Music

COLUMN: Feel like you’re at Assembly Hall for an IU men’s basketball game with this playlist

By Grace Ybarra · Monday, Jan. 18,2021 5:18 p.m.

Since you can’t go to games, get some of the experience with this playlist.

COLUMN: Three lesser-known indie musicians you need in your life

By Hannah Dailey · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2021 7:04 p.m.

You’ll get to say you knew them before they were popular.

The IDS staff presents: Your 2021 motivation playlist

By Hannah Dailey · Sunday, Jan. 10,2021 7:43 p.m.

Staffers share songs to get you pumped up for the new year.

Bloomington musician Irene Wilde to release new single ahead of upcoming album

By Hannah Dailey · Monday, Jan. 4,2021 9:14 p.m.

"Pyrrhicae" will close out Wilde's trilogy of albums exploring love and mental health.

COLUMN: Bedbug’s 'Life Like Moving Pictures' provides perfect comfort

By Kevin Chrisco · Monday, Jan. 4,2021 8:30 p.m.

This record makes me feel like it'll all be OK in the end.

COLUMN: Phoebe Bridgers’s holiday EP is easier to swallow this December

By Hannah Dailey · Monday, Dec. 14,2020 11:41 p.m.

The singer doesn’t shy away from the bleak, even at Christmas.

Jacobs junior Kieran Brown releases three Christmas songs in time for holidays

By Swarna Gowtham · Sunday, Dec. 13,2020 7:17 p.m.

The songs on the EP include “Winter Wonderland” and “I’ll be Home for Christmas.”

COLUMN: 'Death of an Optimist' is a call to the dissatisfied youth

By Haley Ryan · Wednesday, Dec. 9,2020 8:57 p.m.

Grandson’s album pushes listeners to keep moving forward.

COLUMN: Why are rappers supporting President Donald Trump?

By Stefan Townes · Monday, Nov. 9,2020 8:11 p.m.

How does one go from "Fuck Tha Police" to working with the commander in chief?

COLUMN: The latest Gorillaz's album forgot to feature Gorillaz

By Stefan Townes · Monday, Nov. 2,2020 4:04 p.m.

The artists behind Gorillaz barely appear in their newest album, "Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez."

Singer Taylor Swift performs onstage Nov. 24 during the 2019 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

COLUMN: What can be done about 'Stans' – aggressive superfans?

By Stefan Townes · Sunday, Oct. 18,2020 8:23 p.m.

Celebrities are concerned with quantity of fans, but not quality.

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Artists lose revenue, find new ways to perform during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Madison Smalstig · Sunday, Oct. 11,2020 11:47 p.m.

Newcomer was scheduled to perform at about 100 venues. Her entire year was canceled.

IU Jacobs School of Music organ department sponsors weekly performances at Metz Bell Tower

By Lizzie Kaboski · Monday, Oct. 5,2020 6:41 p.m.

The tower houses the grand carillon instrument – one of fewer than 30 in the world.

COLUMN: Rolling Stone’s 500 best albums list lacks vital information

By Ellie Albin · Sunday, Oct. 4,2020 4:38 p.m.

The new compilation failed to explain what went into the process.

COLUMN: What happened to cover songs?

By Stefan Townes · Tuesday, Sept. 29,2020 9 p.m.

Artists used to make renditions of others' songs often. What happened?

Country musician Clayton Anderson to perform in Dunn Meadow on Friday

By Katharine Khamhaengwong · Tuesday, Sept. 29,2020 8:05 p.m.

The IU grad and performer will play at 8 p.m. Friday.

IU Jacobs student Abhik Mazumder shares passion for all styles of music

By Tommy McEvilly · Tuesday, Sept. 29,2020 8:03 p.m.

Abhik Mazumder studies piano performance and jazz studies.

Here’s what to expect from Bloomington's first virtual Lotus Festival this weekend

By Lizzie Kaboski · Wednesday, Sept. 23,2020 11:48 p.m.

The event will feature global artists and performances from previous Lotus festivals.

COLUMN: The complicated case of Kanye West

By Stefan Townes · Tuesday, Sept. 22,2020 9:55 p.m.

Kanye finds his home in egomania and controversy. He shouldn't be idolized.

OPINION: How white boys came to play funky music

By Stefan Townes · Thursday, Sept. 10,2020 11:01 p.m.

How do white musicians easily enter a space with roots in Blackness?

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