The all-male a cappella group formerly known as “The JoePas” joined organizations such as NittanyVille, Nike, and Penn State itself in their cutting of ties with the condemned former coach, formally announcing a name change to “The Statesmen” on August 24th. Read more after the jump to understand how they came to this decision.
If you’re interested in musicals, plays, and/or retro movie screenings—listen up! Check out the State Theatre’s open house this Friday from 12-3:30 pm.
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.
The Center for Performing Arts is hosting a Student Patio Party on September 5th. It will take place from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. in the Eisenhower Auditorium. It will feature the singer-songwriter The Ready Set.
The Bryce Jordan Center announced this morning that the Zac Brown Band will return to Penn State on October 10th with openers Blackberry Smoke and Levi Lowrey.
Pulling styles from many spectrum of rock, jazz and classical; Flashback Forward weaves together a diverse troupe of musical pasts into a mulch-faceted musical product that plays off inspiration from bands such as U2, Muse, Coldplay, The Who, Michael Buble, State Radio and John Mayer. But The Passenger isn't simply a re-issuing of the band's scattered styles and influences, a clear lineage of cut-out-the-fat straight rock-your-face-off attitude runs like a freight trains through their album. Learn more about Flashback Forward's debut EP and where you can see the band perform live after the jump.