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The band winter playing a show on stage. The stage is illuminated in blue light. Samira winter the lead singer/guitarist is center stage singing into the microphone. Another guitarist is seen to the left of her, and the drummer is playing the drums behind to the right of the singer. Image Credit: Paxton Poole (from when I saw her live)

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Winter: A Real-Life Daydream

Paxton Poole  Music Journalist    With women’s history month coming to an end, I wanted to talk about one of my all-time favorite musicians, Samira Winter. Samira Winter is the lead singer of the LA based band “Winter,” named after her surname. Winter elegantly blends shoegaze, indie rock, and dream pop in an ethereal manner that makes the listener feel a sort of enlightenment.   Samira Winter was born in […]

todayApril 1, 2026 701 23

The photo shows the four members of Arranged in April posing in front of a car in the dark with the flash on from left to right: Chris Rawls (Guitar), Evan Anderson (Bass), Emory Anderson (Vocals), Hayden Brittain (Drums)

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Arranged in April in the Emo Scene

Desarey Elizondo Lopez Music Journalist The emo scene has had a revival in recent years, with many up and coming bands debuting and putting their own spin onto the genre. It’s out of this scene that Arranged in April emerged and has taken the emo scene by storm. Besides including screamo and post-hardcore elements, what makes this band especially stand out is their incorporation of spoken poetry, which speaks over […]

todayMarch 12, 2026 93

The image is an album cover for the artist computerwife in which Addie Warncke is lying on the floor with obviously fake blood around her mouth whilst being next to a record plater and a stereo underneath a small table also on the floor.

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Computerwife vs. the Internet

Paxton Poole  Music Journalist    For women’s history month I wanted to talk about an album from an artist who really inspires me, Computerwife. Computerwife is the brainchild of New York City-based Addie Warncke, who started out posting music on SoundCloud in 2018 as a diary of sorts. When the pandemic hit, Warncke released her first EP which consisted of her 5 favorite songs from her SoundCloud discography. In 2023 […]

todayMarch 10, 2026 57 4

The band Interpol is playing a show. Bassist Carlos Dengler is featured on the right looking down at his bass while playing. Lead singer Paul Banks is on the left currently singing and looking at the crowd. The drums are in the bottom right corner, the audience in the bottom left.

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Turn Off the Bright Lights: The Story of Carlos D

Paxton Poole  Music Journalist    Post-punk is a sub-genre of punk rock identified by its darker, moodier tone when compared to traditional punk. Whenever I think of Post Punk music, the first group that comes to mind is the New York City based band Interpol. Interpol blasted into the music scene with their intense guitar riffs, mesmerizing vocals, and most importantly their melancholic basslines in which every aspect of every […]

todayFebruary 24, 2026 63 14

The photo shows vocalist and leader Mateo Torres, wearing a gray New York hoodie with another black outer jacket and black pants, and standing outside in a daylit forest with an out of focus shot of a tree branch in front of him.

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metalloid: Shoegaze in San Marcos

Desarey Elizondo Lopez  Music Journalist    Have you ever been to a local show and thought that it needs something different? Maybe need a new band to spice things up? The local scene can become oversaturated with the same genres and sounds, but it also has the ability to become the perfect environment for fostering some of the most unique and talented acts. It’s out of this scene where the […]

todayFebruary 15, 2026 243 24

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Skate Story – A Playable Discography

Paxton Poole  Music Journalist    On December 8th, 2025, solo developer Samuel Eng released his magnum opus, a game called Skate Story. In this game you are a demon made of glass and pain who must skate through the underworld, which is like a futuristic yet desolate version of New York City, feeding on moons to reclaim your soul. The game features crazy psychedelic visuals and fluid adrenaline-fueled fast paced […]

todayFebruary 6, 2026 147 57 2

The image shows a shot of the stage at Mohawk with the four members of Orchid onstage with blue lighting shining over them while part of the crowd is seen at the bottom of the photo.

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Lights Out with Orchid at Mohawk

Desarey Elizondo Lopez  Music Journalist   This past Tuesday I had the opportunity to see the screamo/hardcore band Orchid, a band that I have been a huge fan of for a few years. Their Austin show at Mohawk marked their only U.S. show for this stretch of their Doom Loop World Tour, which of course meant I couldn’t miss out on it.     What made seeing this band so important […]

todayJanuary 29, 2026 99 4

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Punk’s not dead! Not if Alternative Tentacles can help it

By Bridget Holt  Music Journalist  Formed in 1979 by spoken word artist, musician, and undisputed punk legend, Jello Biafra– most notably recognized for his work as the frontman of acts such as Dead Kennedys', Lard, and Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine–  San Francisco’s Alternative Tentacles has been a household name in the punk community for over 45 years, having released material from Black Flag to Wesley Willis, […]

todayMarch 28, 2025 160 2 4

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