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Homecoming 2021 In Photos

Homecoming 2021 In Photos

Jocelyn Cruz October 25, 2021
Homecoming brought campus back to life after a pause last year due to COVID-19. Relive homecoming from this past weekend through our photographers' lenses.
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Fleeces new album cover named Stunning & Atrocious. PUBLIC DOMAIN

An interview with Fleece, covering their newest album, “Stunning and Atrocious”

Sonya Gugliara September 14, 2021
Indie-rock band Fleece released their album “Stunning and Atrocious,” introducing listeners to tracks such as “Like It A Lot” and “Upside Down.” The Montreal-based band shares their creative and personal experiences when it comes to making new music.
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Dr. Justin R. Stolarik standing in Lavalle Stadium. He will be Stony Brooks Athletic Bands director this upcoming year. PHOTO COURTESY STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MARCHING BAND

SBU marches to the beat of Dr. Justin R. Stolarik

Melissa Azofeifa July 8, 2019
Dr. Justin R. Stolarik was officially hired as the new Stony Brook University Athletic Bands director on June 27.
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Real Friends is having a show at Irving Plaza on Nov. 18. JAX 0677/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS VIA CC BY SA 4.0

Real Friends: New York, Chinese Buffets and Real Advice

Kayla McKiski November 11, 2018
Chicago pop-punk band Real Friends will perform at Manhattan's Irving Plaza on Sunday, Nov. 18.
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Long Island band Final Call releases new singles

Karina Gerry September 2, 2018
Long Island-based band, “Final Call,” has released two new singles, “Sloshed” and “Out to Dry” in anticipation of its new EP set to be released this October.
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Dolores ORiordan performing at the Enmore Theater in Sydney,
 Australia. ORiordan passed awayEVA RINALD/ FLICKR VIA CC BY-SA 2.0

The Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan will linger long after her death

Kayla McKiski January 20, 2018
Between her sugary delivery of lovelorn lyrics and bewitching primal screams, Dolores O’Riordan’s talent will linger long after her death.
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Nice Shot, Kid at this years Vans Warped Tour. PHOTO CREIDT TKTKTK

Catching up with Nice Shot, Kid after a rocking summer

Rena Thomas August 24, 2015
Even after experiencing Warped Tour, the group stands behind its local garage band values and venues.
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According to its Facebook page, SWIM formed in 2010 and was first named Apollo. The band became serious about writing original music after renaming itself to SWIM. PHOTO CREDIT: MARK DAGIO

Student band juggles school, work and music on its course to success

Emily Benson March 23, 2015
SWIM, a local Stony Brook band whose Facebook page describes them as “precise, dramatic and dynamic rock music,” did not get a start like any other college band.
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Stony Brook starts off the semester with Reel Big Fish

Nicole Bansen September 10, 2012

The weather may have been gray, but Reel Big Fish were vibrant as ever. Stony Brook University students chanted the band's name in anticipation as they waited for the musicians to take the stage....

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