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The album cover depicts a young Penn Badgley with two phone and a background with a grey tropophobia feel to it.

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Totally Stressed Album Review

Lexi Delarosa Music Journalist Kicking off with the steady and speedy guitar followed by slow and soft vocals, The Anapests begin their 2021 album “Totally Stressed” with the song “On Plunging a Toilet.” The Anapest will be performing at the monthly KTSW Third Thursday event at The Porch starting at 9 p. m. The band is devised of three members: Lance Higdon on percussion, Paul Johnson on the bass and […]

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Album Review: Florist by Florist

Clara Blankenship Music Journalist   As summer winds down and busy schedules begin, I am left with mixed feelings. There is a beauty in a season ending, how the Earth shapeshifts in a stunning yet melancholy way. Florist’s self-titled album release gorgeously captures this natural dissonance. Florist, a project consisting of Emily Sprague, Jonnie Baker, and Rick Spataro, released their 4th album on July 29. The self-titled work clocks in at an […]

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The album art for 2000 displays a variety of colors. The theme of the album cover is the artist, Joey Bada$$ kneeling on a sidewalk in front of a building. In the center of the cover in bright white/multicolor, the word 2000 is shown above him. His name in a white font is displayed below him.

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Joey Bada$$: 2000 Album Review

Chizobam Okeke Music Journalist It has been a long five-year wait for the kid from Flatbush to release another album, but it is finally here! On July 22, 2022, Joey Bada$$ dropped his third studio album, 2000. I’m sure that all over the world, hip-hop fans were curious about what the next step for Joey would be after he blessed us with his critically acclaimed, breakthrough mixtape, 1999, ten years ago. The New […]

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Charlie Hickey: Nervous At Night Album Review

Ashley Farnie Assistant Music Director I think I’ve been procrastinating putting my thoughts into words regarding this album because of the self-reflection it forces me into. Its eerie proximity to the life of 20-something-year-olds in whatever era of the world we want to categorize this as exhibits Charlie’s intentional and direct lyricism. His hyperawareness of his mental state and the ability to transcribe his feelings into words supplies our generation […]

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The album cover of RENAISSANCE shows Beyonce sitting on the horse wearing her hair down and looking down and out in the distance surrounded by darkness. There is a black background and centered, Beyonce is in a silvery showy outfit exposing most of her body, wearing high heels and sitting on top of a shining glass horse.

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RENAISSANCE” Album Review

Sheridan Kruitz Music Journalists Beyonce has always majorly advocated self-expression through dance and music. This newly released album is an atmosphere-at-the-night-club-type beat. “RENAISSANCE” reflects strength in fully embracing yourself and more importantly, embracing and accepting others for who they are. The album sounds like a celebration of life for the bad as well as the good. Reflecting on it, I can’t help but feel like this is the type of […]

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A picture taken at night from the ground with a red coke can that says dream soda on it, lying on the pavement next to a black puddle and in the distance there are neon lights that say “demob happy” which is illuminating the site along with two rows of street lights which are further in the distance.

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Album Review: Dream Soda

Gilian Prado  Music Journalists Haat De Stank This is a strong opener to the album, although created in 2015 this track and album feel like a continuation of the post-punk revival style of the 2000s with its garage rock guitar and occasional well-placed screaming. Although the term Haat De Stank remains a mystery to the public, this song has a certain duality in its message alternating between discussing the Machiavellian […]

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in the bottom left corner is the name Maude Latour with a giant star to the left of the name. Latour is seen in the center of the cover placed diagonally seemingly melting into the album.

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Stranger Things Characters as Modern Day Artists

Sofia Gualy Music Journalist Like most people, watching Stranger Things has taken over my life. The science fiction show has taken the world by storm with its nostalgic nature and lovable characters. Over the past four seasons of the show, the soundtracks have been incredible with songs such as “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” by The Clash and “Pass the Dutchie” by Musical Youth. Every character has a […]

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The head of a statue depicting a human on the ground in a forest on fire.

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Weezer: SZNZ: Summer Album Review

Morgan Hirosky MusicJournalists Weezer’s newest seven-song release appropriately encapsulates the heated angst exuded by summertime. At first, listen, I questioned if the band willingly sacrificed doses of their artistic integrity in order to make palatable radio hits. It wouldn’t be the first time an early 2000s band abandoned sincerity for a cash grab. Ironically, the song I respect the least on a fundamental level is one of the most enjoyable […]

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Spill tab opening with a few of their original songs before Wallows performs at Stubb’s in Austin.

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The Sounds of Spill Tab: Upcoming Artist Review

Lexi Delarosa Music Journalist With the news that spill tab will be coming to Austin on October 7th, 2022 for this year’s Austin City Limits, I wanted to do an artist review with her latest singles “Splinter” and “Sunburn”. Spill tab is a French Korean American singer/songwriter named Claire Chicha who released her first song “Decompose” in September of 2019. “Splinter” was released this past May and the song begins with […]

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