Creative Writing

2022 is almost over and that means a flurry of Instagram stories showing everyone’s most listened to music of the year is fast approaching. I use Apple Music rather than Spotify, so I do not get the artistic ...

                                  As a brown Mexican-American, Spain h...

I asked 40 people: what race is Ariana Grande? The answers were inconclusive, with answers ranging from Latina, Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern. The pop artist, known for her ponytail hairstyle and whistle t...

In my life I have met two types of people: those who intricately craft a playlist, who will put their life and soul into this playlist, and then those with one mega playlist. For the former there is no such thi...

To an angsty teenager, nothing is more appealing than music that repulses adults, alludes to sex and drugs, and was at one point, banned in the city of Santa Cruz. Rock music, and what it represents, not only d...

Sunday, September 4th marked the day of my first rendezvous with 90s American rock band, The Goo Goo Dolls. While an innate familiarity with their songs had been unknowingly instilled in me from early morning r...

Vinyl records used to be the primary—or only—means for bands and labels to distribute their music and for fans to find, support, and engage with the music they love. However by 1968, it had a solid competit...

The year is 2015. You are 14 years old getting ready for school and looking for your pair of Doc Martens. Your parents come in and you quickly hide your pack of cigarettes. Your room is filled with posters of L...

It is of no surprise that hip-hop is one of the broadest genres in music. Foundational to the vastness of its modern sound is the use of sampling, which in short is characterized by isolating the drum beat, cho...

“Hapi” is the 11th track on Spillage Village’s critically acclaimed 2020 release, Spilligion.  The nighttime clouds blanketed the town below and swallowed orange hues of streetlights. It’s Halloween...

A SPECTER IS HAUNTING THE INTERNET — THE SPECTER OF GRIMES! Thus Piper Samuels introduces her program for the reorientation of justice-seeking music listeners towards new electronic-pop artists. A specter...

Alex G’s 2010 self-released album, Race, is an ode to the trials and tribulations of young adulthood. Released when Alex was a mere 17 years old, the pains of being a teenager growing up in suburban Havertown...

When lockdown hit, I returned to my childhood bedroom, with its high ceilings and austere white walls, and dreamed of being somewhere different, anywhere other than where I presently was. I became repulsed by t...

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...

Spotify Blend is the newest feature on Spotify. It syncs your music taste with whoever you send the Spotify blend link to and generates a playlist with similar songs you each would like. It has a song compatibi...