As finals rear their ugly heads around the corner, the season of cabin fever for students everywhere begins. While studying proves to be more difficult by the hour, we’ve put together a video playlist to push you through the last days of spring semester.
2014 Music Festivals Announcement Round Up
Photo by RaRa Photography Music festivals in America and abroad are beginning to hit critical mass. It’s our generation’s sign of approval to any artist if they find themselves on a bevy of festival lineups come summer, they’re doing something right. Perhaps the most prevalent “music for the people” approach in the industry, festivals allow […]
[RH Photos] Vampire Weekend at Stubbs in Austin (4/24/14)
Photos by Tim Fraga Last week, New York’s Vampire Weekend hit Austin for back-to-back sold out shows in Stubb’s backyard. The first time I had seen Vampire Weekend perform live was last year during ACL 2013. It might have been the beer or the rotation of joints being passed around that had me in such […]
Best Music Projects of 2013
Photo by Bryan Lamb With new projects from established musicians like Daft Punk, Kanye West, and Neko Case to up and comers like Chance the Rapper, Lorde, Disclosure, 2013 was a huge year for music. Through a very scientific method, the Ruby Hornet staff has gone through the eclectic mix of 2013’s various project releases […]
Grading the Grammy Nominations
As the music industry has evolved over the past decade into the digital world, things have changed quite a bit. Hard copies are hardly ever bought anymore, nor does anyone seem to buy whole albums at all, as the iTunes Store model has taken over and the industry has increasingly become about what the consumer […]
[Video] Vampire Weekend’s Baio: “Mira”
Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio has made a living playing bass and providing backing vocals to the indie rock band’s uptempo, sunny sound since the groups inception. Today, he released a video for his own solo work. Performing under Baio, he has plans to release a solo EP titled Mira, for which the video is for. […]
Chromeo: “Sexy Socialite”
Brooklyn duo Chromeo is back with the second dance single from their upcoming project, White Women. The [air have been building their funk/dance aesthetic for a minute now and it seems to be coming together on all sides with their latest releases that come across more polished and cross-genre able than anything to come out […]