Standing in line for an hour and a half in the cold and rainy weather was all worth it. Other attendees in outfits so unique yet still cohesive with each other filed in, to the point I couldn’t even tell where the line ended. When my friends and I entered The Anthem,...
Every year, there's this horrid and insanely vile horde of emotions that takes over your brain during winter. It feels almost inescapable, some days feel heinous, and others feel like a permanent state of “bleh”. The only thing that can get you out of this endless...
As Black History month comes to an end, the first playlist featured in this column will be one celebrating Black voices. “Freedom” by Beyoncé (feat. Kendrick Lamar) may be most famously known as the anthem for Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential election, but it also...
We are now six years into the current decade, and with that time has come lots of incredible music. From the development of hyperpop to the relative fall-off of modern country music to the constant rebranding of indie rock, the 2020s have given us plenty of...
You’ve heard it before: “The era of college bands is behind us.” The conventional wisdom goes something like this—music today belongs to the solo bedroom producer, to the Doechii’s, the Clairo’s of the world, to whoever is quietly uploading demos to SoundCloud at 2...
It's housing season here at AU and I’m scrambling to find roommates. I need someone clean but not uptight, quiet but not mad when I stumble into the room at 2 a.m. I’ve asked friends, acquaintances, and downright strangers; everyone seems to have their living...
Whenever I get asked what I am listening to, I usually respond with the name of a small artist and am met with “oh I don’t know them, who is that?” as a response. I am a self-proclaimed small-artist enthusiast and think I have a talent for discovering small artists...
“Mood rings are jewelry pieces that purportedly reflect the mood or emotions of the wearer.” For many years, I’ve tried to keep a long-running playlist for each year, putting in a song a day. Usually, I’d abandon the playlist by the beginning of February, when I could...
Something that really threw me for a loop the other day was how over five years have passed since the initial release of Ariana Grande’s sixth studio album, “Positions.” I vividly remember when this album first came out and how much I enjoyed it both upon first listen...
The 1960s are known to be one of the most influential decades in music history – here grew the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Beach Boys, to name a few. This emergence of rock began the takeover where jazz would start to be overshadowed. The works of Miles Davis and John...