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I first met Mike Pearson my freshman year, in his room at St. Elmo, where he lived at the time. Instruments stacked on a guitar rack, and he and his friends were taking song requests, jamming away. Now, I’m sitting on Pearson’s porch, and he’s wearing a white Mandala t-shirt (a band from Connecticut that … Continue reading “Slowsie: Mike Pearson’s Songwriter Project”
Alvie and the Breakfast Pigs are a band from San Francisco who “isn’t here to serve a brand new cuisine.” Claiming to be one of the last rock bands in the city, Alvie, Matt, Phil, and Jake “serve up those classic high-gain recipes you grew up on,” playing rock’n’roll with influences from a myriad of … Continue reading “A Conversation with Alvie and the Breakfast Pigs”
As the world opens up even more I’ve been reflecting on the rollercoaster that is the music I’ve listened to since the spring, and how that mirrors my mental state as I processed everything going on in the world. I usually make a playlist based on what I’ve listened to each season and I started … Continue reading “Music That Got Me Through Quarantine”
Last Friday, CHAI and Hinds released “UNITED GIRLS ROCK’N’ROLL CLUB,” an invigorating collaboration between 8 female musicians recorded in Madrid shortly before the pandemic. For CHAI, it is an addition to the string of energetic singles released in 2020. For Hinds, it follows the release of their most experimental and most diversely orchestrated album to … Continue reading “Single Review: UNITED GIRLS ROCK’N’ROLL CLUB”
To be honest, I never used to be a huge fan of Gunna. I saw him perform as an opener on Travis Scott’s. While he unquestionably proved his worth in the rap game when coming up with fellow Atlanta youngsters like Lil Baby through strong features and collaborative projects, I just never went out of … Continue reading “Album Review: Wunna”
The coronavirus pandemic has undoubtedly impacted all aspects of our everyday lives in a plethora of ways. Restaurants, movie theaters, bars–all businesses and industries have been affected to some extent by the deadly virus and the required reimagining of the “new normal” that we work to define, as we slowly return to life outside of … Continue reading “COVID-19’s Impact on Music: An Analysis of the Industry Post-Lockdown”
Even if she hasn’t always felt traditionally beautiful, FKA twigs has always felt different. For her, this is her strength, and her long-awaited second album MAGDALENE presented an artist reflecting on and accepting this. In the five years between her first album LP1 and her 2019 sophomore effort, twigs dealt with complete upheaval in her … Continue reading “Peaks and Valleys of Rage in FKA twigs’s “fallen alien””
Through a series of Zoom calls we spoke with some Philly-based or -raised artists to learn about their history, how the city shaped their music, and what they were most looking forward to after the stay at home order is lifted. Now that we are reaching the end of the stay at home order and … Continue reading “Philly Artists in the Time of COVID-19”
by Caylen David In this day and age, it is almost impossible to have never heard of the hip-hop powerhouse that is Aubrey “Drake” Graham. With accolades such as winning 4 Grammy Awards from 44 nominations, and having the most charted songs of any artist in history on the Billboard Hot 100, Drake has cemented … Continue reading ““Started From the Bottom, Now We Here”: A Detailed Look at Drake’s Early Career and Rise to Fame”
Hollow Comet first catches our attention with its sweet, crooning acoustic style, then with its unbridled exploration of an electronic sound evoking the haunting and the cinematic. Strange Ranger vocalist Isaac Eiger began releasing songs under his solo project, Hollow Comet, a little over a year ago. The eponymous record Hollow Comet from January 2019 … Continue reading “An Interview with Hollow Comet: A Look Behind the Scenes”