From the resurgence of indie-sleaze aesthetics to a renewed interest in early-2010s indie-pop and electronic music, the current cultural landscape seems to be more and more preoccupied with the late 2000s and 2010s. For Gen Z, an era they may only remember vaguely, or...
Opinion
Make Music Weird Again: How TikTok Is Destroying Musical Risk-Taking
After a hard day, all I want is to watch some funny Reels and distract myself from the day’s stress. To my dismay, my nightly doomscroll is interrupted by whichever dreaded 10-second clip of robotic hit-maker production that happens to be trending that day. Different...
Opinion: Bring Back Ugly
In the days before social media, Ozempic, and Snapchat filters, the stars of the music industry possessed a quality that is missing from our current era: ugliness. Much to the detriment of popular music today, ugly has been almost completely wiped out from the...
Concert Review: One Enchanted Evening with Samara Joy & Her Septet, Accompanied by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Samara Joy's performance at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's opening Gala was nothing short of a divine musical experience. Joy is often cited as one of the most successful musicians of the century, being a 6-time Grammy winner at only 26-years-old. Her tone of...



