Spaulding Auditorium hosted the finale of the unprecedented “Dartmouth Idol” on March 6, and I have to say that the show left me sorely disappointed — in one regard. Where were all the tone-deaf, deluded nobodies who wouldn’t even be able to make the cut at a karaoke bar? The only competitors that graced the stage were the undeniably talented vocalists who had the goods to make it to the last leg of the competition. More »
In our brave new digital world, music news can get broken — and swept away — before a band has even released a full-length album. With the advent of musical outlets like My Space and Hypemachine, new music has become more accessible and proportionately more disposable. The full-length album has become an antique, lost in the shuffle of hot new downloads: Audiences can obsess over a new band and forget them just as easily before the group has even been signed to a major record label. More »
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