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Setting the scene with everything from gentle ballads to electrifying anthems, Queen and Big Thief permeated The Fillmore in anticipation of The Backseat Lovers taking the stage. The ambience was impeccable: Bejeweled blue chandeliers swayed slightly overhead, and the auditorium’s geometric stained glass pillars glowed yellow and blue with brilliance.
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Music beat reporters Vincent Tran and Crew Bittner are here to provide you with a few recommendations, as well as a playlist, of highlights you might’ve missed in the music world this past month.
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Music has a profound effect on us in many ways. Here’s a playlist to get you started in achieving mental and emotional harmony throughout your day.
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The show-stealer of the night was by far drummer Matt McGuire, who tours with the duo and possesses unspeakable talent behind a drum set.
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When King Princess began “Upper West Side,” the crowd’s screams were loud enough to drown out the opening lyrics entirely.
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T-Pain’s concert transformed into a spectacle that was absolutely absurd in the end, but sometimes absurdity is the best way to close a show.
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The highlight of the night was the performance of “Girls / Girls / Boys,” a ballad-style tribute to all forms of love. Crowd members threw rainbow-striped flags onstage as the song went on until Urie was literally tripping over the sheer number of them.
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Though the show featured some pleasantly surprising wins and an impressive number of awards given to artists of color, the moments we could champion were quickly snuffed out by those that disappointed.
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Dead Week is upon us, which means you’re in for hours of cramming webcasts, jostling for a seat in a library and ingesting an unhealthy amount of caffeine. What better thing to supplement your hard work and suffering than an ’80s montage-style playlist? Absolutely nothing.
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Almost anyone can name a song by Queen. From “Another One Bites the Dust” to “We Will Rock You,” the group’s music is hardly limited to music elitists who believe listening to older music is a superior personality trait. Queen’s extensive discography has stood the test of time, filled with
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