The return of warm weather means that people are returning to the pool. Here’s my list of song suggestions to meet your group vibes.
Author: Anna Koppelman
Former Vampire Weekend singer Rostam Batmanglij delivers raw performance at Pomona
Rostam Batmanglij left Vampire Weekend to pursue his own identity, and he has since learned to acknowledge endings and embrace complexities.
Indie music is the place behind the bleachers: A week of nobody-gets-you radio
The two saddest indie superstars released an album under the band name “Better Oblivion Community Center” Jan. 24.
Shh, secret playlists for food poisoning
Tonight I put on a sad song and give myself to it. It is Saturday and I am wearing a food-poisoning-induced existential crisis. There’s something about vomiting that I think both metaphorically and literally brings up everything toxic. Which is how I am justifying why I find myself lying here,
November: Power anthems and broken hearts
A part of me believes I am in a perpetual state of heartbreak. If it isn’t actively being broken, I am waiting for someone to drop it. Or I am waiting for someone to come judge its worth before putting it back. This personification of my heart isn’t meant to
Growing pains and old playlists
When I am listening to this song, I am 16 again. It is fall, and I do not want to go to school. I feel awkward in my body — partially because I am 16 and all 16-year-old girls feel awkward in their bodies, but also because I had just
‘Girl, why you gotta do so many drugs?’: Drug culture in music and on campus
Jimothy Lacoste is a rising indie rapper out of North London — but, of course, he represents much more than that. He, like all of us, is built of contradictions; he’s a rap artist, but his music could also fall into the category of grime. You can never pinpoint whether or
Rejecting reinvention: Big Thief, freshman year, and me
Big Thief, an indie/folk band from Brooklyn, opens their song “Paul” with the hauntingly full voice of lead singer Adrianne Lenker all alone. There is no instrumental behind her, just a voice singing in the distant fog of a lost love. As the first line begins, “The last time I