Campus music

Per the request of @saintanselm, I have decided to give a list of the music that I have heard about since I have arrived on campus that I thought was worth sharing.

After thinking about it, I really only have one instance where someone introduced me to a band that I had never really listened to, and that was when my roommate (the always single and sexy @Aaron_Bailey_23) introduced me to Of Monsters and Men, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

In fact, more often than not, I find myself introducing people to music more often than the other way around.  That being said, there have been some very notable album releases since we arrived.

Cruel Summer dropped, the new Mumford & Sons album was released, the Dave Matthews Band came out with a new record, and Big Sean dropped his new mixtape.  I haven't heard the official verdict on the new Lupe Fiasco album yet but just listening to the snippets on iTunes, I found it to be a little lackluster.  In Green Day's new release, they obviously tried to return to their roots and listened to the rantings of loyal fans from the 90s, but I think that they ultimately failed.

To be honest, I don't see why people aren't really liking the new Mumford release.  I think that they went with what they know best, which is a genre that can't really be defined right now.  It's sort of that bluegrass/rock fusion that iTunes likes to dub "alternative" that we all have grown to love and support.  I got a tweet from a friend back in Texas on the night that the album released saying that it wasn't good because they didn't go in a different direction.  There is no other direction for them to go in.  That genre belongs to them, and they did a good job of owning and dominating it once again.  If you sit down a listen to the whole thing from start to finish, it meshes so well and it all comes to the end you feel a sense of completion that is hard to find nowadays.

If you have any suggestions about what to listen to or what to talk about, tweet me. @CBMARTIST

I'm still waiting for the Cyhi The Prynce release date to show up somewhere, so please let me know if you see it.