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 ...
An ode to movie soundtracks Daniella Ivanir February 4, 2021 Columns and Opinions One of the most amazing things about music is the way that it seeps into our subconscious and has the ability to elicit a very specific feeling before we even know the artist or the name of the song. Maybe ther...
A New Year’s Resolution gone perfectly wrong: An ode to the kalimba Paulette Ely February 2, 2021 Columns and Opinions, Creative Writing Jam sessions: the ones where you sit in a fellow twenty-something year old’s hot-boxed, heatless bedroom while they pluck the strings of their prized guitar. Friends humming along until all thoughts are lost ...
YUNGBLUD’s weird! is a testament to individuality Amber Ellertson February 1, 2021 Album Review, Columns and Opinions, Reviews, Uncategorized YUNGBLUD’s recent album is a tale for the ages. The UK-based singer-songwriter’s sophomore album, weird!, is an ode to the lost youth of today’s society. With tracks about polyamory, depression, and suici...
Low-life: New Order face up Stanley Quiros January 7, 2021 Album Review, Columns and Opinions In 1985, New Order had already proven themselves to be one of the biggest musical innovators of the 80s, and absolutely the most successful new wave band in transitioning from post-punks to bona-fide booty-movi...
How to write a Christmas banger Noah Larsen December 18, 2020 Columns and Opinions, Creative Writing ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and as I sang along, I noticed there weren’t any new Christmas songs. Every year, we are inundated with the latest covers of Christmas classics, with up-and-comin...
J Balvin’s Heart Bled at the 2020 Latin Grammys Sara Florez December 18, 2020 Columns and Opinions, Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews “My heart breaks and I pray for the world…” is how J Balvin decided to start his emotional performance of “Rojo” from his album Colores (2020). His uplifting words could not come at a better time, n...