Father Dan O’Reilly is the director of Columbia Catholic Ministry and one of the more musical priests around. Catholicism curator Max Rettig sat down with Fr. O’Reilly to talk slogans, Pope Benedict, and Catholic rock bands. Bwog: How would you define your role inside of the Columbia community as head of the Catholic Ministry, and […]

There’s a smattering of musical events featuring your classmates around the city tonight and through the weekend.  It’ll probably be more fun than breaking into some rando senior’s EC townhouse. NEWER SOUNDS: Back to School When: Tonight from 5-10 pm Where: Hostelling International at 104th and Amsterdam Cost: $5 for students Who: Not one but three […]

Early this morning, Columbia College Student Council began publicity on a week-long music festival in the days leading up to Bacchanal this year (April 9-14).  The schedule of acts is below.  According to CCSC members behind the event, they have booked a “major male recording artist known for creating buzz on college campuses” for the […]

If you’re wondering why you woke up today to Beyonce and LMFAO, it’s ’cause CCO was getting ready to fix New York City. They’re at it now!

Big Gigantic will be headlining, with Wavves and Curren$y as the opening acts. Spicy Special will be the student group opener. Seeing as the theme is Baccha90s, we were sorta expecting someone from not this decade too, but whatevs. It could be worse. So get psyched—the concert is only two weeks away!

A cool new band name? Nope, something even bigger! Taking democracy into the concert hall, Kevin Lee, CC ’14, has set out to redefine the very notion of the “student orchestra” by tapping the depths of Columbia (and New York) musical talent to start one of his own. Bwog’s literal harmony hunter Alexandra Svokos sat […]

Columbia bureaucrats and student groups alike figured out long ago that the key to our collective heart is an overstuffed, all-American, oh-so-irresistible burrito. Tonight, look forward not only to free food, but also to the fantastic music of your peers at SEAS Battle of the Bands. All of this will take place in the mysterious […]

The fabulous Live at Lerner series continues this afternoon at 12 in the Piano Lounge. This week showcases the musical stylings of The Loom, who say of their sound, “we’re a rock band but it’s kind of folky,” and their latest album, “it is a simple search for joy.”  The band was deemed “The Next Big […]

Who doesn’t love free fun? Bwog’s Wednesday feature, Where Art Thou?, surely does. Do you supply the Columbia community with free fun? Expensive fun? Moderately priced fun? Let us know at events@bwog.com. Today La Ronde, 8pm at Riverside Theatre. Through Saturday. New work featuring MFA acting students.  A Turn of the Century Sex Romp: whores, […]

Bwog’s resident blue note enthusiast Briana Last reports from Thursday’s talk. It was hard finding a seat in Room 622, Dodge Hall Thursday night at 8 PM. In fact, more than a dozen people stood outside the door for two hours, peering their heads in to listen to the raspy impersonation of Miles Davis that […]

Pitchfork—the website whose album reviews have a Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease score on par with your student loan agreement—stopped by for WBAR-B-Q last Friday. They posted some snazzy pictures here and here. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to like these pictures before they were cool. 19 people already like the album on facebook.

Our friends at WBAR threw together this awesome mix featuring tracks by each of the ten bands scheduled to play at this upcoming Friday’s annual WBBQ. Some Highlights: Real Estate earned Pitchfork’s prestigious best new music with their self-titled album. The Crystal Ark, lead by Gavin Russom, counts two of the former members of LCD Soundsystem among […]

The Abacchalypse approaches! CU Records has selected the 10 bands that will compete on Friday, April 15th to be the opening band at Bacchanal. A panel of 3 outside judges and an audience vote will determine the winner of the Battle of the Bands. Check out the bands’ websites to whet your palette: Simon Herzog […]

Bwog’s kind-of-new Wednesday feature, Where Art Thou?, is here to keep you posted on what’s going on in the A&E department in Morningside Heights and beyond (basically all the cool events your friends are in/on/at). If you would like your whatever-event-we-just-want-to-have-a-VIP-option posted on Bwog, now you can! E-mail us at events@bwog.com. Thursday CU Records Lounge Night […]

Bwog’s kind-of-new Wednesday feature, Where Art Thou?, is here to keep you posted on what’s going on in the A&E department in Morningside Heights and beyond (basically all the cool events your friends are in/on/at). If you would like your mysterious-due-to-copyright-laws Action Film Screening posted on Bwog, now you can! E-mail us at events@bwog.com. Today! The […]