Author: Gage Taylor

As we wind down the year and get ready to head off for the summer, I find myself sad to go. I’m not sure if I was just missing out on the wonderland that is L.A. for my first two years here or if the underground music scene actually did

April marches on. Another week, another term paper you haven’t started and another concert for me to tell you about!  This Saturday, grab your grungiest threads and head to the SCC Social Room for a proper workout at the Hardcore Blowout. Sponsored by KSPC, Pomona Events Committee, boXcar and the

If this were my usual column, I’d probably tell you that last weekend’s hip-hop show at Pitzer with Anderson.Paak and Frak (aka Alex Fraknoi PZ ’16) was a really fun affair and you should have been there. But, alas, even though those are both true statements, I’m growing increasingly tired

Welcome to yet another wonderful semester of TSL’s music column, a land of plenty where good tunes of all sorts are never in short supply. Whether you’re into pop, grime, hip-hop, jazz, noise or whatever weird thing you found on Bandcamp last night, I’ve got something for you! In the past,

Let’s be honest here—there are only two questions that matter post-Thanksgiving. You ask yourself, “Are the next three weeks going to be awful?” When you inevitably realize that the answer to that one is a resounding yes, the second question rears its ugly head: “How am I going to spend

This week’s edition of the music column is a little strange for a couple reasons. Perhaps most notably, the event I’m covering wasn’t primarily about music. Further, of the musical acts present, I was personally involved with (read: in) half of them. Luckily, I’ve got a solid sense of self-deprecation,

Noise Floor, Harvey Mudd College’s live music coalition, hosted two (sort of) local musical acts Oct. 24 in its West Dorm: San Francisco’s/Orange County’s (I’ll explain later) GRMLN and the city of Pomona’s very own Stay Cool Forever. If you’ve come across one of my on-campus concert reviews before, you’ll

Last Saturday Oct. 11, the Motley Coffeehouse at Scripps College hosted two wonderful musical guests, S and Colleen Green. Needless to say, the show was awesome, despite some weird sound hiccups and the generally confusing vibe caused by the house lights and presence of chairs. Talking about the show isn’t

If you’ve come across my column before, you’ve likely realized that my articles on live music tend to fall into the two possible categories—reviews or previews. But not this time! Due to the impossibly large amount of great music on campus this week, we’ve got a double double whammy (mad