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Message from popular genre must be refined

I respect the argument that house music is tantamount to rock ’n’ roll in the 1960s. The rock ’n’ roll movement had substance. It fostered the advancement of the civil rights movement, the women’s rights movement, the sexual revolution and anti-war protest. But in all candor, house music lacks similarly substantive messages. If house music...

Staff Editorial 4/19: Technology replaces relationships

On Sunday, Tupac Shakur rose from the dead and joined Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre on stage at Coachella, a well-known music festival held in Indio, Calif. “What the f**k is up Coachella,” a shirtless Shakur shouted, as he appeared on stage in the form of a hologram. The audience was speechless because, despite conspiracy...

One-man band shows off talent

There aren’t many one-man bands out there, but The Ready Set’s Jordan Witzigreuter does it all. He writes and records his music, sings, plays the drums, keyboard and bass, and now he’s on tour with Breathe Carolina. As a one-member band, Witzigreuter usually records the majority of his music alone. “It’s all me in the...

Programming board brings on-campus entertainment

Wiz Khalifa, comedians, Neon Trees, an end-of-year carnival, Ms. Lauryn Hill, live music during lunch on Thursdays, the Beelzebubs (the voices behind “Glee’s” Dalton Academy Warblers), free movies and plays, Matisyahu. The University of Miami had the pleasure of having all of the above-mentioned grace its campus last year. And all of this was a...

Behind the Scenes With Maria Perez

Entertainment at the University of Miami is in good, solid hands. Maria Perez, a senior and president of Hurricane Productions (HP), orchestrates the array of on campus entertainment provided at UM.

Mute Math brings bassy rock to Revolution

Mute Math will make a stop in South Florida, bringing its bassy rock to Fort Lauderdale’s Revolution on Nov. 4.