Chloe Rawlinson Music Journalist While we, as San Marcos residents, usually think of our little college town as the perfect place for growing bands in the DIY scene, there’s several great bands that you may have heard without knowing they hail from our area. I’m gonna start you off with a great one that I love talking about: Brockhampton. Brockhampton has faced a bit of a resurgence within the last […]
Emma Paff Music Journalist Rap/Hip-hop Fresh out of a breakup, Kevin Abstract returns to his roots to create Blush, a beautiful and moving album with many collaborations. Abstract was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, but grew up in The Woodlands, Texas. Growing up black and queer in a conservative town, Abstract often felt alienated. He channels his unique perspective into his music, using his honesty and vulnerability to create a […]
Jonathan Marin Music Journalist Who’s an artist or a group that you feel like changed the game? A musical act so innovative that nobody could ignore them. When BROCKHAMPTON burst onto the scene in the late 2010s, it felt like they were on this caliber of artist. There had been rap groups before, sure, but how many called themselves a boy band, actively pushed the limits of the genre, and […]
By Ariana Mendoza Music Journalist In honor of the 5th anniversary of Brockhampton’s fourth studio album, Iridescence, let us revisit and delve into this album of the 15-member boy band that once was. Brockhampton, a hip-hop rap group founded here in San Marcos, Texas, released this 15-track project on Sept. 21, 2018. This is the first album the band released following the controversy surrounding former member Ameer Vann, who departed […]
By James LanikLocal Music Director Being a BROCKHAMPTON fan has never been boring. With the lightning-fast pace of self-reinvention and brisk stream of releases, within only a couple of years, the boy band managed to establish a universe and lore around themselves that would likely take other collectives years to achieve. Things feel decidedly different this time around, however. For the first time since their inception, a calendar year went […]
By Stacey RamirezWeb Content Contributor Brianna Maciel is a senior and a biology major pre-med student at Texas State. Most people imagine that talking to a pre-med student means hearing their stories about long study sessions and countless science classes. But for Maciel, she says the story she’ll remember most from college is barricading for Brockhampton at Austin City Limits 2018 and meeting the boyband. It was the first day […]
By Jenifer RomeroMusic Journalist As a prominent fan of Brockhampton, I follow the group’s social media closely and typically dive into what they post. Back in April, the group posted a link on Twitter to their YouTube channel with a video titled “This Is Dominic Fike.” The video begins with Fike talking, then leading into his hit single “3 Nights”. I immediately fell in love with the song and listened […]
By Caitlin Dunn Music Journalist YouTube recommended me the song “Harvard” from LAUNDRY DAY. I had never heard about them, but recently my recommendations have been amazing, so I gave them a listen and fell in love with the synth-pop flow. LAUNDRY DAY started in the summer of 2017. They are five high schoolers from New York, and they just came out with their new album HOMESICK on March 22. […]
By Caitlin DunnMusic Journalist Unprofessional, imperfect and chill is the recipe for Lo-fi music. This abbreviation is coined from the term low fidelity, fidelity meaning the quality of the music. Lo-fi is an aesthetic of recording music in which the quality of the sound is lower than high fidelity contemporary sounds and where imperfections of the recording are audible. The ‘90s saw the explosion of this new genre emerging from […]
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