Henry St. Pierre Connector Staff Steven Ellison, known as Flying Lotus, is a Los Angeles-based experimental musician and producer, and is also a rapper under the stage name Captain Murphy, who appears on this album. It’s difficult to place a genre on “FlyLo” because his sounds transcend one specific label. He’s not just hip-hop, or…
‘…And Star Power’ – Foxygen review
Silas Price Connector Contributor Label: Jagjaguwar Release: October 14, 2014 You’ve probably heard the music of Foxygen before. If not their own music, then you’re familiar with the pastiche of classic rock records that they have assimilated into their identity: blues, soft rock, progressive rock and folk all have a home here, and their sound…
Will ‘Everything Be Alright in the End’? – Weezer review
Josh Beverage Connector Contributor After four years of scattered shows and no new music, Weezer is finally back with their ninth studio album, “Everything Will Be Alright in the End.” The first single off of the album, “Back to the Shack,” saw its first airplay in late July, offering listeners a catchy tune that definitely…
The school’s new source of ‘River Hawk Pride’
A look into the creation of UML’s new fight song Regina Alongi Connector Editor “GO! BLUE! UML!” If this chant isn’t familiar to you yet, it will be soon. After decades of going without one, UMass Lowell finally has its very own fight song, “River Hawk Pride”! Where some universities adopt a previously composed song…
‘The Golden Echo:’ Welcome to Divatown – Kimbra review
Al Gentile Connector Editor Kimbra’s “The Golden Echo” is a such musical quilt of disparate styles – ranging from 70′s funk and soul to 80′s urban pop, 90′s R&B and modern psychedelic electronics – that it’s impossible to place in one genre. This helps make her most recent effort so endearing. Kimbra is no stranger…
Bryce Vine sets ‘Trend’ at UML
Regina Alongi Connector Editor Party-goers, college kids and teenage girls take notice – if you see the name Bryce Vine again, do not be surprised. Bryce and his partner-in-crime, DJ Skizz Markie, graced the stage at UMass Lowell’s brand new Moloney Hall, located on the second floor of University Crossing this past Saturday, Sept. 27.…
Hold Ups EP release
Emily Toomey Connector Contributor Milford, N.H.-based band Hold Ups hosted an EP release show on Friday, Sept. 16 at the 119 Gallery in Lowell. Hold Ups pride themselves on being a sloppy melodic hardcore pop-punk band and they certainly live up to the title. For fans of sad songs about your hometown or just pop-punk…
Some advice for a nicer life: Review of Have A Nice Life’s ‘Deathconsciousness’
Benjamin St. Pierre Connector Staff We all experience moments of pure bliss upon finally finding the thing we didn’t even know was missing. Like a sickness that has finally been remedied by a medicine you didn’t even know existed. Like a feeling that, although there may be numerous incomplete structures within your being, you’ve at…
