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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Students weigh in on illegal music downloading

caitlinhardee November 24, 2009
Out of 107 respondents, fifty percent of Whitman students admitted they sometimes download music without paying for it. Twenty-three percent said they do it all the time.

‘Ashes Grammar’ proves compelling despite potential problems

Andrew Hall November 23, 2009
"Ashes Grammar" album overcomes its non-song-friendly organization, several detours and confusing band name to offer the least generic dream pop record in some time.
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King Friday shakes up campus bands scene

caitlinhardee November 16, 2009
Drawn to the band after seeing them at a campus party one Saturday, A&E reporter Caitlin Hardee sought out campus band King Friday. Here's her report (with music).

Live in Seattle: The Mountain Goats

Andrew Hall November 16, 2009
Pio Music reviewer Andrew Hall saw The Mountain Goats live at Seattle's showbox earlier this month. There, he saw frontman John Darnielle lead his audience like a preacher.

Alumna Campbell sparks experimental, intellectual music group

C.J. Wisler November 9, 2009

Up-and-coming Washington musician and '02 Whitman alumna Toby Campbell uses both her musical talent and her prior sociological studies at Whitman to create the experimental electronica group Anomie Belle,...

Murdoch stumbles with ‘God Help the Girl,’ ‘Stills’

Andrew Hall November 8, 2009
Belle and Sebastian front man Stuart Murdoch misses the mark on his newest project with too many vocalists who don't fit the concept to begin with.

‘First Days of Spring’ brings art out of grief

caitlinhardee November 2, 2009
Risky concept pays off for "Noah and the Whale's" new album. Diverse instrumentation and poignant lyrics carry out post-breakup theme.

XX lives up to British hype

Andrew Hall November 1, 2009
Critical praise for the XX warranted for unique singers, sound and song arrangements.

Live shows: Broadcast and Atlas Sound at Le Poisson Rouge, Oct. 20

Andrew Hall October 29, 2009

This weekend, Broadcast and Atlas Sound, with support from the Selmanaires, will be appearing at Neumos in Seattle on Saturday, Oct. 31, and at the Doug Fir in Portland on Sunday, Nov. 1. Having just seen...

Music Video Meltdown

Music Video Meltdown

Mike Sado October 22, 2009
The way it used to be: Bumping, grinding and sweating in your mansion. If you're Jay Sean, you have accomplished one great thing during your U.S. invasion: you have finally dethroned the Black Eyed Peas and their awful “feelings" (L'chaim!). You look good and feel great. You can even summon balls of light from your fingers, and your entire world looks like it was filmed through a filter that screams, “Wet dream!" You're also British. We didn't react so well to Robbie Williams (“Too British and possibly gay," we said in our Texan drawls before returning to our tea parties and death penalty pretty parties). We don't quite know who you are. Are you Justin Timberlake? Chris Brown? Usher?

The Walla Walla Symphony holds its first concert of 2009-10 season

caitlinhardee October 15, 2009

The 102-year-old Walla Walla Symphony, one of the small town's big claims to fame, opened its 2009-2010 season this past Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Cordiner Hall with a program including works of Rossini, Chopin...

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Whitman Composers’ Concert: young composers speak out

C.J. Wisler October 15, 2009
At the Whitman Composers' Concert, student composers' works “see the light for the first time," said Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music John D. Earnest. The concert, which took place on Thursday, Oct. 8, celebrated each student composer's hard work and dedication to music by showcasing their various pieces of music to the Whitman community.
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