Category: Articles
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Why Carly Rae Jepsen was the Pop Princess we Needed in the 2010s, but Didn’t Deserve.
Written by Flora Cerabino-Hess. Illustration courtesy of Fon Leigh. If you’ve never looked further than the sexy hunk of man meat in Carly Rae Jepsen’s 2012 hit music video “Call Me Maybe,” then you’re missing out. Now that we have distanced ourselves from the overplayed, overproduced pop of the 2010s, we must give credit to…
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Staff Picks Week 3
Illustration courtesy of Connley Sewalls. Happy Staff Picks Sunday! Have you ever thought about your final song? That one song you’d imagine playing as you gracefully walk away from an explosion or die a glamorous death? Here’s our staff picks for “going out in style.” Logan – 212 by Azealia Banks Taylor – Sugar, We’re…
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Album Review: “Bleachers”
Written by Ava Moon. Illustration courtesy of AJ Johnson. Bleachers, the indie-rock band fronted by one of the music industry’s most sought-after producers, Jack Antonoff, has had a reinvention of sorts, with their latest self-titled record. Having debuted just over decade ago, their signature sound has been characterized by smooth saxophone solos and Springsteen-esque coastal…
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Short Story: Top Jimmy
Illustration courtesy of Ava O’Connor. Every weekend, Jimmy waltzes into Lady Jane’s wearing those stupid bell bottoms that ride up his ass, and those obnoxious Ray Bans (even though it’s far past sundown), and a haircut that makes him look like a chick. He always shows up ten minutes after the Mets game ends, like…
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Staff Picks Week 2
Illustration courtesy of Ava O’Connor. Happy Staff Picks Sunday! With a fresh new staff, we’re kicking it off with our essential coming-of-age tunes. Logan – Seventeen by Shannon Van Etten Taylor – Bittersweet by Panic at the Disco Emma – Basket Case by Green Day Tatiana – Freakin’ Out On the Interstate by Briston Maroney…
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Inside the Mind of Justin Vreeland
Illustration courtesy of Rachel Nanos. From the woodsy terrain of New York’s Hudson Valley comes a wayward songwriter with a seemingly infinite flow of inspiration: Justin Vreeland, a now-Savannah resident and sound design student at SCAD. Whether he’s plucking acoustic originals at The Sentient Bean or rocking out at El Rocko lounge, he and his…
