The Arctic Monkeys woke up early – early for rock stars, that is – to play in the Red Bull Sound Space at KROQ this past Tuesday.

Sunday, August 18th marked the Inaugural Geekie Awards at the Avalon in Hollywood, a new awards show organized in order to celebrate the geek genre and its most talented independent creators, artists and filmmakers.

In the last five years or so, the media has become fascinated with geeks. From CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” to superhero-movie domination of the box office, Hollywood has decided that geek-oriented products are marketable and worth developing.

If the ever-amorphous whirlwind of friends and collaborators featured on “…Like Clockwork” is any sign of the rock royalty listed in his Rolodex, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme must throw great parties.

SIRSY’s sound is bigger than they are.
Listening to them play live, one can hear all the components of a typical rock group: vocals, guitar, bass, drums and, on occasion, even some flute playing.

For most, being forced to sing in front of their middle school class would be cruel and unusual punishment, but for one 2013 Spring Sing contestant, having to learn and sing “Mi Burrito Sabanero” in Spanish class marked a turning point in his life: it was the moment he learned that he could sing.

Dropkick Murphys
Club Nokia
April 17
4.5 paws
There is a moment before every punk show, right before the headliner goes on, when stillness takes hold.

Think distortion meets bagpipes.

One of our campus’ best-kept secrets may be that once a week, there is a hoedown in Schoenberg Hall.