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Will Calvin Harris be the headlining act at Juice Jam?
By Alyssa McKinley
July 27, 2012 - 10:52am
Speculation that the popular DJ and producer will be playing the Sept. 9 concert have been buzzing through social media outlets.

Calvin Harris has been a busy guy lately, and that's not about to change. The DJ/producer's extensive list of tour dates has him traveling worldwide for the next few months without pausing for much of a break.

Rain doesn't deter fans at NY State Blues Festival opening
By Josh Austin
July 14, 2012 - 12:00am
The downtown Syracuse music event featured nearly 20 acts from around the world this past weekend.

Even as the rain started to fall Friday, blues fans continued to dance, drink and sing along to their favorite acts at the New York State Blues Festival.

Now entering its 21st year, the three-day festival featured nearly 20 different acts from across the nation and globe in downtown Syracuse's Clinton Square.

Songwriter and guitarist Anders Osborne, a Swedish native who now calls New Orleans home, and award-winning Canadian act MonkeyJunk led Friday's bill.

A conversation with Phantogram
By Tom Charles
May 4, 2012 - 9:16pm
The NewsHouse caught up with the Block Party special guests on the formation of the band, playing in front of their parents and holographic Tupac.

NewsHouse: Let’s start from scratch: how’d you two meet and when did you know it was time to make a band?

Sarah Barthel: We’ve been friends since we were 15 or 14 years old. We went to high school together and my neighbor was one of Josh’s best friends. It was just that little block where all the kids would come to hang out. Then I went to college and Josh went to New York to work on different bands and we both moved back upstate at the same time in 2005. We started hanging out and after about two years we decided to take the band seriously.

Steve Aoki and Syracuse artists set to electrify Westcott
By Katrina Tulloch
April 21, 2012 - 4:39pm
House electro DJ Steve Aoki will perform on Sunday, April 22 at The Westcott Theater.

House-electro DJ Steve Aoki will perform on Sunday, April 22 at The Westcott Theater.

Rappers bring spitting image to Goldstein Friday
By Shanice Maxwell
April 5, 2012 - 8:38pm
A$AP Rocky, ScHoolboy Q to headline annual Greek Unity Fest concert.

A$AP Rocky and ScHoolboy Q will be spitting rhymes to Syracuse University students on Friday, April 6 in Goldstein Auditorium.

Phantogram to play at SU
By Eric Vilas-Boas
April 4, 2012 - 6:36am
UPDATE: The electric rock band will play at Block Party.

Multiple concert listing outlets are reporting that indie pop band Phantogram will be playing at Syracuse University on April 27.

Kaskade, Cold War Kids to play Block Party 2012
By Chris Ballard
March 26, 2012 - 10:33pm
Concert to pair unique mix of dance, soulful rock tunes.

House music DJ Kaskade and indie rockers Cold War Kids, along with one more act to be announced, will perform at this year's Block Party, University Union said Monday.

Mayfest 2012 acts announced
By Chris Ballard
March 25, 2012 - 9:54pm
Artists Outasight, Timeflies, AER, 5 & A Dime to perform Mayfest 2012.

Indie-pop influenced dance artist Outasight, Brooklyn dub-rap duo Timeflies, Syracuse University-based acoustic jam-rap fusers AER and mashup-dubstep artist 5 & A Dime will perform at Mayfest 2012, University Union announced Sunday night.

Talk this way
By Chris Baker
March 21, 2012 - 11:24pm
At Syracuse University, Rev. Run discussed race and religion's role in hip-hop

Hip-hop pioneer Joseph Simmons addressed an audience Wednesday night in Syracuse University's Gifford Auditorium. He spoke about the relationships between race, religion and hip-hop. Simmons — also known as Rev. Run and part of Run DMC — was the featured panelist at "Race Relations: Race, Religion and Hip-Hop in the Modern World," sponsored by the Theta Xi Chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and the Student African American Society.

Real Estate to headline Bandersnatch show
By Chris Ballard
March 5, 2012 - 5:39pm
The Brooklyn-based band looks to continue tradition of strong indie performances at the Schine Underground.

Real Estate, a Brooklyn indie act, will headline the second Bandersnatch Music Series show of the semester on Wednesday, March 28 in the Schine Underground.

After the success of last week's Cults show, University Union looks to gain momentum with the acclaimed up-and-coming act. Support for the show hasn't been announced.