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Local rapper Shawn Who performs in a hip-hop concert at Ojata Records, a Grand Forks restaurant, comic book store and music venue.

Ojata Records

Cameron Campbell, Staff Writer May 5, 2017

As you walk through the campus of the University of North Dakota you witness many centers and groups to be a part of. With all these different interests there is usually something that one will fancy. However,...

The Pink Spiders

Cameron Campbell, Staff Writer April 28, 2017

As time goes on it is always fun to discover new bands. Over the years I have found hundreds. Whether it be going to open acts at concerts or endless, mindless YouTube/Spotify/iTunes surfing. Somehow...

Live at the Amsterdam

Live at the Amsterdam

Cameron Campbell, Staff Writer April 21, 2017

As everyone in St. Paul stepped outside on Monday, April 10, they noticed that the temperature had gone down forty degrees from the day before and was now just below freezing. The air was cold and the...

Wellness rocks St. Patrick’s Day

Cameron Campbell, Staff Writer March 24, 2017

As night fell on the 17th of March in Minneapolis, thousands of locals took to the city to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. However, about two hundred people decided to do something a little more out of...

Best three albums of 2016

Cameron Campbell, Staff Writer March 10, 2017

Every year, my family and friends all email each other and pick their top 10 albums of the year. I wanted to take a crack at this as well, however I will keep it short, as I choose and explain my reasoning...

Born to Run or Born in the USA

Cameron Campbell, Staff Writer February 24, 2017

When it comes to  Bruce Springsteen, most people love the wide variety he has laid out over the years. However, the question that divides most fans is “Born to Run” or “Born in the USA?” The...

Opening act steals the show

Cameron Campbell, Staff Writer February 7, 2017

On Jan. 31, I had the pleasure of making the trek up to Winnipeg to the 110 year-old Burton Cummings Theater to see one of my favorite bands, Hollerado, and a band new to me, The Sam Roberts Band. Upon...

Cameron Campbell of Colin Campbell and the Shackletons performs at First Avenue in Minneapolis on January 18, 2017.

Dreams do come true

Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer January 27, 2017

UND Senior Cameron Campbell lives a double life. While he formulates his senior capstone, he also prepares for traveling every month for a gig with his band. Junior high is when Cameron began his...

Cameron’s Corner, The Hold Steady

Cameron Campbell, Staff Writer November 22, 2016

“She said always remember, never to trust me. She said that the first night that she met me. She said there’s going to come a time where I’m going to have to go, with whoever’s going to get me...

Cameron’s Corner, The Replacements

Cameron Campbell, Staff Writer November 18, 2016

The Twin Cities have always been a hot bed for music of all genres. The city’s scene has created musicians such as Doomtree, Soul Asylum, The Hold Steady, and of course, Prince. There is a stereotype...

New Politics sold-out

Cameron Campbell, Staff Writer November 8, 2016

In the music world today, sometimes it is hard to find a band that’s unique and special. It’s even harder to find a band that fuses two genres of music together and does it well. In 2009, a band called...

Pat the Bunny, “Probably Nothing Possibly Everything”

Cameron Campbell, Staff Writer November 4, 2016

It’s hard to go wrong with a musician who refers to himself as “Pat the Bunny.”  The man behind this intriguing stage name is folk punk musician Pat Schneeweis. Pat, best known as Pat the Bunny,...

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