Jake Clapp

We apologize to our readers who saw the music choice pick on Built to Spill on page 13 of CITY’s April 16 issue. Built to Spill, along with Death Cab for Cutie and The Head and the Heart, will play CMAC on Friday, May 23, not Wednesday, April 23, as was improperly listed in print. […]

Albany band Annie in the Water makes music that seems to fit right into summer. The band’s blend of jam-band rock, blues, upbeat reggae and a touch of pop lends itself to warm weather and carefree evenings. Since starting in 2007, Annie in the Water has continuously toured the Northeast, and released its debut album, […]

The music Julianna Barwick creates — through loops and samples of emotional instrumentation and reverberated vocal swells — is so remarkably lush and grand that it not just fills its projected space, but almost magnifies it. As seen on her latest album, 2013’s critically well-received “Nepenthe,” Barwick’s experimental, choral-esque delivery creates a surrounding wall of […]

With songs like “Lemme Smang It,” “Treat Me Like a Pirate,” and “Fried or Fertilized,” hip-hop collective and record label Turquoise Jeep holds nothing back. The group’s music is bold, irreverent, and satirical, and the corresponding YouTube videos go viral for their seemingly unintentional comedic value. Turquoise Jeep approaches hip-hop and R&B with a tone […]

Established in 1909, The Yale Whiffenpoofs remains the oldest collegiate a cappella group in the U.S. Fourteen senior Yale men are selected every year to uphold the traditions of the 105-year-old organization while expanding its repertoire into the modern age. From traditional Yale songs to contemporary pieces like “Skinny Love” by Bon Iver and Fleetwood […]