Note to Reader: This article was written on November 7, 2020.Earlier today, Joe Biden was announced President-Elect, alongside Kamala Harris as the Vice President-Elect. Donald Trump’s trainwreck presidency ...
Like clockwork, I feel the tears filling my eyes and instinctively click my Spotify before any have the time to fall down my cheek. In this tumultuous, torturous and tiresome year, we have all become far too f...
Whenever I like a track, I ask my most musically-manic-mate, Ivan to send me songs that sound similar. Ivan is basically like a Spotify algorithm in human form, knowing the ins and outs of what makes people fe...
I’ve never been very much into rap, but recently, I keep finding myself gravitating towards it. My friends are confused when I say I love CupcakKe or I love Saweetie; I’ve never really shown interest like ...
I remember being a sophomore or junior in high school when a bunch of my friends seemed to suddenly start obsessing over this genre I had never heard of, called Korean pop, or K-pop. Most interesting to me at ...
As August rolls on, schools across the country are just days or weeks from starting fall semester. I think I speak for most when I say this has probably been the weirdest summer ever. Shelter-in-place orders w...
This semester, I enrolled in Music 128, a class centered around the study of musical improvisation. Although currently part of the Music department, it is a pilot class for the L&S ‘Big Ideas’ initiati...
Maybe I’m biased, but I think the concept of a concert is the best thought to have ever crossed a human being’s mind. The opportunity to go to concerts is one of the reasons that drew me towards becoming a ...
As cringeworthy as it may sound, my favorite band for a little while was Minor Threat. Yes, that Minor Threat; the somewhat preachy hardcore punk band who coined the term “straight edge.” Now, I’m not say...
TO BE OR NOT TO BE COOL
Me and My Girlfriend’s War of Music
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The apotheosis of a great battle is near at hand, the climax of a great debate is approaching. Two people, a boy and a girl,...
Fun fact: I almost always wake up with a song already stuck in my head, a completely random track that my brain apparently decides to fixate upon overnight. The reason why this is crucial is because for me, the...
Cooking and music have always been my favorite hobbies. I have loved to cook before I could even reach the counter and picked up my first instrument when I was four year old. When I listened to the iconic recor...
The following is an excerpt from a short story called “An Eventful Walk Through New York” lampooning the bizarre, critical-flop of an album that is Rush’s third record, Caress of Steel (1975). The story f...
STOCKTON - Documents recently released by the Federal Independent Rock Music Investigatory Commission have revealed that the pioneering lo-fi band Pavement have been fooling us all along. A federally-funded inv...