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This Week in Music: Sea Lions
This week, Nick Rattigan talks Sea Lions newest and reviews a few other bands.
Breaking Out of the Garage
[caption id="attachment_11086" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Photo by Nick Rattigan"][/caption] The garage of our parents’ house has always been seen as a place of understanding, comfort, and creation for many artists. Whether it is used as the setting of a craft bench, studio backlot, or band practice, the musky smell and abundance of storage bins creates the [...]This Week in Music: Liam the Younger
Insight’s own Nick Rattigan takes a peek at Titus Andronicus’ guitarist’s solo work, and reviews a few other fantastic albums for good measure. Liam the Younger – After the Graveyard/ Clear Skies Over Black River I find it fascinating when people from bands go off and do a side project that is completely unexpected of [...]
This Week in Music: Lana Del Rey
This week, Insight’s music critic Nick Rattigan reviews at Lana Del Rey’s latest album and checks in on some smaller indie bands. Lana Del Rey – Born to Die The first time I heard Lana Del Rey’s hit song “Video Games” was when Titus Andronicus’ lead singer, Patrick Stickles, masterfully did his own rendition of [...]
This Week in Music: Christmas Songs
Insight’s premiere music critic Nick Rattigan covers the most obnoxious/lovable genre of music: Christmas music.
This Week in Music: Ty Segall
This week, Nick Rattigan covers a collection of Ty Segall singles, and again gives a summary of this week’s other new music releases. Ty Segall – Singles Collection (2007-2011) As the semester comes to an end most of us finally start doing those projects that were assigned at the beginning of the semester. You know, [...]
This Week in Music: Crazy Clown Time
This week, Nick Rattigan reviews director David Lynch’s first full album, Crazy Clown Time, and gives a summary of this week’s other new music releases. David Lynch – Crazy Clown Time When I think David Lynch, I usually recall cutting mutated babies open with scissors, a mentally disturbed Crispin Glover Santa, and one damn fine [...]
CD REVIEW: The Strange Boys – Live Music
If there is one thing I know about myself it is that I can’t dance. I might pretend to know what I’m doing to try to impress a girl or something, but ultimately, I look like a damn fool. Yet, from the first pulse of the piano melody on “Me and You,” I cannot help [...]
