Calvin University Chimes

Student music project a love letter to Michigan

Jordan Petersen
April 21, 2016

Popular music is built to be universal, and to this end often uses a specific format. Using tools such as the verse-chorus-bridge structure and the human voice, pop music is an accessible art form in terms...

Student bands draw in crowd for release party

Deanna Geelhoed
November 20, 2015

Pop Music Guild/Calvin student band Liance debuted their newest album, “Bronze Age of the Nineties,” with opening band Sleepover last Saturday night in the CFAC Recital Hall. Sleepover started...

Bronze Age of the Nineties Review

Michael Lentz
November 12, 2015

“Bronze Age of the Nineties,” the debut album from Liance (musical vehicle of senior James Li), is an album about death. It is an album that claims life is a collection of interactions with death....

Calvin student band Liance releases their first full-length album

Nate Hunt
November 8, 2015

Calvin College senior James Li is preparing the release of his first full-length album, “Bronze Age of the Nineties.” James sat down with Chimes to talk about his band, Liance, his inspirations and...