The Baddest Women in Electronic Music Ain’t in LA: How Small-Town Authenticity Reclaimed Electronic Music Post-Brat Summer

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The Baddest Women in Electronic Music Ain’t in LA: How Small-Town Authenticity Reclaimed Electronic Music Post-Brat Summer

Brooke Bousley Music Journalist There is a recurring myth that culture sprouts from major hubs. For a prolonged period of time, this particular narrative insisted that if you longed to create impactful and intentional electronic music, the requirement resided within the emergence from an extensive metropolis or the act of relocating to cities like Los Angeles or New York City. However, in Adéla’s track “Ain’t in LA,” she challenges […]

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Concert Review

MGNA Crrrta – Beautiful Disaster

Sofia Slack Music Reviewer The lights dipped lower, and the room shifted. Phones went up instinctively. Fans leaned forward as MGNA Crrrta took the stage, joined earlier in the night by opener Tommy Fleece. The first track rolled in, setting the tone with "Armageddon." The bass came in heavy, immediate, something you felt more than heard. Formed in New York City, MGNA Crrrta is made up of Farheen Khan and […]

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Music

A Hum of Maybe: An Exploration of Uncertainty

Paxton Poole Music Journalist Uncertainty is one of the few facets of life everybody experiences. Many people succumb to the stress and fear that uncertainty brings with it, succumbing to despair when things aren’t set in stone. Personally, I’ve never been able to find comfort in the unknown and get scared at the many possible directions my life could take. Then along came “A Hum Of Maybe” by Apparat, […]

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The image shows the three members of Machine Girl, (Matt Stephenson on bass and vocals, Sean Kelly on drums, and Lucy Caputi on guitar) onstage with the Machine Girl statue behind them with cables coming out of it and beams of teal light shine from behind the band.

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Scraping Machine Girl’s Data at Emo’s

Desarey Elizondo Lopez Music Journalist The noise of harsh guitars and samples looping over and over again filled the room at Emo’s Friday night. The people were moshing, the music was loud, and the lineup was stacked for the night; I knew I was in for a rowdy night. Machine Girl consists of members Matt Stephenson (bass, vocals), Sean Kelly (drums), and Lucy Caputi (guitar). With their sound […]

March 30, 2026 41 4

A Collage of Connor Zatopek and His Singles Discussed in This Article

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Music

An Interview With Connor Zatopek

Kathryn Akers Local Music Journalist I met Connor last spring semester through a mutual friend. At the time, I was unaware he was a musician. Shortly after meeting Connor, he, our mutual friend, and I were at a fast-food chain in San Marcos. Connor brought up that he was promoting his recently released single, “Drunk on You.” Curious to see what his music was like, I listened to his new […]

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Features

Mein ears are bleeding! Einstürzende Neubauten’s 50 year boundary pushing legacy

By Bridget Holt Music Journalist Industrial pioneers Einstürzende Neubauten (translating to “collapsing new buildings”) have been on the cutting edge of music since their conception in the late 1970’s; taking a literal approach to the genre with the help of some sheet metal, power drills, jackhammers, and, of course, chainsaws. Provoked by the almost three-decade long division of Germany by the Berlin wall, the West Berlin based outfit pummeled into the […]

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Features

Women in Electronic Music

By Elise Montemayor Music Journalist When one thinks of electronic music, they think of a big stage, laser lights and a fist pumping DJ that is usually a man. Now, no shade to male DJs or electronic artists. There are so many amazing ones out there including, but not limited to, Kraftwerk, Daft Punk, Aphex Twin, Flying Lotus, Disclosure, etc. But like basically all genres of music, electronic music is […]

May 3, 2019 75

Music

Electric Guest: Plural Review

By Alexandra Sereno Music Journalist Artist: Electric Guest Album: Plural Release Date: February 17, 2017 Label: Because Music, Downtown Records and Dew Process Website: http://electricguestmusic.com Electric Guest has finally returned after taking a step back for about 5 years since their release of Mondo. The Californian duo transmit a variety of different influences throughout Plural, supplying their listeners with a new sound. Plural is fused with a little bit of reggae […]

March 28, 2017 2221

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Moon Hooch: Beautifully Weird Music

By Dallas Williams Music Journalist Artist: Moon Hooch Album: Red Sky Label: Hornblow Release Date: June 14, 2016 Website: www.moonhooch.com Moon Hooch is a chasm of sounds that can best be described as carefully architected dissonance. The trio is hard to pigeon-hole and even harder to describe. For the sake of trying; the band’s third album, Red Sky is explosive, mystical, jazz-influenced grooves. The album is nothing short of an experience. […]

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