We’ve all got our hobbies. Some of us read, some write, some play rugby, others play the jaw harp. We all find things to do that we really enjoy. One of my favorite and most recent hobbies is ballroom dance. Much of my experience dancing so far I owe to The Ballroom of Reno, which… Continue Reading
The other day, Insight’s very own Brandon Fischmann interviewed Harrison Mills, one-half of the music project, ODESZA. Starting this March, ODESZA is setting out on their first U.S. tour, and is stopping by in our neck of the woods later that month. And they ain’t stoppin’ there: ODESZA is performing at Sasquatch! Music Festival this May (where… Continue Reading
Sunday, January 27, 2013, just so happened to be the 257th birthday of a little friend of mine named Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. To honor him, the Reno Chamber Orchestra (RCO) held two concerts during Mozart’s birthday weekend in our very own Nightingale Concert Hall. If you don’t know about Nightingale, it’s in UNR’s Church Fine… Continue Reading
Some people shine in dark places. Mac Esposito is one of them.… Continue Reading
How has 2012 already ended? Seriously. It feels like yesterday I was at my friend’s 2011 New Year’s party, intoxicated off of bliss and Jäger. Overall, twenty-twelve proved to be very nice to me, and I remain optimistic for the coming year. Last night I decided to make a list of my top ten (in… Continue Reading
If Iggy Azalea’s hip-hop offerings add up to anything so far, it’s a zero-sum. Azalea’s most recent offering, a trap-influenced record titled “Bossy Lady”, features heavy synths and limited lyrical content, to say the least. “My money piling / all over the lettuce / like thousand island,” Azalea raps. To make matters worse, the production… Continue Reading
Insight’s premiere music critic Nick Rattigan covers the most obnoxious/lovable genre of music: Christmas music.… Continue Reading
This week, Insight’s music critic Charlie Woodman talks mash-ups. Spoiler alert: He’s not a fan.… Continue Reading
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.… Continue Reading
If you had asked me a few years ago, I would have said I enjoy all music except for rap and country. This is a surprisingly common sentiment, and something that casual music fans tend to say a lot. Hell, you might say it a lot, and you’re not a casual fan at all: you… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
What is the purpose of an album? To artists, its purpose is complex self expression. To record executives, its purpose is to trick people into spending 12.99 on music. With the rise of the digitally distributed single, many think it might not have any purpose at all, and that’s too bad. Remember Cee-Lo’s song, “Fuck… Continue Reading
Local hip-hop artists and artisans of varying affiliations demonstrated expertise over their crafts before a large crowd at the Speak Your Mind Festival on July 17. The festival, which takes place annually at Wingfield park, boasted a considerable showing of artwork and music. REE SET ONE, a local rapper known for his impressive ability to… Continue Reading
Fans of vaguely-European alt-country-folk rejoice! Cult classic Alternative Country/Folk band O’Death will be playing in Reno this weekend on its tour for the upcoming fourth album, Outside. The band was formed in early 2003, and performed for a short time without a name before taking one from a song the band members had written. “We… Continue Reading
A blog is like a diary, right? You don’t steal and read somebody’s diary without knowing who it belongs to (that just isn’t how blackmail works), so before I write anything substantial here I figured I’d let you all know a little about my personal music preferences.… Continue Reading
Summer is, among other things, a great time to check out new music. Over the course of the past three months, I’ve had (for the most part) the pleasure of hearing thirty brand-new records. Since I wasn’t around to review all of them (not to mention I didn’t have the drive), I’ve listed the six… Continue Reading
Sigur Rós hinted at a poppier sound with their last album, 2008’s Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust. With his first solo album, frontman Jónsi Birgisson (who goes simply by Jónsi) explores that poppy sound. With his inimitable voice leading the way, Go gives us nine pop anthems so sugary sweet and colorful it’s hard not… Continue Reading
Coheed and Cambria used to stand for something. The bloated sci-fi concept (aren’t they all bloated?) and storyline were just a medium through which front man Claudio Sanchez could express actual feelings and ideas. Their music was constantly evolving and they were able to attract fans of emo, hardcore, progressive rock and pop throughout these… Continue Reading