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Airbourne, w/ High Council, @ North Star Bar 5/1/10
With the crowd’s rock-o-meter (which normally goes from 0 to 11) running on empty, Airbourne took the stage just in time to overflow the tank. Whereas the first two bands were local acts, Airbourne recently released their second album, “No Guts, No Glory”, on Roadrunner Records and are becoming better known by the day. They have gained popularity in recent years by having their music featured on the soundtracks to various video games including Madden NFL 08, NHL 08, and Rock Band, with such tracks as “Stand Up For Rock and Roll” and “Runnin’ Wild”. Airbourne hit the stage like a wrecking ball and by the end of the night left the North Star Bar in shambles. With guitars blaring, drums pounding, and soaring vocals, Airbourne delivered the rock. The band has an old school, raw, driving sound reminiscent of Jet, Philly’s own Silvertide, or a young AC/DC that can be heard in the music and the lyrics. Singer Joel O’Keefe’s shrieking vocals could easily pass for Brian Johnson.
For much of the night, Airbourne seemed to be taking care of the crowd’s needs. Too hot? No problem – bassist Justin Street and rhythm guitarist David Roads poured entire water bottles on their heads and persisted to head bang, soaking the crowd in the process. Maybe you are thirsty, lead singer/guitarist Joel O’Keefe would take a sip of a beer and then pass it off into the crowd between songs. Now that is what I call a band of the people!
Drexel’s Best Dance Crew Recap
Friday night in the Main Auditorium, as part of CAB’s Spring Jam events,aspiring dance crews gathered together to compete for the title of Drexel’s Best Dance Crew. Along with the treacherous competition, MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew season four winners, We Are Heroes, visited and performed for the audience and competing dance crews.
Spring Jam 2010 Recap!
Finally was what all this anticipation was building up for – Kevin Rudolf. And boy were we disappointed Drexel. I guess we should have expected it but Kevin Rudolf was hardly a performer; he just stood there in his sunglasses playing guitar. There was no interaction with the audience or even acknowledgment that we were watching him. With people continuously screaming “Where’s Lil’ Wayne?” and “Get off the stage!” I found myself yelling for him just to play “Let it Rock” again even though I am not a fan of this song or Kevin Rudolf as an artist.
What was amazing though is that although Kevin has had 3 Billboard Top 40 hits in the last year and a half, the crowd at the Armory didn’t reach its maximum for the night until it was time for N.E.R.D. The rap group has never really had all that much success in their career, but Pharrell Williams is essentially a household name to Drexel students for his work with pretty much every relevant artist under the sun, his producer group the Neptunes, singing “Snooooo-oop” on “Drop It Like It’s Hot”, and because of that one summer where pretty much every song on the radio featured Pharrell. Pharrell was the first T-Pain, if you will, yet he never had to resort to any auto-tune but just gained our respect from his chill attitude and general badass persona.
Spring comes to Drexel with help from musical guests
Spring comes to Drexel with help from musical guests! CAB announces Spring Jam artists for 2010 concert PHILADELPHIA (April 1, 2010) – Campus Activities Board announced the selected artists to perform at their annual Spring Jam concert. The two artists slated to perform are Kevin Rudolf and N.E.R.D. Spring Jam 2010 will take place on [...]
MGMT release New Song From Upcoming LP “Congratulations”
Yesterday evening, Brooklyn indie break-out band MGMT released their first single from their upcoming Congratulations full length. The song is entitled “Flash Delirium” and although we are unable to offer Drexel students direct download of the song, it can be streamed or downloaded at the bottom of the post here.
