SWEAT tour: Charli XCX and Troye Sivan are Bringing Back Club Culture

Charli XCX performs on stage, with her featured on the screen. The text on the image reads “Charli XCX & Troye Sivan present SWEAT October 9th American Airlines Center.”

SWEAT tour: Charli XCX and Troye Sivan are Bringing Back Club Culture

Cecelia Moore Music Journalist Booming basslines, strobe lights, neon green and sweat stained clothes filled the American Airlines Center on October 9th when Charli XCX and Troye Sivan brought their highly anticipated SWEAT tour to Dallas, TX. Charli’s dirty club beats combined with Sivan’s innovative dance pop is a match made in EDM heaven, which made for an electrifying night. Both Charli and Sivan have reached new peaks in […]

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Concert Review

Concert Review: Becoming an Escaper with Sarah Kinsley

Michael Ybarra Music Journalist On the first cool night of fall, a line formed outside of Antone’s Nightclub, extending around the corner of the block. Young adults chit chatted with each other, but behind me, a couple in the winter of their lives spoke with a young woman. “We’ve never heard her before. What kind of music does she make,” they asked. They were in for a treat. I […]

September 28, 2024 232

Hip-Hop/Rap

Album Review: I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU by JPEGMAFIA

Marcus Cortez Rap/Hip-Hop Journalist "If I was an NBA player, I’d be Dillon Brooks, but worse." With this opening declaration, JPEGMAFIA starts his new album, I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU, immediately alluding to doubling down with his aggressive style and trash-talking bravado for his new album. This marks the fifth studio album from the New York based rapper and producer JPEGMAFIA, following his solo release LP! (2021) and […]

September 2, 2024 286

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Music

Album Review: New World Depression by $uicideboy$

By Marcus Cortez Rap/Hip-hop Journalist New World Depression marks as the 4th studio album from New Orleans based rap duo $uicideboy$. With their last full-length project, Sing Me a Lullaby My Sweet Temptation releasing in 2022, $uicideboy$ return with 13 tracks on their newest album. Following similar themes of their past album, New World Depression explores the duo’s state of mind in their new mainstream success following 2020’s huge hit […]

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Music

Succumbing To Tiny Habits

By Michael Ybarra Music Journalist It turns out there is such a thing as a “healthy habit.” In fact, the folk-pop band Tiny Habits is one such example. After opening for Gracie Abrams on her Good Riddance Tour, the group released their debut EP Tiny Things and began their first solo journey on their very own Tiny Tour. While success has followed them everywhere they have gone, Maya Rae, Cinya […]

August 18, 2023 230 2

3x3 album cover collage consisting of Jamestown Revival’s Young Man, Sunny Sweeney’s Concrete, Randy Rogers Band like it used to be, The Oh Hellos Eurus, George Strait’ Blue Clear Sky, Kyle Park’s Beggin’ For More, Roy Head and the Traits Live It Up!, Charlie Robinson’s Step Right Up, and Randy Rogers Band Hellbent.

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Culture

Five notable musicians from Texas State University

By Tyson Taylor Music Journalist Throughout its history, Texas State University has produced elite talent in various fields, from 36th President Lydon B. Johnson to Olympic Gold Medalist Charles Austin. Texas State alumni are leaving the university ambitiously driven and aiming for the stars. However, one field that I feel doesn’t get enough respect within Texas State is the music alumni. There are numerous, very talented artists and bands that […]

July 1, 2023 482 8 2

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Concert Review

Oblivion Access: Duster, Spirit of the Beehive and Nuclear Daisies

Jewel Ogungbamigbe Local Music Journalist I was fortunate enough to see one of my favorite bands ever, Duster, perform this past Thursday through the Oblivion Access Festival which took place at several different venues across Austin, one of them being the Empire Control Room and Garage where said band performed. I had ordered the tickets back in late May with urgency as I was surprised that they were going on […]

June 23, 2023 372 5

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Album Review

Album Review: To Learn by Leith Ross

Michael Ybarra Music Journalist TW: Discussions of sexual assault In an overcrowded sea of albums, most of which seek to steal five minutes of virality, one can yearn for the truly transformative. Leith Ross’s debut album, To Learn, released on May 19, fulfills this quota perfectly, and if people are not careful, they just might miss its understated excellence. Ross, like most other up-and-coming artists these days, first found fame […]

June 22, 2023 269

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Music

Near Miss Soundtrack Review

By Kylie Hogg Local Music Journalist Last Saturday, I got the chance to attend Texas State Film Club’s first look at their short film, "Near Miss". The film is written and directed by Andrew Hodge and follows two strangers, Frank and Marie, as they meet and form an unlikely friendship on their last night on earth when they believe a giant meteor is set to hit earth and end humanity. […]

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