Opinion

Photo by Gary Friedman I had the wonderful pleasure to see Grace Jones at the Fox Theater for the immensely convenient price of zero dollars. As instructed by the contest-holders, I went to the box office ...

Born and raised in East Atlanta, Destin Route, otherwise known as JID, made a name for himself as a rapper in 2017. Though some know him exclusively for his affiliation with Dreamville Records, others know him ...

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...

Recently, I’ve been spending a great deal of my algorithm-guided time online obsessing over the idea of absolution. I’m not the only one. Over the past couple of months, there’s been an alarming rise in i...

Shock rock is exemplified by acts like Alice Cooper, Marilyn Manson*, Screaming Lord Sutch, and Arthur Brown. Its foremost derivative, horror punk, is populated by bands like Misfits or The Cramps. The Cure, Si...

When I first listened to Chicago musician Tasha’s 2021 sophomore album, Tell Me What You Miss the Most, I was stuck in my childhood bedroom - a bedroom whose personality did not match that of the teenager who...

In 2015, I stumbled across a YouTube video that would inadvertently alter my consumption of pop music for years to come. After randomly browsing videos for hours, the YouTube algorithm directed me to a new tren...

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...

A rapper's biggest enemy is their K-12 teachers— or so many rap songs like to portray.  From Biggie’s “to all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothin'” and Juice Wrld’s “I remember ...

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...

“I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive” is a lyric that will always hit. The sheer passion the song makes me feel is truly unmatched. “Before He Cheats” (2005) by Ca...

Swedish singer-songwriter Molly Nilsson is no stranger to exercising her independence. Writing, producing, and publishing her own music — through her independent record label Dark Skies Association —  allo...

– DISCLAIMER: I, the author of this article, have played two of the livestream shows discussed in this article. When mentioning the artists involved, I am not referring to myself. I have tried my best to rema...

Even if no one wants to narrow it down to just one, everyone has a favorite album of all time — the one piece of art they would save if every other work of music vanished from the place we call Earth. My albu...

As my twenty-first birthday quickly approaches and with it the looming threat of becoming an actual adult, I’ve been spending much of my time reminiscing and clinging to the last of my adolescent and teenage ...