Music
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“Collage” Music Styles and the Expanding Musical Self Expression
by Kiana Reid Now I feel I should preface with the fact I am not a music studies human, nor have I looked into research on the topic, but to… Read more.
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Universally Loved: Why the Internet Undeniably Loves These Four Pop Culture Icons
by Jade Diones In the critical space of Twitter, anything goes. From overanalyzing red carpet looks, or replying “flop” under an artist’s one-week sales — Twitter users are unafraid to… Read more.
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How the Soundtrack from Gia Coppola’s Palo Alto Chemically Altered my Brain
By Chloe Brown 29 songs that have intense gutturally emotional connotations, that’s what makes up the coming-of-age story that is Palo Alto (2013). Designed and curated by Devonte Hynes, the… Read more.
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Top 3 Underrated Songs by Lana Del Rey
By Alexandra Tineo Originally known as Lizzie Grant in the music industry, Lana Del Rey was not always ahousehold name. At the beginning of her music career, “You Can Be… Read more.
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Nas: A Classic MC’s Return to Greatness
by Marco Navarro Nasir Jones, known as Nas, has been a well-known rapper since the early ninties. His debut album, Illmatic (1994), is known as one of the greatest rap… Read more.
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How Media Today is Helping Independent Musicians Thrive
by Tommy English Twenty years ago, musicians had a higher chance of winning the lottery than reaching a mainstream audience independently. The success of music was in the hands of… Read more.
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A Love Letter to Her’s
by Analy Hidalgo One fateful day at the beginning of the pandemic, locked up in my house, a song, What Once Was by Her’s, played as I was looking for… Read more.
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Cherry Wine: Deception in Love and Song
by Paige Kelleher Hozier is well known throughout many online communities as a songwriter and performer like no other. The qualities of his music – often described as meant to… Read more.
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Santa Cruz’s Lost Punk Scene
Did you know Santa Cruz used to have a hardcore punk scene? Like a real one. It was no Oakland, but during Hardcore’s hey-day in the mid-80’s Santa Cruz was… Read more.
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Feminist Anthems That Shape Our Generation
We, as the marginalized youths of America, the Women, Femmes, and Feminists, have often found ourselves feared, derided, and shut down by the Patriarchal figures dictating the respect and worth… Read more.
