WEEKEND PREVIEW 11/21-11/22

These next three days will be the second-to-last weekend of the semester for concerts. So it's time to HAVE FUN. From massive synth pop to afrobeat fusion, there's sure to be something for you to enjoy. Check out our previews after the jump!

INTRODUCING RHYS LANGSTON

Rapper / poet Rhys Podell '16 has been making waves around campus recently with his many freestyle, musical, and spoken-word performances. As well as being a member of hip-hop / jazz group The New School, Podell has been releasing a few songs of his own under the name Rhys Langston. Aural Wes contributor Alexandra White caught up with Rhys a few weekends ago for some insight into his enigmatic poetic and musical feats.

GET TO KNOW: THE KID WHO FELL THROUGH THE ECLECTIC SKYLIGHT

It started out stupid, like every other night. We pre-gamed in WestCo and listened to nostalgic 90s rap. Everyone got too drunk. Nobody wanted to smoke weed or have sex with my visiting friends. What seemed like any night I may have had at college – or at home in Minnesota, for that matter – soon devolved into a sanguine shit show which the student body of Wesleyan may very well remember for years to come.

DEAD BURB ISSUE #1

The Dead Burb aggregation collective seeks to share music amongst human beings and unveil connections and stories that make people more comfortable in producing any kind of anything.

It is new. It is for publication. It is for collaboration. It is for engagement. It is for you.