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Matheus Herndl | Thursday, April 14, 2022
In the many debates over what was the greatest album of the past decade, a record that is often cited along the likes of Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” or Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid, m.A.A.d city” as one of its landmark releases is Death Grips’ sophomore effort, “The Money Store” originally released on
Anna Falk | Monday, April 4, 2022
Arcade Fire is a very nostalgic band for me. My dad used to love playing their music in his old Honda Accord, and eight-year-old me used to hate listening to them. I’ve since changed my mind. To newcomers unaware of their music: They can be weird. However, this is what makes them so exciting. The
Claire Lyons, Anna Falk, JP Spoonmore, Natalie Allton, Christine Hilario, Reyna Lim, John Clark, Evan McKenna, Adriana Perez, Amy Lenkiewicz, Isabella Volmert, Lexi Kilcoin, Isabelle Kause and Kate Casper | Monday, February 14, 2022
Valentine’s Day is here! In honor of this day of love, The Observer has compiled a playlist of all our favorite love songs. Regardless of if you’re single or taken, we hope this collection inspires you to embrace the spirit of the holiday and celebrate love. You can listen to our full extended playlist here:
Carlos De Loera | Tuesday, October 24, 2017
In 2014, St. Vincent released her self-titled album and I was hooked. It captivated me fully and quickly became one of my favorite albums of that year. I was attracted to St. Vincent’s potent lyrics and her top-notch musicianship. On top of that, I was intrigued by her adopted persona/aesthetic and the non-genre conforming sound.
John Darr, Erin McAuliffe, Jack Riedy, Kelly McGarry and Jimmy Kemper | Wednesday, May 3, 2017
No matter what the denizens of Scene past will tell you, the class of 2017 is a special one. Notoriously banned for writing music reviews during their freshman year in an attempt to publish articles on someone besides Kanye West, this year’s Scene-iors are perhaps the most in-tune in the section’s history. They can be
Adrian Mark Lore | Wednesday, February 1, 2017
A memory is an echo. Powerful events and acutely felt emotions are burned into our minds; people and places trigger them and they repeat. Sometimes the recollections haunt us, like tragedies we cannot get out of mind. When this happens, the repetition is slow and torturous. We relive the experience in all of its intense
Jimmy Kemper, Erin McAuliffe, John Darr, Kelly McGarry, Christian Bunker, Adrian Mark Lore, Brian Boylen, Adam Ramos, Mike Donovan, Jack Riedy and Maggie Walsh | Wednesday, December 7, 2016
A Tribe Called Quest — “We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service” By Adrian Mark Lore Suffice it to say that 2016 was a turbulent year, both domestically and internationally. For the music industry, it was a year of sad departures — the death of legends like David Bowie and Leonard Cohen— as well
Christian Bunker | Tuesday, October 25, 2016
There are points in life that deserve a soundtrack. You probably imagined the sound of a triumphant fanfare the last time you got an ‘A’ on a test, or a high energy rock anthem while you were getting ready to go out last Friday. However, it’s undeniable that American popular music is applicable only to
Christian Bunker | Thursday, September 29, 2016
Even in 2016, music has some nativist moments. People, myself included, are quick to classify artists by decade and country, as if a year or a timezone inherently changes how humans create and experience sound. Luckily, artists like David Bowie are around to absolutely demolish these kinds of preconceptions. Simultaneously a British, American and German
Jimmy Kemper | Sunday, March 20, 2016
After 16 albums and a few decades of aggressively stamping on the throat of conventional rock, as he blazed a path for punk rock with the ferocity of a napalm bomb, Iggy Pop certainly deserves a rest. But rest he does not. At the ripe, young age of 68, the former frontman of The Stooges