Picks of the Week: ‘Moving Pictures,’ ‘The Big Roar’

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Rush’s “Moving Pictures” reissue

Few bands have influenced the progressive rock scene more than Rush, and specifically their album “Moving Pictures.”

They played their last television performance on “The Colbert Report” and played live in “I Love You Man.” If you are unfamiliar with Rush and their talents as musicians and songwriters, you need to get on that, and “Moving Pictures” is the place to start.

The album has songs such as “YYZ,” “Tom Sawyer” and “Limelight,” all of which I am willing to bet you have heard at one point in time. It’s time to get your Rush on.

-Michael L. Hoffman, Student Life Editor

The Joy Formidable’s “The Big Roar”

European three-piece The Joy Formidable has brought one hell of a debut album to the music industry with “The Big Roar.” The trio puts out some of the thickest and loudest stadium-filling shoegaze/alt-rock sounds around.

The beautiful combination of dynamic female vocals and equally dynamic noisy instrumentation creates a wall of sound that is much larger than what you would expect from three people.

If you are a fan of the new wave pioneered by bands such as Silversun Pickups and Amusement Parks On Fire then you cannot afford to miss out on The Joy Formidable.

-Jay Gary, Staff Reviewer