Events
Canopy Returns to Coffeehouse 3/16/17
Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 by The Professor
This Thursday at the Starbucks area, check out the return of the etherial, amazing, unique awesomeness that is Canopy! Canopy is a Baltimore-based band comprised of Matt Muirhead and McKenzie Ditter. Matt Muirhead is a well-known Baltimore artist (and creator of the van t-shirt for WLOY!!). He creates both eclectic paintings and music, not to mention builds most of his own instruments. McKenzie Ditter is a photographer and illustrator with wonderful books and clothing creations. Muirhead and Ditter make quite the creative duo!
Canopy comes to stage prepared to improvise and create new music as they go along. They encourage the audience to experience their instruments and joing them on stage for musical adventures or chill and enjoy your coffee. Their music ranges from chill EDM fusion to tropical sounds. Hopefully Matt will even bring one of his amazing crankie projects. Give them a listen before the show and get hyped and come enjoy their wonderful show! As always it’s a FREE show, 8-10pm.
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Coffeehouse 3/2/17: Peter Royall
Friday, February 24th, 2017 by WLOY Staff
Loyola alumnus and singer songwriter Peter Royall is back to perform outside Starbucks this Thursday from 8-10pm! Getting his start as Peter Whitaker at WLOY open mic nights, Peter has been growing his song collection and musical talents since graduating in 2015 and we are proud to have him back. So come chill out to his acoustic songs like ‘Jealous Wind,’ or sing along to his pop covers like “This Town“. These tunes will be great to study to or to listen to while you grab a coffee with your friends, so make sure you don’t miss it!
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Late Night Concert: Stacked Like Pancakes PJ Party 2/23
Monday, February 20th, 2017 by WLOY Staff
WLOY is keeping the lineup stacked this Thursday with the local band Stacked Like Pancakes! The band is bringing breakfast to McGuire from 8-10pm where their bassist will be making pancakes on stage. This energetic local band has toured with Reel Big Fish and flipped their pancakes off stage all over America. Now they’re bringing their upbeat ska music (which you can find here) to Loyola for a Late Night PJ Party. Come out in your PJs to hear Stacked Like Pancakes live, enjoy some breakfast food (pancakes and other classics), and enter into our PJ contest. Although everyone will be a winner Thursday night when hearing this great band, one person will win tickets to the Baltimore Soundstage for wearing the best PJ outfit. So break out that onesie and make sure not to miss this fun concert!
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Studio Seizure: Mongoloidian Glow
Monday, February 20th, 2017 by The Professor
This week we hand the studio over to the ladies of Mongoloidian Glow! Dark and industrial, passionate, sonic and raw, with a sense of playfulness, Baltimore-based, Mongoloidian Glow, known for their explosive live performances, is made up of two women-Annbidextrious, on bass/guitar and Katha (kay-tha) on drums, with both harmonizing on vocals. The sound created by these women is massive as if listening to a five-piece band. Listen in and see what sort of a playlist they’ve got for us. Early indications include polkas, The Smiths, Stone Roses and much more. Hosted this week by Earl Crown from WLOY’s Crucial Cuts.
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Studio Seizure: Stacked Like Pancakes
Monday, February 13th, 2017 by The Professor
Tonight 7-8pm, we hand the studio over to the funky madmen of Stacked Like Pancakes! Fresh off their tour with Reel Big Fish and sporting all sorts of new stories, we’re going to let them spin their favorite tunes and dish on some good road stories.
They played our fundraiser for The Book Thing last year and blew us all away with their live energy! ”Reinvigorating the sounds of classic ska, Stacked Like Pancakes (SLP) piles on boisterous horns and punk rock attitude to create high energy music synthesizing the vibes of Reel Big Fish, twenty one pilots, Foo Fighters, Paramore, Cage the Elephant, and an untraceable amount of other artists and genres. Since 2007, SLP has shared the stage with national and international acts, toured on the Vans Warped Tour, headlined their own self-booked tours, released their latest crowd-funded 15-track monster-album THIS IS US in December 2015, and in 2016 went on the road with Reel Big Fish for a month-long nation-wide syrupy tour.
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Open Mic Night 2/16
Friday, February 10th, 2017 by WLOY Staff
Did you recently write a poem for your significant other in honor of Valentine’s Day? Then come read it this Thursday at WLOY’s Open Mic Night! Outside Starbucks from 9-11pm, you can showcase your newly written love song, a classy cover, or that romantic poem to all your fellow Loyola students. Not feeling that tortured, romantic artist vibe? Come out anyway with your favorite instrument to play, or break out some dad jokes to tell the audience. No matter what you choose to do or if you choose just to watch, the February Open Mic Night is definitely not a WLOY event to miss!
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Coffeehouse 2/9/17: Son of Nun
Friday, February 3rd, 2017 by WLOY Staff
This Thursday from 8-10pm Son of Nun will be performing his powerful hip hop outside Starbucks. As a Baltimore citizen, Son of Nun uses his music as a voice to speak out against racism in around the U.S.. Son of Nun is not just an artist, but an activist, dedicating his time to working with various charities in Baltimore and to fight for what he believes, which is then reflected in his music. His two albums, Blood & Fire and The Art of Struggle, which you can find here, combine meaningful lyrics with strong hip hop beats and occasional some spoken word. With all this great energy and such a powerful message, you don’t want to miss this upcoming amazing show!
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Teju Cole Interview
Wednesday, February 1st, 2017 by The Professor
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Cole was born in the US in 1975 to Nigerian parents, raised in Nigeria, and currently lives in Brooklyn. He is the author of two books, a novella, Every Day is for the Thief, named a book of the year by the New York Times, the Globe and Mail, NPR, and the Telegraph, and shortlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award, and a novel, Open City, which also featured on numerous book of the year lists, and won the PEN/Hemingway Award, the New York City Book Award for Fiction, the Rosenthal Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, and the Ondaatje Prize of the Royal Society of Literature. His first book of essays, Known and Strange Things, came out in August and features his influential essay, “The White Savior Industrial Complex” among a wide variety of other essays on politics, arts, culture, history, and contemporary global experience.
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Coffeehouse 2/2/17: Pressing Strings
Monday, January 30th, 2017 by WLOY Staff
Cozy up by Starbucks this Thursday from 8pm to 10pm with the indie-folk group Pressing Strings. This local band will be playing their chill songs like “Life of a Tree” and “My People”. Working with the producers of Vampire Weekend, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen, Pressing Strings has perfected their soulful sound in a way that will soothe you one song and have you dancing during the next. These skilled musicians are a mix of everything from John Mayer to Skribe to Dirty Heads and will be sure to offer up a great way to spend your Thursday. So, bring your friends (or your homework), get some snacks from Starbucks and enjoy Pressing Strings!
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Late Night Concert: Teen Angst Pizza Party + Music 1/26/17
Saturday, January 21st, 2017 by WLOY Staff
Help WLOY kick off our late night concert series this semester with Milton J and the Leftovers and Breakforth in McGuire Hall this Thursday from 8pm-10pm! This concert comes with a twist though! Make sure to represent your angsty teen days and wear some nice emo clothes, black eyeliner and those old converse. These two popular local bands are sure put on an angsty show to match the attire which you won’t want to miss out on.
Milton J and the Leftovers is a 5-piece alternative hip-hop band, reminiscent of Linkin Park, Incubus, with influences from various MCs like Slug. With this high energy, angsty music, Miltin J and the Leftovers will start the late night concert off on an awesome note. Check out some of their songs here. Breakforth is a 4-piece rock band with metal influences who combine music like Nirvana, Foo Fighters, and Pearl Jam to create the own unapologetic sound. They bring in some major teen angst with hard hitting vocals sang by Loyola’s own, Matt Weitzil. Check them out here and catch these two great bands plus your needed dose of angst this Thursday!.
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