One of hip-hop’s greatest tastemakers or a culture vulture? It is a question that has followed Drake for years. The Canadian superstar has used his influence to help artists, like U.K. rapper Skepta, become household names in the United States.…
Run the Jewels is my favorite rap group of all time. This is not a slight to the revolutionary virtues of N.W.A or Public Enemy, nor to the empowering intellect and attitude of the Wu-Tang Clan or A Tribe Called…
I’m sure most people have had a friend or an acquaintance ask them what kind of music they like, only to turn around and tell them that the music they listen to is better. It’s a phenomenon that I like…
Last week, Foxing brought their explosive and expansive live performance to the new Brooklyn Night Bazaar. While it wasn’t the most packed show of all time, their zealous fans reacted like they have at every other Foxing show since they…
Last night Every Time I Die played a sold out show at Revolution. But it was unlike any other sold out show that’s ever graced Revolution. What happened for an hour and 15 minutes on a Friday night could only…
Stony Brook University’s Graduate Student Organization brought in rockers Speedy Ortiz and Rick from Pile earlier this month for the first Stony Brooklyn show of the semester. Rick from Pile opened the show at the LDS Center with a great…
It’s the sound of a brass instrument, a comatose patient and a miraculous re-entry into the world. Experiences like these are precisely why the members of Music & Medicine continue to perform. The club, run by students at Stony Brook…
During my first semester, the only evidence I had of WUSB’s existence was the enigmatic, perpetually closed door to the vinyl library in room 229 of the Union. I spent my weekends wandering around campus in search of the best…
Despite eating alone most of the time, Barbara Werner has patented a way to make the most of her meal. “I started taking myself out to dinner, but restaurants don’t even realize what they do,” Werner, founder of Musical Pairing,…