Music is often used to escape the present, but can ambient music enhance my surroundings and change my perspective on the environment?
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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.
Debut project “Malibu Ken” rejects traditional rap norms with surprising introspection
Malibu Ken is a new hip-hop duo, consisting of rapper Aesop Rock and electronic musician Tobacco. In their eponymous debut album, the two work surprisingly well together. Credited as one of the most verbose MC’s of modern-day hip hop, Rock mixes clever, poetic rhymes with intentionally emotional vocals, while Tobacco
Seven female rappers worth listening to in 2019
Leikeli47 Leikeli47’s latest album made NPR’s 50 Best Albums of 2018, but that’s hardly what makes her such a compelling artist. With her ski mask on at all times, poetic lyrics and wide selection of beats incorporating R&B, jazz and blues, Leikeli47 crafts a fresh vision for the new direction
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
How to enjoy popular music when popular music isn’t enjoyable
CW: Mentions of drug use, mental illness, suicide The release (and immediate popularity) of the mixtape WRLD on Drugs got me thinking: Is everyone around me really as depressed as I think they are? The week WRLD on Drugs came out, it became impossible to avoid the collab between Juice
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
Does death equal permission? New release from Lil Peep with XXXTentacion feature sheds light on questionable ethics
The recently released single “Falling Down” showcased a surprising collaboration between artists Lil Peep and XXXTentacion. The surprising part is that these artists were able to collab in the first place: Peep died in November of 2017, while X died in June of 2018. The truth is that the song
‘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