Month: October 2022

When going over what to do for October’s blog post and comparing that to my love of Halloween, I knew exactly what I had to do. Halloween comes and goes with new traditions, but one stays every year; The Monster Mash. Born in 1962, Monster Mash has taught generations all about the monsters of Halloween.… Continue reading The Monster Mash

Mumford & Sons lead singer Marcus Mumford has started a new solo career. The group was formed in late 2007 and their style was always a form of folk rock and indie folk. The band members played acoustic guitar, drums, keyboard instruments, bass guitar, and traditional fold instruments including banjo, mandolin, and resonator guitar. The… Continue reading Mumford & Sons VS Marcus Mumford

Shibuya-kei is a genre – or more properly, a sensibility – that arose within Japanese pop music in the 1990s. Shibuya-kei borrows from Western pop music from prior decades and arranges it into luscious harmonies. It’s familiar to the Western ear, but still radically different enough to feel as a unique presentation. The genre is… Continue reading A Sample of “Shibuya-kei”

By Abigail Ali Taylor Swift released her latest album and it has received mixed reviews. The album features heavy synths, voice modifications, and more electronic inspired sounds. While this isn’t completely unheard of within Swift’s past discography, this is certainly the first time the singer has leaned into this realm of music. “The songs here… Continue reading Midnights by Taylor Swift

In 2020, Jasmine Sullivan released Lost Ones. Lost One is the lead song on Jasmine Sullivan’s album Heaux Tales. This Rhythm & Blues song is about the consequences of being careless with someone’s heart. Lost One was recorded in a professional studio. Like other songs recorded in studios, the audio on this song is very… Continue reading October Post- R&B is NOT Dead

Ethylene Zhang The world is sinking and we are in love SUNSET ROLLERCOASTER This fall break, I went to listen to the live house of Sunset Racer, which made me love this Taiwanese niche band even more. The first time I knew about Sunset Racer was a song called “I am a fish”. The intro… Continue reading Sunset Rollercoaster

Heidi Reid On Sept. 16th, “Stranger Things” star Joe Keery released his sophomore album, “DECIDE” under his musical persona, Djo.  Throughout the album, Keery mainly sticks with his roots of psychedelic rock, but begins to experiment with new sound and throws in small tastes of new wave, 70’s rock and 80’s pop. The album begins… Continue reading Listening Party: Djo’s “DECIDE” review

Abigail Ali After hearing a clip of train sounds stitched together and being called music in class, I stumbled upon the next best thing on TikTok. An ad for a playlist called “Rain Fruits Sounds” came up as I was scrolling. What is “Rain Fruits Sounds”? “Rain Fruits Sounds” is one of many songs by… Continue reading Rain Fruits

Joanne is the fifth studio album by American singer Lady Gaga. Compared musically to her other albums, this one is  a stripped-down, dance-pop, soft rock and Americana record with country elements, aimed to focus on Lady Gaga’s vocals. This album is titled after Gaga’s aunt Joanne, who had passed away prior. The production of the… Continue reading Joanne

So I love fiction podcasts (also known as audio dramas). With their history running back to radio plays–think Adventures of Superman and War of the Worlds–then to their more recent origins with Welcome to Night Vale kicking off the fiction podcasting genre, fiction podcasts have become a lot more popular a medium for up and… Continue reading The Many Layers of Audio Dramas