Album of the Week
Album of the Week: 8/30/20
This debut album from English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran features the lead single "The A Team"
What is Plus?
[Every correct response starts with the letter A]
From the Italian for "in the style of the chapel," some of the groups on campus that perform in this genre are Soulfege and Cadence
What is a cappella?
Who is Lil Nas X?
Released in 2008, this adaptation of a musical features songs from the band ABBA
What is Mamma Mia!?
Kanye West released this album, which features the 9-minute long "Runaway", to widespread critical acclaim in 2010
What is My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy?
Album of the Week: 4/25/21
This album from The Beatles features classics such as "With a Little Help from My Friends" and "When I'm Sixty-Four"
What is Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?
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Nirvana were huge in the 90s, but Twenty One Pilots are today's flag bearers for this genre, which simply describes any rock music that deviates from the mainstream
What is alternative rock?
In season 44, this incredibly popular K-pop group performed "Boy with Luv" and "Mic Drop"; some fans even camped outside the studio days before the performance so they could get into the show
Who are BTS?
This 2018 biopic, named after one of Queen's most famous songs, stars Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury
What is Bohemian Rhapsody?
Widely considered to be one of the greatest rappers of all time, this artist of "California Love" from the West Coast was killed in a drive-by shooting in 1996
Who is Tupac Shakur/2Pac?
Album of the Week: 11/15/20
Released as Gorillaz's seventh studio album, this album comprises the first "season" of their latest ongoing project
What is Song Machine?
[Every correct response starts with the letter A]
This genre, exemplified by bands like U2 and Def Leppard, is aptly named after the venues those bands often perform in
What is arena rock?
At the conclusion of her performance of "I Know the End" in Season 46, this singer-songwriter, backed up by a band clad in skeleton suits, smashed her guitar on an amplifier
Who is Phoebe Bridgers?
This 1984 mockumentary directed by Rob Reiner features the title fictional metal band and their amps that "go to eleven"
What is This Is Spinal Tap?
Jam Master Jay was the DJ behind this influential 80s rap group, known for songs like "It's Tricky" and their cover of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way"
What is Run-DMC?
Album of the Week: 9/27/20
This 2001 album by rock band Tool incorporates the Fibonacci sequence into its title track
What is Lateralus?
[Every correct response starts with the letter A]
Musicians like Björk and Grimes perform in this genre, which shares its name with Lady Gaga's 2013 studio album
What is artpop?
Perhaps better known for "Creep", this band's 2000 performance of "Idioteque" featured lead singer Thom Yorke flailing his arms and throwing his microphone on the stage
What is Radiohead?
J.K. Simmons plays the abusive bandleader Terence Fletcher in this 2014 film about jazz drummer Andrew Neiman
What is Whiplash?
Known for blending jazz and rap, this group's 1991 album The Low End Theory concludes with a Busta Rhymes feature on "Scenario"
What is A Tribe Called Quest?
Album of the Week: 3/14/21
This fourth studio album from Weyes Blood featuring lead single "Andromeda" reached number 12 on Album of the Year's highest rated albums of 2019
What is Titanic Rising?
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One can easily meditate to pieces in this one-word genre popularized by such artists as Brian Eno and Aphex Twin
What is ambient?
In 1992, one of the most infamous SNL live performances featured this "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer ripping up an image of Pope John Paul II and saying "Fight the real enemy"
Who is Sinead O'Connor?
Riz Ahmed's performance as a drummer who loses his hearing in this 2019 film earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the Academy Awards
What is Sound of Metal?
Though this Atlanta rapper is perhaps best known for forming one half of Run the Jewels along with El-P, he made his debut on OutKast's 2000 album Stankonia
Who is Killer Mike?