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FKA Twigs’ ‘EUSEXUA:’ An album lost in its own messaging

Chelsea Bossert, Arts Editor January 29, 2025

When listening to London pop-artist FKA Twigs’ newest record, “EUSEXUA,” you start to feel it. “It” can mean a variety of things when you talk about Twigs’ music: the trance-like grooves of...

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Mac Miller grapples with life and death in ‘Balloonerism’

Morgan Warneke, Content Editor January 22, 2025

Mac Miller’s seventh studio album, “Balloonerism,” was released on Jan. 17. This comes as the second posthumous release since his untimely death in September 2018. As a longtime Mac Miller fan, I...

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Mixed messages flood Ethel Cain’s newest EP ‘Perverts’

Chelsea Bossert, Arts Editor January 15, 2025

Hayden Anhedönia, a.k.a. Ethel Cain, has had a brush with fame and virality over the past few years. One of her first debut singles, “Crush,” off of her 2021 EP “Inbred,” is a triumphant yet sentimental...

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Rauw Alejandro is a jack-of-all-trades on new album ‘Cosa Nuestra’

Moe Del Rosario, Arts Reporter November 27, 2024

Puerto Rican artist Rauw Alejandro released his fifth studio album, “Cosa Nuestra,” on Nov. 15, 2024, achieving 34.15 million streams within the first 24 hours on Spotify. “Cosa Nuestra” creates...

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‘CHROMAKOPIA:’ Tyler, the Creator’s eighth album lets the light in

Chelsea Bossert, Arts Editor October 30, 2024

“It's not on you, it's in you/Don't you ever in your motherf*cking life dim your light for nobody,” Tyler, the Creator’s mother, Bonita Smith said in the opening lines of “St. Chroma” — the...

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Bon Iver discusses the complexity of change in new EP ‘SABLE,’

Moe Del Rosario, Arts Reporter October 23, 2024

Indie folk band Bon Iver released “SABLE,” on Oct. 18, 2024 — their first new project in five years. The extended play included 4 new songs from the band.  Bon Iver was formed in 2006 and currently...

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2023 musical recap: Albums edition

Chelsea Bossert, Arts Editor December 13, 2023

Singles were not the only good thing music-related that came out of 2023. Albums, extended plays and records in general dominated this year.  Many number-one albums this year came from new artists...

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Boygenius release new EP ‘the rest’

Moe Del Rosario, Arts Reporter October 18, 2023

Boygenius — the supergroup consisting of three very talented singer-songwriters, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker — debuted in 2018, and earlier this year, the trio released their first...

Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' has become my afternoon obsession

Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ has become my afternoon obsession

D’Juanna Lester, Arts Reporter November 2, 2022

The time has come, fellow Swifties: Taylor Swift’s tenth studio album “Midnights” has finally been released. With very little news and no lead single, this album was a very big surprise.  Not...

Paramore released "This Is Why," their first single in five years, on Sept. 28.

Paramore returns with first single in 5 years — ‘This Is Why’

Tori Coker, Content Editor October 5, 2022

Alternative rock band Paramore returned with their first single in five years on Wednesday, Sept. 28 — a fiery track titled, “This Is Why.” Their first follow up to 2017’s new wave inspired...

5 Seconds of Summer dropped fifth album "5SOS5" on Sept. 23.

‘5SOS5’ is pop perfection 

D’Juanna Lester, Arts Reporter September 28, 2022

5SOS fam, the moment has arrived. Australian pop band 5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS) have finally dropped their highly anticipated fifth album, "5SOS5." Let’s go track by track reviewing these songs....

"Harry's House" made its debut on May 20, 2022.

Harry Styles drops third album ‘Harry‘s House’

Olivia Chiappelli, Editor-in-Chief June 15, 2022

Between the release of our previous issue and this current one, Harry Styles released his highly anticipated third album “Harry’s House.” Below is my attempt at an expanded version of the formerly...

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