I saw Asher White play the Black Cat stage in the cold, sharp winter air of Washington, D.C. nearly a year ago -- playing songs straight off of her new album, 8 Tips for Full Catastrophe Living. Song to song, it got better and better, so when she dropped her project,...
Here at AU, I have a habit of cycling through the same lunches and dinners every day. For lunch, chicken tenders and fries from True Burger; for dinner, a six-inch All American Club Sub from Subway. Hating the very idea of moving an inch out of my comfort zone, I go...
Phoebe Bridgers was becoming an artist who seemed straight out of folklore — nobody knew where she was, sightings of her flooded social media, fans began to give up on the idea of anything new from her. Her sophomore album, Punisher, grew a cult following that began...
A crowd of protestors were gathered outside of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s house in 2020, calling on the city to defund the Metro Police Department (MPD) as music drifted over the crowd. In the middle stood OnRaé LaTeal, a local musician playing songs from her album “The...
The reaction to the music video for “Stateside” by PinkPantheress, featuring Zara Larsson, had me thinking: are we in a new era for music videos? After its release, I saw a complete wealth of fan edits, commentary, and clips of the video circulating on my TikTok “For...
Few genres are as dependent on their audience as Go-go, which insists community as a central characteristic. In 1970s Washington, D.C., Washingtonians craved community. The city was divided into two economic classes. The first consisted of those affiliated with the...
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...
In the 1970s, Britain was plagued by economic stagnation. High unemployment, mounting inflation, and the introduction of the three-day week (restricted commercial uses of electricity to just three days) pushed many families into financial strain. Punks channeled their...
For several weeks, the song “Walk My Walk” by Breaking Rust topped Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart, alongside a number of songs by Caine Walker. All of these charting songs were written and performed by AI, becoming part of a growing trend of AI “artists”...