Author: Luca Rojas

On February 10, 2011, a YouTube user with the moniker “trizzy66” uploaded a music video for a song called “Friday” by a teenage girl named Rebecca Black. Produced by ARK Music Factory, a Los Angeles-based independent record label and entertainment channel, “Friday” managed to attract 30 million views in just

Over the summer of 2010, the blog Hipster Runoff identified a new genre known as “chillwave” and “glo-fi,”—both of which sound like Williamsburg hip-hop alter-egos—introducing one of the first musical movements defined less by geographic birthplace than distinct characteristics. Characterized by a lo-fi approach to 80s nostalgia, the genre makes

Over the summer of 2010, the blog Hipster Runoff identified a new genre known as “chillwave” and “glo-fi,”—both of which sound like Williamsburg hip-hop alter-egos—introducing one of the first musical movements defined less by geographic birthplace than distinct characteristics. Characterized by a lo-fi approach to 80s nostalgia, the genre makes

No one envies the daunting task of trying to recreate an event like Smiley 80s, especially on paper. Along with Harwood Halloween, Pomona’s biggest party of the spring semester stands out as one of those fleeting moments in our college’s nightlife that practically disappears from public consciousness mere days after

Rating: 4.5 (out of 5) Early last year, the blogosphere began lighting up with chatter concerning a 20-year-old Londoner named James Blake, whose home-recorded compositions kept finding their way onto British radio. Via a three-song EP entitled The Bells Sketch, Blake introduced the world to a kind of asexual trip-hop,

I remember the days when the term “blogging” brought up connotations of techno-hermits spilling their latest mercurial fascinations and complaints on the Internet. In David Fincher’s The Social Network, Mark Zuckerberg’s ex-girlfriend eloquently accuses him of fitting that stereotype, remarking, “You write your snide bullshit from a dark room because

2010 kicked off a new decade of music with remarkable panache, laying significant groundwork for new bands, sub-genres, and avenues of music distribution while marking the end of an era for many musicians whose work defined the last decade. LCD Soundsystem called it quits, Gorillaz shifted from style to substance,

As February transitions into March, we reach that electrifying time of year when America’s crowning institution of mainstream myth-making, Hollywood, holds its grandiose commemoration of all images fair-skinned and beautiful: the Oscars. Held for the last 82 years to celebrate excellence in the film industry, the Academy Awards typically bestow

Rating: 3/5 Standout Tracks:”QUI++ING,” “Drugs” Sophia, the sophomore album of Daniel and the Dragon (comprised of CMC students Dan Evans ’12 and Kris Brown ’11 and Pitzer’s Jacob Moss ’13) borrows its namesake from the newborn daughter of Evans’ best friend. In their press release, the Los Angeles-based three piece

This upcoming weekend, Pomona hosts its annual celebration of that time-honored junior high school tradition: showing your parents where you learn things! Not only does the college provide opportunities for our loving guardians to meet professors, attend faculty lectures, and sit in on actual classes, but it also features a