A couple weeks ago, a group of friends and I were extremely excited as we bought our tickets and prepared our outfits for what was supposed to be the best night of our entire freshman year: Emo Nite. If you’re like me, and you spent your middle and high school years...
Revisiting Ethel Cain’s debut studio album and the lore behind it Ethel Cain recently announced that her second studio album, “Perverts”, will be released on Jan 8, 2025. Hayden Silas Anhedönia, or her alias Ethel Cain, is a lyrical genius, her music often telling...
Lou Reed and Me The cover song - it is a medium that has existed at the forefront of modern music in some way, shape, or form for decades if not centuries. Some of the most unanimously adored songs of all time are reimagined versions of others, justifiably...
Prologue: Keshi, Not Kesha On September 18, I had the opportunity to join a Spotify listening party for an artist whose music I have admired and appreciated for several years: Keshi. Nope, I didn’t mean Kesha, I meant Keshi. For those of you who may not know who he...
Do you remember when in 2015 a guy named Calum Scott auditioned for Britain’s Got Talent singing a song called “Dancing On My Own”? Well great if you did remember him but like he’s not the focus here. The song he performed on that show is. “Dancing On My Own” is a...
If you don’t have your Halloween costumes figured out yet, don’t settle for being the classic cat or vampire. Instead, take inspiration from this perfectly curated list of music inspired Halloween costumes that I’ve assembled, as someone who takes both Halloween...
Autumn’s onset marks the beginning of Jeff Buckley season, an era that spans from the first leafy crunch underfoot until the part of March where everyone decides spring has sprung. The winter months annually call for a seasonally appropriate soundtrack, and Jeff...
If the name Trixie Mattel sounds familiar, you probably aren't alone. Born Brian Firkus, drag queen and Barbie enthusiast Trixie Mattel strutted her way into the limelight all the way back in 2015 on the seventh season of hit queer reality competition show “RuPaul’s...
I was introduced to Lake Street Dive by my Gen X dad. A band founded 20 years ago in Boston, Massachusetts by a couple of college students at the New England Conservatory of Music. I sat in the passenger seat and in the dull silence of another car ride stuck in...
For those who aren’t in the known, 'julie'(stylized in all lowercase) is an up-and-coming alternative rock band composed of bassist/vocalist Alexandra Elizabeth, guitarist/vocalist Keyan Pourzand and drummer Dillion Lee. julie's sonic identity is a lot harder to list,...