Concert Reviews
Riot Fest Sucks (But Less Than Our Football Team)
It’s become popular humor within the fans that go to Riot Fest to say that the festival sucks. The festival even promotes itself by using #RiotFestSucks. Over this Labor Day weekend, some of the KCSU staff skipped The Rocky Mountain Blowout and Tour De Fat to ...
Tiny Moving Parts Interview
Math rock, Screamo, Emo, and even Twinkly Emo are all genres that have been used to describe Tiny Moving Parts. This three-piece family band out of Benson, Minnesota stands out in all of these scenes because they fall under all of them and even more. Versatile, fast-paced ...
Weatherbox Interview
“Tripped out the devil spoke to me/Through my high fingertips/Which were in the ground/The same beneath you now/Which means I’m alive/Which means I’m not dead.” are lyrics from “Trippin’ The Life Fantastic” which is one of Weatherbox‘s fan
The Innovators: Dr. Amy Prieto
You could look up interviews with Amy Prieto on Popular Mechanics and the BBC. You could search for her feature in The Smithsonian Museum. You could read the press release from her presidential award in 2012. And in a matter of minutes, you would know quite a bit about the ...
Review: Aprilis by Seaons
Artist: Seaons Album: Aprilis Genre: Indie Rock Recommended if you like: Led Zeppelin, Fleet Foxes Get ready for one of the more unique records hitting the indie market today. Aprilis is a beautifully-constructed mix of songs that spans several different styles of indie ...
Five bands you don’t want to miss at this year’s Warped Tour
This year’s Warped Tour was announced early Tuesday evening via a live stream. The tour is complete with performances and tons of excitement. Though the list of bands was leaked three days beforehand, not much could be done to contain the amount of hype surrounding this ...
MC Lars and Mega Ran Interview
Nerdcore: A sub-genre of hip-hop music that is characterized by themes and subject matter considered to be of the general interest of nerds. MC Lars and Mega Ran joined together to create the Nerdcore Tour. A quick sprint of tour dates, but nonetheless covering the majority
Mishawaka Amphitheatre: 100 Years In and A Century To Go (Collegian Feature)
In commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the Mishawaka Amphitheater, music lovers donned their best 80’s get-up, packed their camping gear and took the 45-minute journey up the Poudre Canyon Friday, March 25th, to participate in the celebration. Commonly known as the ...
The Innovators: Dr. Chris Snow
When you work on a puzzle, you put hundreds or thousands of pieces together, right? Those pieces by themselves don’t necessarily do much. But, when the puzzle is completed, the pieces function together as a big, pretty picture. And there’s a parallel to this found in nature:
The Innovators: Dr. Matt Kipper
Let’s break down your morning commute. You get in your car or you ride your bike. You know that your car or your bike is yours because of its license plate, its color, where you parked it. You have a key and it allows you to access your vehicle. You drive and you know where ...