Indie rock

Music is enjoyed throughout the world by many cultures. In many cultures, music is not limited to just one type of genre. There are many types of genres in the music industry. Genres range from rap, to country, to techno. The question we are asking is that why does emotions connect to genres of music? Many different type of emotions come out of music. The emotions we are feeling are interpreted by the brain. Music has the ability to change our feelings. In this research paper I will discuss the…

On Saturday, October 28th, performers Tegan and Sara held a concert at the Queen Elizabeth. Although Tegan and Sara have been around since the 90s, they have really come into their own over the last ten years. Many fans consider their album, The Con (2007) to be the first “real” album that the duo produced, not unlike some of bands discussed in class- for example, many fans consider Abbey Road to be the last “real” album The Beatles produced. The performers themselves, Tegan and Sara, are twin…

Music is shared all around the world for everyone to listen to and enjoy. Many different genres such as Jazz, Classical, Hip Hop, Rock, R&B, etc. Every song is different in its own way, but one genre really sticks out to me and that's Alternative R&B. Alternative R&B also goes by many other names such as PBR&B, R-Neg-B, and indie R&B. Alternative R&B definitely takes R&B and gives it a twist. This genre often focuses on more explicit topics, for instance, drugs spirituality, relationships…

It’s not often that I respond strongly to musicians that are just clearly having a great time. It’s not that I don’t like fun music, but I more often lean towards the other end of the spectrum, be it blues, rock, metal, indie or just heartbreaking songs regardless of genre. I’m just that kind of guy, I guess. But it’s hard to talk about Humming House without talking about fun, which is ultimately what their aptly titled album, Revelries (due out on March 24th), delivers in a tight 11 song…

Peace, war and rebellion. These three words that can sum up rock and roll in a whole. Starting in the 1950’s, rock has been known to break all the rules. Challenging racial barriers, family values, and teen rebellions, transitioning the decades and shaping society. From the beginning and its creation to its influence in America through the decades, shows how important rock and roll was important to history. Singing out their pain and suffering, or just to make the time fly by, blues was said…

Introduction The top two selling music genres of 2014 were Rock and Roll, with eighty-eight million, two hundred and fifty-thousand albums sold, and Rhythm and Blues, also known as R&B, with thirty-five million, seven hundred and fifty-thousand albums sold (Statista.com). Selling billions of dollars worth of albums, singles, concert tickets, and merchandise every year, the artists at the forefront of these two genres are more than successful and saying so would be an understatement. Those same…

Of course, popular ‘classic rock’ groups could have inspired this sound to something of the likes of Zeppelin’s more high octane charts. Stuart Maxfield and the rest of the band do not write an awful lot about their own material therefore not leaving us with many clues as to the source of the style. The off-beat hi hat with typical 2 and 4 snare placement mixed with a heavy bass guitar emphasis place this in a class of funk for me. Still, there is an element of hard rock distortion that can’t be…

SEX SELLS Stephanie Stergis MUS-210-220N: History of Rock Music Spring 2015 Stephanie Stergis Professor Todd Campbell MUS-210-220N 9 May 2015 Sex Sells The history of rock music is filled with sex. From the Psychedelic era in the 1960s, mainstream rock and the rise of punk in the 70s, hair bands in the 80s, to a slew of boy bands and pop princesses in the 90s and 2000s, sex appeal has always been the key to success. Sex sells and the musicians who have taken advantage of…

For centuries, people have listened to music all around the world through different instruments. Music is composed of different genres. There is pop, rock, indie, alternative, and so much more. Each genre is different in each time period. Pop music from the 1950’s will be remarkably different from pop music today. Music is said to affect a person’s brain. Countless parents do not allow their children under the age of ten to listen to explicit content albums. Albums with an explicit content…

is just something to past time. Rock and Roll is one of America's pastimes, from the riff of electric guitars to the beats of the drums, one can't expect to live life without at least hearing one song from the genre. Rock and Roll has been huge since the 1950s, but recently there has been an outgoing debate revolving around whether rock has died. While there are some people who think that Rock and Roll is dying or is already dead, there…