype in the late…
âGamesâ leave audience hungry for more
Books and film are such unique and separate art forms that transforming the latter into the former can be an imposing task. They both have their own sets of tools and expectations for implementing characters, theme and obviously plot into…
Indie Concert Series brings new, familiar faces
The Oswego Indie Series is holding its second concert for the Spring 2012 semester. Headlining the Sunday show is Lost Lander, a new music project that just released its debut album âDRRT.â Also performing is The Scarlet Ending, who took…
New quarter, new games
The end of March and start of April mark the deadlines for taxes, the start of spring and the start of the second quarter for the video game industry. Developers and publishers begin building to the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)…
Wait is over for new album
Every great band releases an album at some point in their career that solidifies themselves as one of the greatest in the history of rock music. For the band Shinedown, consisting of lead singer Brent Smith, lead guitarist Zach Myers,…
Gameplay hurt by controls
The inaugural year for the Nintendo 3DS has been rather stale compared to the typical handheld launch schedule. Since its release in March 2011, there has been a noticeable lack of quality games specifically designed to take advantage of the…
Rejects return to old ways with âStreetâ
The All-American Rejects return from a short break with their new album âKids in the Street.â After the mediocre reception of their last record and an absence of releases The All-American Rejects return with a record that shows fans they…
âHappyâ continues Miike Snowâs fresh style
Miike Snowâs self-titled 2009 debut album felt like it came out of nowhere. Their unique piano-driven, and often genre-defying electropop began cropping up everywhere, from âGrand Theft Autoâ to âJersey Shore.â Their success should not really come as a surprise…
