Wye the Oak not.

Wye Oak hailing from Baltimore, Maryland. The band name is a reference to the tree of their home state. They are a two piece band with Jenn Wasner on guitar and vocals and Andy Stack on keys, drums, and backup vocal. This is the title track off their album, Civilian.

I see you, bass line in the guitar part. APPROVE. That voice gives me chills.

Where can you record?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/06/26/137394444/in-through-the-out-door-turning-abandoned-buildings-into-recording-studios?sc=fb&cc=fp

Whether it be in an abandoned school building, your computer, or the secret lair of a recording studio in Case Library, you have options.

This summer some of the Broad Street Records' members are creating and finishing up EPs. Recording in a frat house near a BU construction site isn't so bad! If we can do it, anyone can.

To all, please have a musical summer.

Serenadgrams '11

Broad Street Records Annual Serenadagrams!

Ah, that lovely time of year where Colgate artists offer up a serenade in places such as Frank Dining Hall... spreading love and embarrassment for all to enjoy.

Local Natives

They have been my obsession since the fall and I think it is time to share them with you:

LOCAL NATIVES.

The band is based out of Los Angeles. I would consider them indie rock, folk. Ah, yes.

Gorilla Manor is one of the most complete albums I've listened to this year. Every song is tantalizing and oh, those harmonies. It just sounds great, catchy. Not much of a critique, or explanation. You'll just have to listen for yourself.

Music Video for Wide Eyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVt-DZdkOzw

I could tell you to listen to Sun Hands, Airplanes, Cubism Dream.. but I do not want to be bossy or anything of the sort...

GATESTOCK

For those of you who missed out, Gatestock 2010 Part 2: The Redemption was a smashing success. The weather in the morning was 70 degrees and no clouds in the sky; by 11, it had progressed to mid-60s and cloudy. However, there was NO RAIN. That was the best part. Our best estimates place the number of students who attended between 600 and 800 people. This represents at least 20 percent of Colgate students, which is pretty impressive considering the high attendance of Colgate students at the Syracuse football game. The music was great: we had two stages going at the same time, although one was a bit small.

However, the performers at the small "stage" fought the odds, and still attracted a fairly heavy audience. The food was great, including Holy Smokes BBQ, who came back after they had left earlier, with the leftovers from the Syracuse game. Highlights of the music were Andrew Wylie, who serenaded us with his own acoustic music, Textbook Granfalloonery, who came out of nowhere and left us all in awe of their pure rock skills, and the Bloody Nips, who, for those of us still remaining, scared us a bit, but also made us laugh.

Overall, it was a great day. A bit exhausting, for those who were there the whole day, but a lot of fun. We're already working on how we can make Gatestock Part 3 even better, and we're open to suggestions. Hope everyone who was there had a great time!

Welcome back Colgate!

Our blog may have fallen off a bit, but hopefully we'll be able to start back up again this year. Broad Street has a lot of new stuff going on this year, and it's all very exciting.

First of all, our new officers are:

Andy Peng, President

Max Miller (me), Business Director

David Case, Executive Producer

Caitlin Grossjung, Secretary

We lost a lot of good men in graduation last year, but hopefully we'll be able to gain some new talent in the activity fair coming up, this Wednesday from 4-6 PM on the Quad. The new freshman class is over 100 people more than usual, and I'm sure there is a lot of new untapped musicianship out there.

Secondly, and what I'm most excited about: Gatestock 2010 Part 2, The Redemption.

Although last year didn't work out as well as we planned, it was still a success (in my opinion). We braved the 40 degree temperature, freezing rain, and hail (in mid-April), and estimates were as high as 400 people throughout the day. And now we're back with a vengeance. This year, September 25th from 12 PM to 6 PM is Gatestock Part 2. With more free food, more free T-shirts, and even better awesome music. Hopefully this Gatestock will be huge, and the administration will finally give us some credit.

Right now all of our attention is being held by Gatestock, but afterwards we're thinking of a few other cool events. Our distribution CD is still in the works, and we're hoping it will be ready within a few weeks. We're hoping to have some kind of winter concert in February or so, which would be basically whoever wanted to play would play. Ideally, this would be in the chapel. We're also looking to follow K'naan and Wale with an equally amazing musical act sometime in early spring.

Well that's it for now. Hope to see everyone at Gatestock!

K'naan Changing the World, One Step at a Time

K'naan's hit song, "Wavin' Flag" sung by some of your favorites to benefit Haiti.

Come see K'naan with Wale THURSDAY APRIL 15th at the HOP!!!