Entertainment

The Shins Own Port Authority
- Sean Oberschlake - April 25, 2012: A new album after a Five-year hiatus. Full Story
Edward Sharpe To Take On The LC
- Taylor Ramey - May 6, 2012: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are returning to Columbus, OH on May 30, 2012. Full Story
Party girl or California girl?
- Amber Capadona - March 15, 2012: MTV's hit show "If You Really Knew Me" Who do you love more the party girl whose love is our drug or the California girl with Daisy dukes and Bikinis on top. Full Story
Celebrity Crushes
- Rhoda Hansen- March 14, 2012: As a high school student, having a celebrity crush or aspiration is practically a given. Whether they are admired for their charm or their luscious looks - teens all over the world have a star they look up to, or look at. Full Story
The Story of Bon Iver
- Max Joseph - March 2, 2012: Folk band Bon Iver was nominated for three Grammys this year, surprisingly he walked away with two awards: Best New Artist and also Best Alternative Album. This was only made possible by the release of the band’s self titled second album. Full Story
The Nords of Skyrim Take Over Grandview
- Sean Oberschlake - February 24, 2012: Grandview Heights students lost in the world of the Elder Scrolls Full Story
The Beauty Of Vinyl Records
- Max Joseph - Febuary 10, 2012: In the beginng the phonograph was invented by Thomas Jefferson in 1877, it is still in use to this day. Now, phonographs have been called vinyl records. Before CDs and mp3 players, vinyl records were the only way to play music. Radio stations played all the songs from records. In the past fifteen years vinyl records and record stores have had a gigantic decline in sales and also many record stores went out of business due to the up and coming mp3 and CD technology. Full Story
Arrested Development
- Max Joseph – December 20, 2011: The critically acclaimed show Arrested Development is officially now back in business! The return of the show is to have a final season and major motion picture sometime in the near future. Originally the show aired in 2003; it is mockumentary about a selfish rich family by the name of the Bluth family. Full Story
The U2 360 Tour
- Max Joseph – December 15, 2011: Over the years the Irish Rock band U2 has become more and more popular throughout the entire world. The band released their newest album in 2009 titled No Line on the Horizon. This album and a supporting tour sent the band into a different category, sealing the band’s future nomination for a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Full Story
Hoodie Allen
- Maureen Flanagan - December 12 2011: Hoodie Allen is an up and coming artist on the rise. His style is a unique combination of hip hop and pop which he likes to call hoodie-hop. He has been working on his own style for about nine years now. With his most recent mix tape out, Leap Year, he will most definitely be making major waves in the near future. Full Story
Tame Impala on the Rise
- Max Joseph - December 9, 2011: When someone thinks of classic rock music, they instantly think of the early decades. Bands like Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Miller Band, The Who or even The Beatles. Music with this unique sound and quality has not been attempted since the 80’s. It’s an area that is somewhat off-limits. Full Story
Battle Of The Bass
- Taylor Ramey - December 5, 2011: After a long debated battle between Skrillex and Bassnectar, the students of GHHS will be interviewed to determine a winner! Dubstep has become very popular in recent years, spreading across the world. Full Story
Panda Bear’s Tomboy
- Sean Oberschlake – November 16, 2011: Tomboy is an eleven-song album that is very consistent on a song-to-song basis. Most songs have heavy synth influence with a repetitive lyric. The legendary Noah Lennox from the band Animal Collective released his new solo project album under the name Panda Bear named Tomboy. Full Story
Synthesized Music Taken To New Heights
- Max Joseph - October 26, 2011: Vintage music has been brought back, but with a new modern feel, this sound has expanded the horizons of indie music and subculture, creating the category “chillwave” music. Full Story
The Black Keys Take Europe
- Taylor Ramey - October 18, 2011: Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney; the two members of The Black Keys, are currently touring throughout Europe to play the release of Brothers. Full Story
Foster the People, Cults and Reptar Rock Columbus
- Sean Oberschlake - October 17, 2011: This year has been a year of great stand out music. Full Story
Grandview Students Attending Upcoming Concerts This Fall
- Natalie Webb - October 10, 2011: Grandview students are getting ready for the musicians that are holding concerts in Columbus and the surrounding areas this upcoming fall and winter. Of course, there are a few artists that have already performed in the past few weeks. Full Story
Destroyer’s 9th LP, Kaputt Storms the Indie-Rock Charts
- Sean Oberschlake - September 26, 2011: Destroyer was formed during the mid-90’s when a member of the group The New Pornographers, Dan Bejar, started his solo home recording career. Bejar first started Destroyer as a side solo project from The New Pornographers (and his many other side projects like Swan Lake) but shortly after the release of Destroyer’s first album,... Full Story
He is We On The Rise
- Hunter Carty - May 11, 2011: Two member band He is We takes Indie-Pop-Acoustic to a new level with guitarist Trevor Kelly and talented vocalist/pianist Rachel Taylor. It was in the late 2000s that two co-workers at a local music store, Ted Brown Music Company, started messing around with a guitar and a voice in the back room. Full Story
Arcade Fire and Spike Jonze to Release Scenes From The Suburbs
- Haden DeRoberts - March 18, 2011: This year marked a movement of epic proportions for the Montreal based band, Arcade Fire, as their storytelling release, The Suburbs debuted atop the Billboard charts, a feat never before accomplished by the unique and unusual outfit. Full Story
LCD Soundsystem Split
- Haden DeRoberts - April 1, 2010: At age 41, James Murphy of the legendary LCD Sounsystem reflects upon a legacy of electronic innovation, a legacy that inspired the underground to move, a legacy laid out in just under a decade. In the last ten years, LCD Soundsystem have accomplished what many bands spend their lives working... Full Story

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