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BU Today Sessions: Banana Phonetic - "It Was a Drag"
For a band that draws influence from acts ranging from Built to Spill to Prince to Pink Floyd, assigning a genre to Banana Phonetic’s music proves to be a difficult task. However, keyboardist, guitarist, and vocalist Akhil Bhatt [...](COM’09) prefers it that way. “I’m not a huge fan of the genre game,†he says. “Subdivision or not, Banana Phonetic is definitely what happens when four close friends spend every waking moment collaborating.â€
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BU Today Sessions: Micah - “American Dreamâ€
At the end of Micah Domingo’s freshman year at BU, the international relations major found a new passion: hip-hop. “So many things happened that year, I just needed a space to put my thoughts,†says Domingo (CAS’10). [...]“It made the struggles and other things in life so much easier to deal with. For me, hip-hop is the music of struggle — fighting to stay above water.â€
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BU Today Sessions: Allison Francis – “Kaboomâ€
Don’t mistake Allison Francis’ (COM’11) laid-back nature for a proclivity for writing subdued, earthy tunes. Charged by the hard strums of an acoustic guitar and the slight rasp in her heartfelt vocals, Francis’ songs [...]demand attention.
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BU Today Sessions: Allison Francis – “Every Other Personâ€
Don’t mistake Allison Francis’ (COM’11) laid-back nature for a proclivity for writing subdued, earthy tunes. Charged by the hard strums of an acoustic guitar and the slight rasp in her heartfelt vocals, Francis’ songs [...]demand attention.
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BU Today Sessions: Vikesh Kapoor - "Willy Robbins"
Looking for another way to tell stories, folk singer-songwriter Vikesh Kapoor (COM’09) studied photojournalism. While music is now his primary means of storytelling, Kapoor returns from time to time to the camera. At the very least, he says, [...]“when I’m traveling around from town to town, I carry a camera with me.â€
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BU Today Sessions: Vikesh Kapoor - "Careless Love"
Looking for another way to tell stories, folk singer-songwriter Vikesh Kapoor (COM’09) studied photojournalism. While music is now his primary means of storytelling, Kapoor returns from time to time to the camera. At the very least, he says, [...]“when I’m traveling around from town to town, I carry a camera with me.â€
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BU Today Sessions: The Alrighters - "Flim-Flam Shanahan"
The Alrighters are not your typical band. There are no guitars, and an unusually large percentage of their songs are about food. Described by singer Andrew Galante as “a ’50s R&B meets punk†band, the Alrighters feature saxophonist [...]Kim Kendicken, upright bassist Zeke Wheeler, and drummer Matt Schlaikjer.
When the lights go down and the sun rises, Galante, a senior production assistant at BU’s Creative Services, reverts from bombastic, dancing front man to a more subdued person working on bulletins in a cubicle. “It’s a great combo for me,†he says. “I can have a hobby and a job at the same time.â€
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BU Today Sessions: The Alrighters - "Soda Jerk / Spin the Platter"
The Alrighters are not your typical band. There are no guitars, and an unusually large percentage of their songs are about food. Described by singer Andrew Galante as “a ’50s R&B meets punk†band, the Alrighters feature saxophonist [...]Kim Kendicken, upright bassist Zeke Wheeler, and drummer Matt Schlaikjer.
When the lights go down and the sun rises, Galante, a senior production assistant at BU’s Creative Services, reverts from bombastic, dancing front man to a more subdued person working on bulletins in a cubicle. “It’s a great combo for me,†he says. “I can have a hobby and a job at the same time.â€
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BU Today Sessions: Sun Cut Flat - "Don't You Forget About It"
An eclectic, layered blend of guitars and electronic textures, Sun Cut Flat's debut album, Running of the Bulls, reveals a sophistication uncommon for 20-year-old songwriters.
Sun Cut Flat's lineup is multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Nick [...]Lattanzi (CAS'12), drummer Isaac Haselkorn, guitarist Cary Liptak, bassist Erik Kramer, and keyboardist Devon Fisher.
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