Daring JPEGMAFIA album pays off
Jackson Volenec — Reporter Despite JPEGMAFIA’s long career making music, with some projects dating back to 2007, his most recent record, “Veteran” that came out last year, put him on the map.
SiR’s “Chasing Summer” captures the season
Essence Boyd — News Editor Singer, songwriter and record producer Sir Darryl Francis, better known as “SiR,” debuted his second official album “Chasing Summer” on Aug. 30, and it is definitely a
New Marvin Gaye tracks draw a parallel between yesterday and today
August Pelliccio—Photo Editor Not often does such an iconic artist have an entire posthumous album published, but Marvin Gaye’s “You’re the Man” sounds as appropriate today as ever. Though the tracks on
Album Review: Deafheaven’s “New Bermuda”
Vivian Englund – Opinions Editor Deafheaven is one of those bands that has made a name for themselves through, literally, making no sense. They are technically a black metal band, but that does not
Album Review: Lana Del Rey’s “Honeymoon”
Jessica Pellegrino – General Assignment Reporter After a range of low-level successes in the form of singles and movie soundtrack nods, Lana Del Rey was poised for success. In December of 2014, Lana Del
Album Review: The Front Bottoms, “Back on Top”
Tyler Korponai – Photo Editor What started off with informal shows and a DIY attitude, “The Front Bottoms” are one of the most intriguing bands to have entered the music scene within the last
Album Review: The Wonder Year’s “No Closer to Heaven”
Jessica Pellegrino – General Assignment Reporter Pop punk has taken a 180 since the days of Sum 41 and Blink 182. It seems like more and more pop punk bands find their way into
Album Review: Noah Gundersen’s “Carry the Ghost”
Maxine Minalga – Special to Southern News Take Ron Pope and Sam Bentley, lead vocals of the band Paper Kites, and get American Folk musician Noah Gundersen. Whether relaxing on the beach,
Album Review: Joyce Manor “Never Hungover Again”
Jessica Pellegrino – General Assignment Reporter The American punk rock band Joyce Manor released their fourth studio album through Epitaph Records. The album called “Never Hungover Again” really pushes the limits of
Album Review: Sam Smith’s “In the Lonely Hour”
Emili Lanno – Copy editor We may all know Sam Smith as the singer on “Latch,” a song with the band Disclosure that was originally released in Oct. 2012 and dubbed the “song
Album Review: ‘G I R L’ by Pharrell Williams
Jamila Young – Arts & Entertainment Editor 1. ‘Marilyn Monroe’ – In this song Pharrell sings about a girl he’s attracted to that is even better than Marilyn Monroe and Joan of Arc. He
Album review: ‘AM’ – Arctic Monkeys
Kelsey Mix – Online Editor/Copy Editor The Arctic Monkeys are an indie rock group from England that have been around since 2002, but recently their new album ‘AM’ has been circulating around the
One Direction album review: ‘Midnight Memories’
Kelsey Mix – Online Editor/Copy Editor The day has come! One Direction has released their third album titled “Midnight Memories” and the hype for this album is bigger than the past two by