by adviser | Oct 14, 2019 | Archives-old
Unorthodox as at it may seem, Arizona-native: Kiana LedéBrown got her big break winning KIDZ Star USA, a national competition for ages 15 and under, sponsored by Kidz Bop. She had been singing, acting in plays, and playing the piano since infancy and with the help of...
by adviser | Oct 11, 2019 | Archives-old
This past week, the online music publication Pitchfork released two lists dissecting both the 200 best songs and 200 best albums of the 2010s.As someone with a love/hate relationship with Pitchfork’s reviews, the lists gave me much less of a pretension-induced...
by adviser | Oct 11, 2019 | Archives-old
2019 kinda sucked for music. Not many good records came out, but these records were the best of the best and I listened to them a lot throughout the year. I have no hope that any records coming within the next two months will be any better than the ones I mention now,...
by adviser | Oct 10, 2019 | Archives-old
I don’t want my column to become a sort of obituary. My last piece was centered around the death of Daniel Johnston. Given the circumstances, this one will also be centered around the death of a musician I consider extremely influential, personally and otherwise....
by adviser | Oct 10, 2019 | Archives-old
Dog Chocolate’s music sits somewhere between classic hardcore and art-rock: loud enough for a fun mosh pit, but smart enough to be genuinely thought-provoking. The band somehow pulls off this balancing act to make a weirdly progressive package. Dog Chocolate’s 2018...