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Scene’s Best Albums of 2020

Claire Rafford, Mariah Rush, Jake Winningham, Dessi Gomez, Ryan Israel, Aidan O'Malley, Colleen Fischer, Matthew Kellenberg, Maeve Filbin and Charlie Kenney | Monday, December 14, 2020

Scene writers made their lists; they checked them twice. The albums from January were reexamined; the soundtrack to the summer was played in December. Everyone’s votes were tallied and the final ticket of 20 records — those which we most cherished, fell deepest into and held closest to our hearts and ears in 2020 —

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Robyn makes a comeback on ‘Honey’

Ahlering Jackoboice | Thursday, November 29, 2018

I am by no means a music connoisseur. I stick to the basic chart-hitting pop songs, occasionally stray to a few indie pop songs here and there and even prefer country music above all else. I rarely break this mold I’ve created for myself, other than the infrequent exploration of a randomly generated Spotify playlist.

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Scenecast: BroadCast

Erin McAuliffe | Sunday, March 20, 2016

Scene writers Matt McMahon, Adam Ramos, Erin McAuliffe and Sam Fentress discuss their spring break media consumption plans on this episode of SceneCast. The “broad” range of topic span TV (“The Venture Bros.”/”Man Seeking Woman”/”Broad City”), music (Miguel/Charli XCX/jazz recos) and film (“Knight of Cups” and Terrence Malick — “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and “Goon”?). Listen and

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Pop hits and college kids

Kathy Minko | Tuesday, August 25, 2015

’Tis the season for school, parties, chilly weather and — as always — music. Throughout the year, college students of all ages, backgrounds and music interests experience similar cycles of angst and leisure. Have you ever wondered how our diverse student body could possibly relate to one another? Fortunately, my glamorous summer job of ice cream