The Pomona College Orchestra’s first performances this semester featured two pieces by Hispanic composers, Arturo Márquez’s “Danzón No. 2” and Gabriela Lena Frank’s “La llorona.”
Music
Continuum Exploder: Yearning through space with The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Chloe Mossey PO ’29 argues in favor of indulging in a life of unfulfilled romanticism soundtracked by The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Drawing on her teenage playlists for yearning, the work of James Joyce and a psychedelic rock track, she suggests longing as an opportunity for self-reflection.
Continuum Exploder: A beginner’s guide to Iranian pop and loneliness
Chloe Mossey PO ’29 tells a story of a sushi bar, an excellent, albeit confusing Iranian pop song and the fight to resist loneliness.
Noise from Underground: Twenty years at the Beach House
Andrea Miloshevska PO ‘28 revisits the Beach House’s formative years, their long-lasting integrity and highlights their self-titled debut “Beach House” as a token of the artists’ unique chemistry.
Continuum Exploder: Smile lines, business blouses and a bisexual Britpop classic
In her first column, Chloe Mossey PO ’29 examines the lessons one can learn about maturity from a Britpop song about cheating on one’s partner.
A Little Write Music: An obscure Italian opera comes to Los Angeles
The Pacific Opera Project spotlights operas that have long been ignored and stages them in venues throughout Southern California.
Reverb: Tate McRae’s ‘So Close To What’ and hypersexualization in the music industry
Does the music industry hyper-sexualize artists to sell them as commodities? Tomy Helman PO ’28 considers the evolution of pop artist Tate McRae, analyzing her last album, “So Close To What.”
Girl Power: Cult Classics in the post Roe v. Wade era
Last summer was “Barbie;” this summer is “brat.” Columnist Anna Peterson SC ‘25 unpacks what it means to release these two pieces of media in the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson decision.
KSPC 88.7 FM: Come Groove with KSPC
Since its founding, KSPC has been equipping students with practical media skills, encouraging music discovery and curation, and providing a space for meaningful expression through music. Our new column showcases writer and KSPC employee Sydney Pearson as she updates the Claremont Colleges on our local radio station.
Good Noise: Look at what they did together — ‘Live at Bush Hall’ shows BCNR are still friends forever
For Gerrit Punt PO ’24, BCNR lead singer’s absence is not just felt, but impossible to ignore in their new album ‘Live at Bush Hall.’ But that doesn’t mean it’s not a great album.