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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 […]

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A Casual Interview with Sam Hales of the Jungle Giants

By Caroline JanesMusic Journalist Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, the Jungle Giants are currently on one of their largest U.S. tours to date. Since their formation in 2011, the four-piece indie pop group have been met with great success in their home country headlining many major festivals and receiving the Best Independent Album Award at the AIR Awards for Quiet Ferocity in 2018.  With each LP, the band’s sound morphs from […]

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COIN: “Dreamland” Album Review

By Zoe ElterMusic Journalist Album: DreamlandArtist: COINRelease Date: February 21, 2020Website When COIN initially announced the release of their third album, I honestly didn’t know what to expect. Their first two albums, COIN and How Will You Know If You Never Try, both possess their own unique colors. Each one of COIN’s albums seem to tell very different stories by utilizing many unique sounds.  In an Instagram post announcing COIN’s […]

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Features

Talking with Mickey Darling

By Faith Vara Music Journalist A few weeks ago, a friend of mine recommended I listen to a new act called Mickey Darling. After hearing their latest single, “I’m Just a Buzzkill,” I instantly fell in love with their dancey, feel-good sound. This new indie-pop duo from central Texas is making some of the most exciting music I’ve heard in awhile, and I was eager to find out more about […]

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Makes Me Jump Inside: A Playlist

By Mili MurilloMusic Journalist You know that feeling you get when you're super happy whether it’s because you got a good grade on a test or you have exciting plans that you are looking forward to? Well, I’ve created a playlist full of songs to play when you’re feeling good or not, this playlist will definitely help get your spirits up. This playlist features mostly indie/alternative bands like The Walters […]

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The cover of Martian Subculture’s EP Sleeping. A “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” blanket is pictured in a red filter. Stylized handwritten text reading “Martian Subculture” is in the foreground.

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Martian Subculture

By Thomas Dunlap Music Journalist Martian Subculture is the DIY project of Quin, Ireland’s own Evan O’Malley. Identified as “folk music from another planet,” the tunes of Martian Subculture are as familiar as they are foreign. Solidified by skeletal production and the heavy use of guitar pedals, the music is satisfying yet sinister. Taking the fundamentals of indie pop and adding an extraterrestrial touch of psychedelia, O’Malley has created what […]

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DEGA: Dega

By Iliana Ramirez Music Journalist Artist: DEGA Album: Dega Label: Lemonade Records Date Released: February 23, 2018 Website: https://www.dega.band/ Debut albums are crucial to a band’s career as they give listeners a first glimpse of what their sound is. With that being said, Georgia-based band, DEGA, has already done a tremendous job of declaring their indie pop sound on their first album. The band consists of husband and wife duo, […]

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Shy Kids: in a state Review

By Tanner Meadows Music Journalist Artist: Shy Kids Album: in a state Release Date: February 23, 2018 Label: Culvert Music Website: https://www.shy-kids.com/home After gaining some mainstream commercial success in their hometown of Toronto, Canada, following the release of their 2015 album Lofty!, the indie pop band, shy kids, had a go at taking their talents south of the border and into the good ol’ US of A. That is the […]

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Lowpines: In Silver Halides Album Review

By Samuel Cravey Music Journalist Artist: Lowpines Album: In Silver Halides Release Date: February 23, 2018 Website: https://lowpines.bandcamp.com/ Lowpines’ debut album In Silver Halides is the “lofi-Anglo-Americana-pop” project of London native and Bear Driver vocalist/guitarist, Oli Deakin. Lowpines is more downbeat and sombre than your typical indie folk album which may have something to do with persistent dreary weather over there in Britain, but don't let that stop you from giving this […]

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