QuickTix runs alternate Wednesdays, and spreads word of the TIC. Own your student ID. Tickets sold for on campus events this week: 819 Campus events on sale now: MP3 Experiment: September 9th, 12 pm, Ancel Plaza, FREE, Tickets. Lyrics from Lockdown: September 24th, 7 pm, Miller Theatre, $7 w/CUID, Tickets. Tickets sold for off campus events this week: […]

Akon has two new singles out and three still on the charts.  Bwog music critic Bryan Mochizuki asks what, exactly, he’s giving us. I wrote a much longer piece for this week on Akon, Einstein, populism, and “Smack That.”  But it topped out at like 1,754 words, which I think is around 1,752 more than […]

Timbaland drops a new album on April 3rd but it’s already everywhere on the interwebs.  Bwog music critic Bryan Mochizuki takes a look at the producer’s approach and offers up an early pick for single of the year.  Last November, Timbaland told an interviewer, “I changed the sound of radio at least four times.”  This […]

In which Bwog music critic Bryan Mochizuki programs your Friday, Sunday, and Monday nights. There are at least two really great shows in the city this weekend and two equally shiver-inducing MP3’s to share today, but first…THE OSCARS ARE THIS SUNDAY.  Among the reasons to be excited: this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Ennio […]

In which Bwog music critic Bryan Mochizuki forgives the Shins their trespasses and disses the music blogosphere…oh wait… “Phantom Limb” – The Shins Depending on whom you talk to, the new Shins album is either lethargic and dull or some more euphemistic variation on those words.  Except for this song.  This is THE SHINS.  This […]

Bwog music critic Bryan Mochizuki would really like to have a mixtape review for you this week. Unfortunately, this happened two nights ago, and since Drama is the biggest DJ in the game, everyone is clamming up. www.datpiff.com, the site that streams them for free, didn’t stream anything yesterday, and all of the places to […]

In which Bwog Music Critic Bryan Mochizuki reads the Grammy Noms, witholds a Corinne Bailey Rae tirade, and gets down to business with this week’s new MP3’s.  The Grammy nominees were announced yesterday, and they’re worse than usual.  Like a lot of people, I watch the Grammys because I want to believe in them – […]