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Music matters deeply to the emotive value of a film. The sonic emotion determines the views interpretation and own emotive association to a scene. Recently I happened to watch the films Perks of Being a Wall Flower and Jojo Rabbit within the same week. I realized that...

Lo-fi music is somewhat bewildering at face value. Why, after all, would anyone want to make their music sound worse? With that question, though, comes the assumption that music must be perfect, without any technical flaws to speak of, if it is to be considered...

Welcome back to Musical Personalities, a column where I analyze how my friends’ music tastes match their personalities. This week, I am looking at my friend Q.D’s top three songs. Q.D is one of my closest friends from home and probably the coolest person I know. She...

By the time Troye Sivan released his debut album, Blue Neighborhood, the Australian soon-to-be pop star had already been famous for years. Perhaps best known previously as Influencer/YouTuber sensation, by the time he had announced his transition to music he had...

Music videos. We’ve all seen them before. They provide some form of visual representation of our favorite songs. When they’re done right they can elevate whatever music the video is representing to new heights. I have always really enjoyed watching the music videos to...

Spring is a time of in-between and exploration. The seasons are changing and so should our playlists. In preparation for the last push into warmer weather and summertime, here are a few newly released tracks to add to your rotation.   "Meet Me There" by Lucki...

You know, it takes a lot of energy to have great taste in music like I do. Like, a lot. I have to eat 5000 calories daily— a diet comprised entirely of birds and other small critters I catch with my teeth in the woodlands of the Yukon— and that’s just what I have to...

For my first discussion of environmental texture in music, I’ll be focusing on the ambiance of natural sounds. For this installment, I’ve loosely categorized some common environmental ambient noises into subheadings, but the reality is that many tracks contain...

Hozier has a voice you can’t ignore. Born Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, Hozier is an undoubtedly talented musician and instrumentalist, but the main appeal of his music has always been what he sings and how he sings it. His voice has a kind of booming power that turns...

In my last installment, I discussed the beauty of the human voice in its natural form, and even as an instrument used in digital chops. One interesting aspect of the voice I didn’t touch on, however, is the interplay between vocals and computer – vocal effects. These...

Welcome back to Musical Personalities, a column where I analyze how my friends’ music tastes match their personalities. This week, I am analyzing my friend K.C’s top three songs. I have known K.C for 13 years and she has never once failed to be there for me and the...

Concept albums have a special place in my heart. Something about telling a story through the concepts of music and taking the listener on a journey always resonates, and the commitment to artistry and creativity by the artists can be a joy to watch. A good chunk of my...

Man, it’s been forever since I’ve written one of these! Almost three years, in fact. Lots has changed since then, what with the development of a still-raging pandemic and World War 3 almost happening twice and of course, I’ve changed— I’ve seen friends come and go,...

As you do a deep dive of Brooklyn-based indie/post-punk band Parquet Courts’ discography, you will probably come to notice one thing: the band is not too favorable to the pivotal role that technological devices drive our lives within the modern age. At least not lead...

Protest songs: From “Blowin’ in the Wind” to “This is America” Protest songs have been a central part of American music, life, and politics for hundreds of years. One of the most significant protest songs of all time is Bob Dylan’s 1963 single, “Blowin’ in the Wind”....

From Beatlemania to One Direction Infection, images of young women have flashed across news screens. Historically these pictures have narratives attached to them often stating that these are “crazed fan girls” Beyond the inherently problematic narrative that these are...

I love music, but I hate organizing it. I’d rather spend time listening to songs than sorting them! So, I steal all my friend’s playlists and enjoy the fruits of their labor. And now I’m going to share them with you. This week, I’m highlighting Sydney Muench’s...

Shoutout to depressing Pandora playlists, you a real one! Hi and welcome back to Songs From The Heart! Today’s column is about my favorite band, Gorillaz. I can’t pinpoint the exact time I heard my first Gorillaz song but I remember the general time in my life. It was...

Welcome to my new column, Musical Personalities! In this series I’m going to be thinking about the way a person’s music taste can represent their personality through analyzing some of my friends’ favorite songs. I’m starting off with my friend A.M (initials for some...

(First things first, I’m so sorry about that title, like wow! A question mark followed by a quotation mark and followed again by yet another question mark! What an eyesore!) A lot of people’s stories about the garage/post-punky/indie rock whatever outfit “Shark?” due...

2014 was a strange year. Vine was still alive, grunge fashion was at its height, and indie/alt pop was having its moment in the mainstream. At the epicenter of so many of these trends was the website Tumblr, known for the droves of teenage girls who populated the site...

Out of all the great and interesting sounds in this world, there are none that we are more predisposed to like than the human voice. It’s true the predisposition does not necessarily mean that something is good, but in the case of vocals, I certainly find that it is...

February is a month that is exciting for some and a dread for others. For many people, melancholy is an emotion that arises during this time and lingers. A song that I believe presents a different facet of melancholy is “Nothing New (Taylor’s Version) [From the...

Queen of shawls and heartbreak, Stevie Nicks has been creating hits since the 1970s. As a pioneer of women in rock, Nicks is a role model for many modern musicians. Yet Nicks’ journey to be a pioneer of women in rock, is an interesting story of feminine power in the...