The Grapevine – Zest Acapella Group Interview
Holly Coughlan, Multimedia Reporter
December 5, 2018
Get to know members of Zest - one of UVM's co-ed acapella groups.
Burlington On Vinyl
Beth Goodwin, Feature Writer
November 14, 2018
Caroline Slack The music scene in Burlington is thriving; there are live gigs every weekend in quirky venues from house shows to ArtsRiot. Music is a huge part of the city’s creative and cultural pulse. At the core of the scene is the presence of vinyl. Burlington boasts three record stores: Burlington Records, ...
Pep band brings energy & enthusiasm
Amanda Anderson, Staff Writer
October 13, 2018
Although Gutterson Fieldhouse is mostly empty on a Wednesday evening, music, lights and action fill the gym. Instead of cheering fans, empty instrument cases lay scattered over the bleachers. Musicians dance with their instruments, rocking back and forth and up and down. The Catamount Pep Ban...
Following the Calling: The Cynic reviews Boston Calling
Hunter McKenzie, Culture columnist
June 3, 2018
Natalie Portman was seated upon a platform stage in the Arena of the Harvard Athletic Complex in Cambridge when the noise started. Hundreds of baffled festival-goers watched her engage in a Malcolm X-dedicated spoken-word performance while a strange, silent short film from 1930 called “Hell-B...
Best of Burlington
Culture Staff
May 9, 2018
Moving to a new city can be overwhelming, and with Burlington there are so many unique places to explore. To get you started, the Culture staff rounded up ten of our favorite spots. Best Music Venue: Radio Bean - This self-described “bohemian utopia” features live music from bot...
L/L community puts on annual festival
Izzy Seidman, Senior Staff Writer
May 3, 2018
On one of the first true days of spring, a residential community brought student artists into the light for the annual Furious Festival. “We’re not used to playing in the light,” said junior Caroline Franks, guitarist for Father Figuer, one of the bands that performed during the festival...
Rain doesn’t dampen SpringFest fun
Eleanor Webster, Staff Writer
May 1, 2018
Glitter-covered UVM Program Board members scanned tickets as the crowd filed in to Jeffords parking lot. SpringFest 2018 started at 2 p.m. April 28. It was sixty-five degrees and sunny as a sea of students milled around the stage. They waited in anticipation for Adventure Dog, UPB’s ...
Hit rapper deserves criticism
Dahlia Maleh, Staff Writer
April 26, 2018
Music media and its consumers are facing a moral dilemma: whether they can continue to separate artists from art. XXXTentacion’s 2018 album title, “?” fits for how he should be looked at as an artist: with question and caution. To call the Florida rapper problematic is an understateme...
Adventure Dog to open for SpringFest
Eleanor Webster, Staff Writer
April 24, 2018
Wires snaked around the feet of the band as they walked into their rehearsal space, a chaotic basement littered with craft beer cans, amps and drum kits. Amps were pulled up to sit on as senior Andrew Tonra, guitarist and vocalist of Adventure Dog, began to speak. Adventure Dog won UVM Program Bo...
Q&A: Four student artists talk creativity on campus
Sarah Robinson, Staff Writer
April 17, 2018
Student artists can be found all over campus. Culture writer Sarah Robinson sat down with a few to talk about their work and get their take on the arts at UVM. First years Riya Padukone and Keerthi Onkaram are dancers from New Hampshire. They grew up together and are roomates. Onkaram specializes in classica...
Recommendations: WRUV’s top music of the week
WRUV
April 13, 2018
Looking to update your Spotify playlist? Need some new tunes for your next dance party? WRUV has got you covered with their top artists of the week. Yo La Tengo Frankie Cosmos Bahamas Young Fathers Caroline Rose Dent May Nap Eyes The Brian Jonestown Massacre Loma Alvvays ...
Lorde hypnotizes Boston with new album
Hunter McKenzie, Arts Columnist
April 11, 2018
Whenever I attend a concert, the aftermath is the only thing I remember clearly: running up cement staircases into cement garages, holding onto a new t-shirt and sweating. My mind always unable to catch up with itself, spinning from the lights, the sounds and the stage. These were the events that unfolded after I ...
