By Lauren JurgemeyerAssistant Web Content Manager Under the direction of Kaitlin Hopkins, Texas State is set to open the Hunchback of Notre Dame on April 23 and will run through April 28, in the Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre. Based on … Continue reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Review
By Kaleb HelmsMusic Journalist Artist: These New PuritansAlbum Title: Inside the RoseRelease Date: March 22, 2019Label: Infectious MusicWebsite:http://www.thesenewpuritans.com These New Puritans is one of the more interesting groups I have come through my rotation of music as both members began … Continue reading These New Puritans: Inside the Rose Album Review
By Wally Perez Music Journalist Artist: Lost Under Heaven Album: Love Hates What You Become Release Date: Jan. 18, 2019 Website: http://lostunderheaven.com/ Lost Under Heaven, the art-rock duo composed of former WU LYF member and leader Ellery Roberts and artist … Continue reading Lost Under Heaven: Love Hates What You Become Album Review
By Kaleb Helms Music Journalist Album: Quiet Signs Artist: Jessica Pratt Release date: February 8, 2019 website: https://jessicapratt.bandcamp.com/album/quiet-signs Jessica Pratt is a singer-songwriter from San Francisco, California who got her start in San Francisco with her self titled album Jessica … Continue reading Album Review: Quiet Signs by Jessica Pratt
By Julian SaldanaVideographer In The Weekend, Sasheer Zamata, a former cast member of SNL, plays a comedian named Zadie who describes herself as “super single” and “a supporting character in someone else’s romantic comedy,” but ends up shining as the … Continue reading The Weekend Review
By Julian SaldanaVideographer This review contains some spoilers of the film. The first movie I saw this SXSW was no other than The Art of Self-Defense. I went in without doing much research on the film, and I’m thankful I … Continue reading The Art of Self-Defense: Review
By Amanda CompianMusic Journalist As Travis Scott proceeds with the second leg of his Astroworld Tour, the night of Valentine’s eve he landed in his hometown of Houston, Texas to deliver an electrifying, unorthodox experience at the Toyota Center. From … Continue reading The Homecoming of ASTROWORLD
By Thomas Dunlap Music Journalist Artist: HomeshakeAlbum: HeliumRelease Date: February 15, 2019Label: Sinderlyn Released on Feb. 15, Helium is Canadian musician Peter Sagar’s fourth album. Under the name Homeshake, Sagar creates genre-bending music that is a romantic synthesis of smooth R&B and sharp indie-rock, … Continue reading Homeshake: Helium Album Review
By Mackenzie Akin Music Journalist Artist: Jay CueAlbum: Don’t Pick SidesRelease Date: January 11, 2019Website: https://jaytuddacue.com/album/dont-pick-sides Alternative R&B/hip-hop artist Jay Cue shows incredible potential and great versatility with his newest EP Don’t Pick Sides. The latest release takes listeners on … Continue reading Jay Cue: Don’t Pick Sides EP Review
By Neil Manning Music Journalist Artist: Weezer Album: Weezer (Teal Album) Release Date: Jan. 24, 2019 Weezer’s latest album, consisting entirely of covers, caught fans by surprise in late January. The only hint before the drop were covers of “Africa” … Continue reading Weezer (Teal Album): Album Review
By Dylan Reynolds Music Journalist Artist name: iLLism Website: https://www.illismmusic.com/ Album: Illuminate Release Date: January 31, 2019 iLLism is a Twin Cities based hip hop and R&B husband/wife duo comprised of members Envy and Fancy. Their first full length studio … Continue reading iLLism: Illuminate Album Review
By Elise Montemayor Music Journalist Artist: Toro y Moi Album: Outer Peace Label: Carpark Records Release Date: January, 18, 2019 Website: https://toroymoi.com Toro y Moi has an important spot in millenium indie royalty which he ensures in his synth-groovy LP, … Continue reading Toro y Moi: Outer Peace Album Review
By Iliana Ramirez Music Journalist Artist: Mike Krol Album: Power Chords Release Date: January 25, 2019 Website: https://mikekrol.bandcamp.com/ Los Angeles-based artist Mike Krol is gracing the new year with his fourth studio album, Power Chords. In all of 33 minutes, … Continue reading Mike Krol: Power Chords Album Review
By Kaleb Helms Music Journalist Artist: Vt100 Album: The Burden of Irrational Optimism Release Date: March 19, 2019 The avant-garde electronic band “Vt100” was founded in Berkeley, California, in 2010 by engineer and producer Carl Van Arsdall. Vt100’s music consists of … Continue reading Vt100: The Burden of Irrational Optimism Album Review
By Nicholas Volpe Music Journalist Artist: Nothing Album: Dance on the Blacktop Release Date: August 2018 Website: https://nothing.bandcamp.com/music Label: Relapse Records The third album and newest release by Philadelphia’s Nothing, Dance on the Blacktop, is a record that blurs the … Continue reading Nothing: Dance on the Blacktop Album Review
By Aimee Huckeba Music Journalist Artist: LANY Album: Malibu Nights Release Date: October 5, 2018 Website: https://thisislany.com/ The sophomore album Malibu Nights from synth-pop band LANY has taken the charts for one of the most direct breakup albums this year. … Continue reading LANY: Malibu Nights Album Review
By Tanner Meadows Local Music Journalist Artist: Roaming Herds of Buffalo Album: Mountain Rabbit Release Date: October 16, 2018 Website: http://www.rhobmusic.com/ Seattle based pop-rockers, Roaming Herds of Buffalo (RHOB), are a band that is comfortable in its variety. Continually experimenting … Continue reading Mountain Rabbit: Album Review
By Danielle Ortega Local Music Journalist Artist: Jibberish Album: Meantime Release Date: September 28, 2018 Bandcamp: https://jibberish.bandcamp.com/album/meantime Jibberish, a local Texas band, has just released their first EP. The EP has five mellow tracks that you can sit back and … Continue reading Meantime: Album Review
By Samuel Cravey Music Journalist Artist: Peter Bibby Album: Grand Champion Release Date: September 28, 2018 Label: Spinning Top Website: https://spinningtopmusic.com/pages/peter-bibby Straight out of the land down under, Peter Bibby is unmistakably an Aussie through and through. Whether it’s his … Continue reading Peter Bibby: Grand Champion Album Review
By Iliana Ramirez Music Journalist During the summer of 2009, Fox Searchlight released the quirky “romantic comedy,” “500 Days of Summer.” The story centers around Tom, played by Joseph Gordon Levitt and Summer, played by Zooey Deschanel. Tom, a hopeless … Continue reading Music in Film: A Look Inside the Soundtrack of “500 Days of Summer”
