By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist Artist: Ian Sweet Album: Crush Crusher Release Date: October 26, 2018 Label: Hardly Art Website: https://www.iansweetmusic.com/ Jilian Medford, the quintessentially indie frontwoman behind Ian Sweet, is remarkably reminiscent of the grungey queens of the ‘90s. … Continue reading Ian Sweet: Crush Crusher Album Review
By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist Artist: winded Album: Schwartz Goes to Heaven Release Date: June 22, 2018 Label: Community Records Website: https://winded.bandcamp.com/ Bedroom pop can be twee, plain-borderline-boring and uninspired. It can also be intimate, carefully crafted and some of … Continue reading winded: Schwartz Goes to Heaven Album Review
By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist Artist: Emma Ruth Rundle Album: On Dark Horses Release Date: September 14, 2018 Label: Sargent House Website: https://www.emmaruthrundle.com/ A piece of my heart has belonged to Emma Ruth Rundle ever since I heard 2014’s “Shadows … Continue reading Emma Ruth Rundle: On Dark Horses Album Review
By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist WHY? escapes, in some ways, my ability to describe music. I have an extremely limited vocabulary to describe Yoni Wolf’s voice, half-bored, half-hopeless, all bite. I have tried for years to explain how the opening … Continue reading The How and What of WHY?: Alopecia
By Hannah Wisterman Assistant Web Editor Ready or not, Bobcats, here the semester comes. The Texas heat is just getting started and so are we. We’re kicking off your semester with our annual Back to School Broadcast, a collection of … Continue reading KTSW’s Back to School Broadcast: Our Friends Weigh In
By Hannah Wisterman Assistant Web Editor Well, Bobcats, the clock is ticking: the new semester is right around the corner! Whether you’re a senior approaching your final lap, a transfer who’s new to San Marcos, or a freshman with no … Continue reading KTSW’s Back to School Broadcast: Our Tips
By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist This may be the mere misinformed supposition of a college student, but I’m willing to hedge a couple bucks on the idea that “Africa” by Toto might be one of the most emotionally rousing and … Continue reading Hidden Gems of the ’80s
By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist There is no mood so tense and hopeless as the one that exists on college campuses the week after spring break. We’ve all spent a week running away from all our problems, completely ignoring schoolwork, … Continue reading Pick-Me-Up Albums for When Life is Hard
By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist Break out your party suits and put on your dancing shoes, because Rainbow Kitten Surprise is back. Well, “back” is a little unfair—they haven’t exactly gone AWOL. Their Audiotree session at the top of last … Continue reading What to Expect from Rainbow Kitten Surprise’s New Album
By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist Artist: Pianos Become the Teeth Album:Wait for Love Label: Epitaph Records Release Date: February 16, 2018 When we last saw Baltimore post-hardcore band Pianos Become the Teeth, it was on the final lingering notes of … Continue reading Pianos Become the Teeth: Wait For Love Review
By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist The year is 2013. Like any self-respecting indie teen of the time, I’m going through a heavy The xx obsession. My greatest, never-to-be-fulfilled dream is to go to Coachella, a veritable playground of all the … Continue reading Close Up, Far Away: A Different Kind of Concert
By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist Artist: Joe Kye Album: Migrants Label: Self-released Release Date: January 8, 2018 Within seconds of hitting play on Joe Kye’s debut album, Migrants, you hear something both delightfully unique and naggingly familiar. Figuring out how … Continue reading Joe Kye: Migrants Review
By Hannah Wisterman Assistant Web Editor Rev up your coffee machines and flex those note-taking fingers: the semester starts this week, whether we’re ready or not. However, before you decide to run away to Japan and dedicate your life to … Continue reading Your Spring Semester Motivational Speech from KTSW
By Hannah Wisterman Blog Content Contributor Guess what, folks? I’ve had a terrible week. I mean, just awful. I’m stressed, I’m worried, I’m exhausted, I’m burned out, I’m homesick, I’m sad, and the universe is doing an Irish stepdance on … Continue reading Stop Saying You’re Fine
By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist The season of the Christmas album is upon us, and as we start to pick our Yuletide tunes for this year, we will inevitably draw from the categories we draw from with all music: what … Continue reading Unwrapping the Sufjan Stevens Christmas Collection
By Hannah Wisterman Blog Content Contributor Adulthood has its perks, but in general, it kind of sucks. You have to buy your own groceries, pay your own rent, and suddenly you’re an actual taxpayer. Notice a common theme here? Everything … Continue reading How to Hang Out for Free
By Hannah Wisterman Blog Content Contributor In addition to its previously announced performers, Lights All Night has just announced even more musicians that will be performing at the festival. Marshmello and NGHTMRE will be joining the festival’s other headliners, which … Continue reading Lights All Night’s Full Lineup Is Here
By Hannah Wisterman Blog Content Contributor ‘Tis the season for white elephants, secret Santas, and gift exchanges with aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews—the whole gang. Everyone gets excited at the idea of presents, but what do you do when you’ve … Continue reading The Low Budget Guide to Gift Giving
By Hannah Wisterman Blog Content Contributor You would think that you would know “the weird side” of the internet when you found it. So imagine my surprise when I scrolled down to the comments of a YouTube video and found … Continue reading What on Earth is ASMR?
By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist There’s nothing quite like diving into an album and letting yourself stew in it for a while. To enjoy a record from beginning to end is to appreciate an artist’s full and complete vision, and … Continue reading The Enduring Magic of the Concept Album
