According to a promo video that launched on web today, Crystal Seth is debuting a single from his upcoming album, District XXIII, with a video with the white dude in ‘Ms. New Booty,’ Bubba Sparxxx. Learn more about the Penn State rapper's move to the prime time after the jump.
Bay Area punk-act, Green Day, will be bringing their the UNO, DOS, TRE, TOUR! to the Bryce Jordan Center on Friday, January 11. Find out when tickets go on sale and how you can snag a free copy of the band's new album after the jump.
Last night, the Penn State LGBTA Student Alliance elected Joshua Glossner to fill the vacant treasurer position left void in the organizations after a falling out with executive board members over changing the name of the club to it's more dated title, SpeakOut. But a rift exists below the surface where half of the queer community is edging into radicalism while the other half fears militant activism could compromise the strides taken by the LGBTA at PSU. Read more about the internal strife of the Student Alliance after the jump.
Onward State sits down with student musician and co-creator of State in the Real, Topher Stephenson, to discus the release of his newest acoustic jam, Shameless Self Promotion, as well as dig into the summertime theme behind Stephenson's soon-to-be released EP, Warm Weather Music. Listen to Shameless Self Promotion and let us know what you think in the comments after the jump.
The distinct smell of incense and sheesha that fumes from the State College head-shop, Jamaica Junction, has been replaced with an odor of fresh paint as the section of the store dedicated to smoking hookah is being replaced with expanded retail space. Read more about how Uncle Mike believes that this is a case of government over-stepping its boundaries and the State College borough has no clue what he's talking about.
Blips, wubs, bass drops and pounding four-on-the-floor beats were once primarily reserved for sweaty basement raves and underground city nightclubs—but not anymore. Progressive house DJs and Penn State students, Keegan Tawa and Andy Fitton, are determined to capitalize off of the rising fame of electronic music while clinging to the musical talent that seems to be lost as genres bleed into the mainstream. Listen to Tawa & Atomisk's new song, Matter, and an analysis of the piece after the jump.