It’s the 18th Anniversary of Elliott Smith’s death: Here are Just 7 Musicians that He’s Influenced Eric Park October 23, 2021 Columns and Opinions, Creative Writing, Uncategorized It’s been 18 years since we lost the legendary singer-songwriter, Elliott Smith. Although he died shortly after I was born, I’ve always related to his music, since his music is often intimate and conversati...
13 spooky songs to serenade your soul this season Piper Samuels October 20, 2021 Blog, Mixtapes, Uncategorized The season of the supernatural is upon us, and it’s been a long time coming. Thou who shall not be named (hint: rhymes with “shmaronavirus”) hindered our chances of celebrating last October’s divine dar...
Machine Gun Smelly Walker Price October 18, 2021 Columns and Opinions Following his embarrassing feud with Eminem, a rapper who’s pushing fifty and still failing to recreate the music that made him big in the first place, rapper Machine Gun Kelly attempted to subvert the rap i...
So much more than ripe persimmons: Michelle Zauner is in season Stanley Quiros June 2, 2021 Columns and Opinions, News Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast may be one of the most important rockers to arise in the 2010s. Since 2016’s Psychopomp, Zauner has experienced personal loss and indie success. She now holds a strange, ...
Comedy numbers, cancel culture, and crummy sitars: The story behind “Norwegian Wood” Lily Ramus May 4, 2021 Columns and Opinions Photo by Robert Freeman Ranked 83rd on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time,” The Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood” lit a fire in the burgeoning psychedelic music community. Part of the folk-...
Love letter to the Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library Daniella Ivanir April 29, 2021 Columns and Opinions, Creative Writing As this final virtual semester comes to a close there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel; a promise that as August rolls around, we will be once again flocking to our beautiful campus and not sitting i...
Social Media and The Music Industry’s New Chaotic Form of Normalcy Maya Banuelos March 27, 2021 Columns and Opinions, Reviews As we approach the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, examining the impact of social isolation on mental health has become pivotal as we process the year we have spent quarantined. For artists, the faults ...
An album a day keeps boredom away Anna Armstrong March 22, 2021 Columns and Opinions, Creative Writing, Uncategorized Two weeks ago I dared to do what I had never done before: I stepped out of my comfort zone and explored new genres of music. Realizing my taste in music was not as broad as I claimed it was, I decided to reach ...
The ‘Teenage freak’ to ‘Deadhead’ Pipeline: Finding Authenticity with the Dead Maya Banuelos March 5, 2021 Columns and Opinions Within the past month as I have been rewatching the 1999 television drama Freaks and Geeks, I am reminded of the first time I watched it and became introduced to the Grateful Dead. As I now watch high scho...
Maná: The kings of rock en español Stephanie Enciso March 1, 2021 Columns and Opinions One of the most influential and record-breaking bands hails from Guadalajara, Mexico. Maná, originally named Sombrero Verde, translates to good energy. To illustrate just how loved and special this band is, th...
6 Feet Beneath The Moon: My Listening Experience at 13 versus 20 Sravya Gadepalli February 23, 2021 Columns and Opinions Rediscovering artists is one of my most cherished feelings in the world. Maybe you loved the album the first time or maybe you hated it the first time. Regardless, organically stumbling upon an album again afte...
The duality of man, the complexity of Slowthai’s “TYRON” Xia Jimenez February 21, 2021 Album Review, Columns and Opinions, Reviews “Rise and Shine, let’s get it.” These are the words that Tyron Framton, more commonly known as Slowthai, shouts on the opening track of his sophomore album, TYRON (2021). After his last public appearance ...
Music as media in Downfalls High Amber Ellertson February 21, 2021 Columns and Opinions, Film, Reviews Machine Gun Kelly, or MGK, released the wildly successful pop-punk album, Tickets to My Downfall, in September of 2020. In January 2021, he directed and released a 50-minute masterpiece of a short film, Downfal...
Need a Cure for the Winter Blues? Try Neo-perreo Xia Jimenez February 11, 2021 Columns and Opinions This winter has been rainy, strange, and of course filled with the notes of isolation we've come to know and hate. That's partially why more than any other winter, we could all use a pick me up. Enter Neo-perre...
2020: the year Dua Lipa finally won me over Stanley Quiros February 8, 2021 Blog, Columns and Opinions 2020 was a year of isolation, sure, but in a time where the world shrank to a room, the music of the year became expansive, willing to adventure sonically in ways the listener couldn’t physically. In the new ...