Corbin Dodd ’18 and Ryan Dugan ’17 met through the Macalester music department a few years back. Dugan met Juliet Kelson ’20 when their separate bands played a concert together in Chicago, and Dodd later met Jack Lickerman through music department events. Now, the four of them are on their way to dropping an album….
In my four years living in the Twin Cities, I have gone to a lot of concerts. And what I’ve learned is this: Minnesotans love to stand still. Multiple times, locals have complimented me on my energy, and lamented how damn difficult it is to get Minnesota crowds to break out of their shells. But…
Oh, October in Minneapolis. The air gets cooler than it’s been in months, and people break out their sweaters and light jackets in anticipation of the coming season. However, the surprisingly warm weather last Thursday could not have been more teasing. I realized that pairing the warm weather with a Beach Fossils concert would be…
Each week The Mac Weekly speaks with a DJ on Macalester’s radio station, 91.7 WMCN. This week we sat down with Elena Santarella ’19 and Zoe Beriss ’19. TMW: What is your show and what can a listener expect when tuning in? Elena Santarella: Every week we profile a band, and we’ll play three to…
“Foxing is a band. Someday Foxing won’t be a band.” This slogan is both simple and profound, although you may think it clichéd of an indie-rock, post-rock group to declare itself metaphysically impermanent. Hold your judgement for just a moment. Imagine that you are standing in the Triple Rock Social Club, swaying back and forth…
We Are the City is a Canadian prog-rock band based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Winners of First Prize in 2009’s Peak Performance Contest, composers of the soundtrack to critically-lauded feature-film “Violent,” and currently self-producing out of a Vancouver bike shop, We Are the City is quirky, vibrant, possessed of a strong cult following and poised…
