This year's Battle of the Bands contestants were announced today. Bands will have a chance to compete to play at Movin' On this year.
On Tuesday, Run For Cover artist Transit played a house show at La Casa Blanca, hosted by student music organization Asylum.
Transit is a rising pop-punk band on the same label as local musician, Koji.
The show also featured the band Handguns who has recently released their first label album called "Don't Bite Your Tongue."
Transit's house performance kept fans rocking as they played some tracks from their new album "Something Left Behind," and thanked the audience for those who came to see them.
Over the course of this year, it seems that a large influx of rappers or hip hop collectives have been emerging from Penn State's ranks. One rapper, Ugochukwu Onyiata, or as he goes by, The 'U', has recently caught my attention. I witnessed this man spit his stuff on several occassions, including this past Friday, and he has yet to disappoint me. I booked a meeting with 'U' which went down as follows: we played Madden; listened to some new, unreleased tracks of his; watched Duke vs. Clemson; discussed Lil' Wayne; and then finally did the interview. Check it out after the jump.
If shaking it like no one is watching sounds like a good way to spend your Thirsty Thursday, check out the Penn State Swing Club's dance party/fundraiser.
Tonight at 8pm, the boogie is going down at Sugar on Top on 121 1/2 E. Beaver Avenue. The theme of the night is Candy Land, so dress accordingly. Dancing, cupcakes and giveaways...enough said.
If you've made your way down College Ave near Family Clothesline over the past few days, chances are you have noticed the loud music coming from the street's newest store front. Campus Candy, which opened last Friday, is the newest craze to hit State College but, as their slogan says, they "ain't just candy."
Sick of Wiz and Weezy always making the party play list? I know we are. There are plenty of other hip-hop artists making waves at clubs and smoke sessions around the universe. We decided to give those underground rhymesters some props. Astronaut and Spacey take off into the uncharted land of the less-known rappers for this week's installment of Hump Day Hip Hop.