Music

“How to Be a Human Being” seems more understandable and within grasp in this way.

The connection between the Rochester native band and the University setting was mentioned several times throughout the night.

The band may have local origins, but it’s bound for widespread fame.

The student-produced music scene here at UR is rather unique.

Tickets go on sale at the Common Market in Wilson Commons next Monday — with a $10-rate for students.

This past Friday’s performance featured Shawn Chen, who sang and played acoustic guitar to the tune of Ed Sheeran and Coldplay, among other popular artists.

To get a feel for UR’s music scene, I spoke with four upperclassmen whose varied involvements include for-credit lessons at Eastman and underground basement shows.

Ten minutes past eight, the After Hours a capella group was on stage, clad in galaxy leggings and look-alike outfits to iconic Star Wars characters as they sang the series’ famed theme song.

Now it is 2016, and I've listened to Britney Spears’ “Femme Fatale” and a little bit of “Blackout” almost every day for the past month. What once repelled me like some sort of insect on a stick is now a divine thing.

VIMTV, or “Velocities in Music,” is a hidden gem of a YouTube channel. The channel features two friends, Jake and Tom, who sit at a table in front of a camera and talk about albums. They haven’t been as active the past few years as they were when I discovered them in 2010. They used to mainly cover popular indie releases from this era—think Black Keys “Brothers,” “ James Blake’s self-titled album. They would review Top 40 pop albums, too, like Britney Spears’ “Femme Fatale” and Justin Bieber’s second album.