Music
Bronco
Orville Peck subverts country music conventions with “Bronco”
In this new “bro-country” movement, subversion is completely lost, which is why someone like Orville Peck, with the first two chapters of his latest album “Bronco,” is so important for this era of country music.
mitski
Out of a two-year hiatus, Mitski explores relationships in ‘Laurel Hell’
“Laurel Hell” takes an axe to the typical idea of love songs and gives us a deeper, realer, more melancholic take on the gray areas of struggling through a relationship.
growing up
Grace Conheady’s “Hello, Goodbye, and In Between” is an elegy for those in limbo
While you can just sit and let the instrumentals envelop you in a hazy fog of sound and be perfectly content with the album, focusing on the lyrics adds extra depth that is perfect background fodder for a good cry.
Liv on the Edge
Liv on the Edge: Spotify Wrapped, 2021, and me
All of these moments, which slipped through my fingers like tiny grains of sand, are accounted for in my Spotify Wrapped playlist.
Music
Aminé emerges from quarantine with ‘TWOPOINTFIVE,’ his most exciting experiment yet
Aminé takes hyperpop and smoothens out its rough edges — what results is a sugary pop rap record that translates his eccentricity into music.
Music
Silk Sonic’s timeless sound outlives critics’ questions of its authenticity
Silk Sonic manages to bring nostalgia for a beloved era of music, whilst perfectly balancing a carefree self-awareness of its parody with serious artistry.
Music
Feeling all too unwell: The impact of Taylor’s new heart-wrenching short film
The thing about “All Too Well” is that most people have their own person they think of when they hear it, and the short film does a good job of drawing out the memories of that person.
Campus
OBOC stuns with “Something About This Night”
Although the group is not wholly composed of innate performers, OBOC’s members’ passion for musical theatre is evident in every number.
Music
Snail Mail shows maturity and lyricism in new album ‘Valentine’
A departure from her debut album “Lush,” Jordan moves from unrequited love onto love that’s been had and then lost.
Music
Don’t be sad that Lorde is happy: The journey told in “Solar Power”
A good portion of the songs from the album seem to be about the journey towards happiness and the revelation that is in the process of becoming happy.
