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Isabelle Kause | Thursday, October 6, 2022
When Taylor Swift first rose to fame, her flocks of fans, passionately known as Swifties, formed shortly thereafter. As a proud member of this group, I can attest to the personal benefit it brought to my own life. After that first Taylor Swift concert I experienced years ago, my mom bought me a bracelet to
Erin Thomassen | Thursday, September 1, 2022
On June 4, 2002, Canadian artist Avril Lavigne shocked the world with her debut album “Let Go.” Twenty years later, she returned to her roots with a 20th anniversary edition of the album. To commemorate this occasion, I am revisiting the album to reflect on what was so special about it and how it had
Evan McKenna | Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Lorde’s work has always been mindful of cohesion. Even in the New Zealand native’s first record, “Pure Heroine” — a 10-song collection hastily thrown together after the unpredicted success of “Royals” — an underlying theme feels palpable: teenage turmoil, suburban boredom and the angst of growing older. And 2017’s “Melodrama” is essentially a concept album,
John Clark | Monday, November 15, 2021
“Red,” in my humble opinion, was Taylor Swift’s magnum opus. The album was originally released at a critical point in my life, and one of my fondest memories is going to see Swift perform it on tour just a few weeks after burying my father. That concert brought me joy at a time when I
Sophia Michetti | Friday, September 24, 2021
Taylor Swift is the queen of many things, and she reminds us of how masterful she is at surprising her fans when she released “Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)” on Sept. 17. Even though Swifties knew that her next album in her journey of rereleasing her older albums will be “Red (Taylor’s Version),” Swift threw everyone
Nelisha Silva and Evan McKenna | Friday, August 27, 2021
This time around, Lorde’s doing it for the fans. “Solar Power,” the singer-songwriter’s third studio album, is rife with intensely weird, almost avant-garde musical choices — wispy, stripped-down sound, a prominent disregard for traditional song structure, the occasional spoken-word interlude — leaving most of its 12 tracks very radio-unfriendly. Gone are the screaming, sprawling arenas
Alejandro Mujica | Thursday, May 6, 2021
“Try not to abuse your power” is Billie Eilish’s message for the music industry at large. In “Your Power,” she strips back the thumping bass of her Billboard chart-topper “bad guy,” and the bravado of her latest hit “therefore i am,” to gentle acoustic guitars and breathy, vulnerable vocals. She sings of abusive lovers, of
Willoughby Thom | Wednesday, August 26, 2020
I have accused today’s music industry of being “not what it used to be” for a very long time. Yes, it has changed dramatically over the past 40 years. I consider the ‘80s to be the height of the music business. However, I have found myself blaming the industry for the decline of some of
Matthew Kellenberg | Monday, February 3, 2020
You know your favorite indie band has made it when you hear them in a car commercial. Maybe it is a spot for the practical-yet-fun Nissan Quest. Or the classic-yet-fresh Cadillac SRX. Or the sustainable-yet-hip Toyota Prius. For whichever car it may be, a commercial spot not only confirms a band’s marketability, but it also
Willoughby Thom | Thursday, October 3, 2019
There is perfection in chaos, but there is no such thing as pure perfection. Chaos is natural, but as a society, we are constantly trying to achieve an ideal perception of perfection in a world of self. That is unrealistic. We are trapped in the ether of the scroll — a digital panopticon, so to