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Daily Playlist: Pink Floyd

Upcoming Star Billie Eilish stuns

By Peter Zemeske | March 12, 2019

Pop music’s latest hitmaker comes in the form of Billie Eilish, a 17 year old girl from Los Angeles whose music is as tranquil as it is emotionally dense. Her minimalist sound has already garnered her two national tours, an opening act for Florence...

Tyler the Creator stuns with new album

Weezer’s ‘Black Album’ polarizes

By Peter Zemeske | March 9, 2019

Weezer is a band that might bring one of two sets of thought to people: the band that put out “Blue Album” in 1994 and “Pinkerton” in 1996 and went downhill from there, or a band that consistently puts out fun and entertaining albums every few...

This year's Record Store Day promises to unveil exclusive content for music lovers including unreleased recordings by Green Day and new content by Foo Fighters.

Green Day and Pearl Jam among many artists to release exclusive content on Record Store Day

By Peter Zemeske | March 6, 2019

This year's Record Store Day promises to unveil exclusive content for music lovers including unreleased recordings by Green Day and new content by Foo Fighters.

Pacific Garden rocks The House with sweeping sound

By Peter Zemeske | March 4, 2019

Indie rock band Pacific Garden brought their unique vision of music Friday night to The House, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. The band followed two other acts, alternative rock band From the Start and shoegaze band Solemn Meant Walks.Based out of Aurora, Pacific...

‘The Velvet Underground’ 50 years later

By Peter Zemeske | February 28, 2019

The Velvet Underground promised an alternative take on music in the 1960s. Their third album, “The Velvet Underground,” turns 50 years old March 1. With such a landmark anniversary, a look back on a classic is a worthwhile trip.The Velvet Underground...

King of Pop’s personal life investigated in docuseries

By Peter Zemeske | February 27, 2019

“Leaving Neverland” is an upcoming two-part documentary from HBO featuring two men, choreographer Wade Robson and James Safechuck, who claim to have been sexually abused by the late pop legend Michael Jackson when they were younger. The series will...

Ryan Adams’ past exposed

By Peter Zemeske | February 24, 2019

Singer-songwriter Ryan Adams is the latest musician to fall under scrutiny for sexual misconduct. The 44-year-old balladier is accused of offering career assistance to young girls before pursuing them sexually, according to a Feb. 13 New York Times article.Among...

“Breaking Bad” to receive Netflix film

By Peter Zemeske | February 20, 2019

The world hasn’t seen the last of iconic meth-making duo Jesse Pinkman and Walter White yet — a “Breaking Bad” feature film has been confirmed to come to Netflix and AMC, according to a Feb. 13 article by The Hollywood Reporter.The story will...

The Grammys deliver both large milestones and huge flops

By Peter Zemeske | February 17, 2019

The 2019 Grammy Awards had its fair share of both proud moments and embarrassing flops. The ceremony featured presentations of the awards and performances from St. Vincent and Dua Lipa, Kacey Musgraves and Lady Gaga to name a few. This year saw wins for...

New David Bowie biopic stirs controversy among Bowie’s family

By Peter Zemeske | February 13, 2019

The story of rock legend David Bowie’s first trip to America will be told in an upcoming biopic titled “Stardust,” after Bowie’s fictional persona created for the 1972 album, “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.”The...

How the Super Bowl Halftime Show flopped

By Peter Zemeske | February 11, 2019

The Super Bowl halftime show is an opportunity for football fans to reflect on the first half of the game, and for not-so-diehard fans to watch a supercut of the top six or seven songs of whichever band is playing. Past halftime shows have had their ups...

‘The Masked Singer’ disappoints with bland execution

By Peter Zemeske | February 6, 2019

Fox’s new reality singing show “The Masked Singer” is a hybrid of all the buzzed-about modern day shows and plays on the audience’s basic level of interest: anticipation. The show aired weekly, starting Jan. 2, and has been renewed for a second...