“Jazz!! is!! back!!:” The release of Laufey’s “Bewitched” and thoughts on the future of the genre Gianna Caudillo October 10, 2023 Album Review, Classical, Columns and Opinions, Cultural Commentary, indie-pop, Jazz, Music Consumption, Opinion, Reviews In early 2021, a friend of mine sent me a link to a TikTok accompanied by an innocuous message somewhere along the lines of, “Thought you’d like this.” Intrigued, I clicked, and a curly-haired girl in a p...
A Personal Reflection on the 2023 Oscars Best Score Category Ashley Mauldin March 21, 2023 Columns and Opinions, Film, Music Composition, Oscars While the Best Song category at the Oscars this year had an absolute triumph, with song “Nattu Nattu” winning from the movie RRR, the Best Score category seemed to fall flat in comparison to the star-studde...
Silencing female rappers Michelle Castillo May 8, 2019 Columns and Opinions Cupcakke, the beloved female rapper known for making sexually explicit songs, unafraid to be herself in music and on social media, was recently silenced by YouTube, as her latest song, "Squidward's Nose," does ...
Nils Frahm at The Regency Ballroom Jonah Thedorff April 17, 2018 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews I entered into the sprawl of the Regency Ballroom accompanied by the artist's co-agent closely behind. The show hadn’t started yet but on the stage was an impressive layout of multiple synths, a grand piano, ...
So you want a revolution? Counter culture lyrics transcend time and find a steady beat today Delaney Gomen March 3, 2017 Columns and Opinions, Women's March Walking through the streets of Berkeley is akin to wandering through a massive grave for flower power memorabilia and psychedelic vibes. Skeletons of the counterculture movement stand idly by, looming over the ...
Fake tunes for political blues Delaney Gomen February 23, 2017 Blog, Columns and Opinions Artists thrive off of their ability to tap into raw emotions and morph them into solidified works. Acting as spokespeople for the less articulate and aesthetically challenged, they harness our deepest feelings ...
Jack Garratt on debut album, non-genre specificity, and Chance the Rapper Myra Farooqi September 21, 2016 Columns and Opinions, Interview Jack Garratt has effectively proven to the world that he is a jack of all trades (pun sincerely unintended), but more impressively—a master of it all. The British multi-instrumentalist is currently on tour pr...
This Side of Sequencing HR Huber-Rodriguez May 7, 2016 Columns and Opinions Asking the question ‘Is the album dead?’ has been at the heart of myriad think pieces written by professionals of the industry and amateur columnists alike. One facet of the traditional album that often get...
Turning the tide on streaming services: a socioeconomic reflection Joanna Jiang April 4, 2015 Columns and Opinions, News We used to listen to a few songs repeatedly. Now we can listen to more songs, with fewer repetitions. In its latest campaign, TIDAL describes itself as “the future of music streaming.” The service wa...