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Lost & Found: Noah’s Ark

[Image courtesy of Warner Bros.] By Liam Syrvalin, Contributor The holiday season is upon us! For some, this might bring feelings of joy, warmth, and comfort; for many others, the holidays bring severe stress, discomfort, or sadness. However, the one constant throughout all of these emotions is terrible Christmas movies. Alas, one particular movie stands…

Album Review: Yung Gravy – Marvelous

By Nicholas Kobe, Contributor [Republic; 2022] Rating: 4/10 Key Tracks: “Betty (Get Money)”, “Isn’t it Marvelous?”, “C’est La Vie” Yung Gravy… What is there even to say? Mama’s boy extraordinaire has blown up in 2022 due to the success of his single “Betty (Get Money)” on TikTok and his charismatic and wild internet presence. It…

Ticketmaster and its business model: a major obstacle for music lovers everywhere

[Image courtesy of MEL Magazine] By Grace Koennecke, Columns Editor As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, musicians are eager to tour again after two years of practically no live music. While the excitement of touring seems to be manageable now as mask mandates disappear and venues are packing in fans again, there’s been an extreme concern…

Album Review: The Backseat Lovers – Waiting to Spill

By: Grace Koennecke, Columns Editor Capitol Records; 2022 Rating: 5/10 Key tracks: “Close Your Eyes”, “Growing/Dying”, “Snowbank Blues”, “Follow the Sound” The Backseat Lovers rose to fame with their debut album, When We Were Friends, back in 2019 after its lead single, “Kilby Girl”, won over fans of the indie-rock genre. Since then, the band,…

Album Review: Inclination – Unaltered Perspective

By Liam Syrvalin, Contributor [Pure Noise Records, 2022] Rating: 9/10 Key Tracks: (all of them but) “Thoughts and Prayers”, “A Decision, Commitment to Self“ Whenever I talk about music with other people, I always tell them to give hardcore albums a chance. Louisville straight-edge hardcore band Inclination’s new album Unaltered Perspective is a perfect example…

Daniel S. Evans and Jasper Llewellyn release new improvisational album

By Rocco Prioletti, Contributor
[Photo courtesy of Bandcamp]Shovel Dance Collective’s Daniel S. Evans and caroline’s Jasper Llewellyn released a new album entitled, Meanders.

JOSEF drops new single, “Just Come Home With Me Tonight”

[Image courtesy of Nathan Dunphy] By Grace Koennecke, Columns Editor Scottish singer JOSEF revealed a new single from his upcoming debut album Permanent Damage on Friday. The single, “Just Come Home With Me Tonight”, puts the singer’s impressive storytelling abilities on full display. Read more: Gramercy Arms collabs with Lloyd Cole on “Yesterday’s Girl” In…

Album Review: Carly Rae Jepsen – The Loneliest Time

By Nicholas Kobe, Contributor [Interscope; 2022] Rating: 8/10 Key Tracks: “Talking To Yourself”, “Western Wind”, “The Loneliest Time” Carly Rae Jepsen is the ultimate unsung hero of pop music. You know “Call Me Maybe” from 2011, an innocent flirty pop song that broke Carly into the mainstream. Despite scoring a few more hits, Carly started…

Gramercy Arms collabs with Lloyd Cole on “Yesterday’s Girl”

[Photo Courtesy of YouTube] By Adrian Woods, Contributor New York’s own Gramercy Arms have released “Yesterday Girl”, a song that has a bittersweet remembrance of friendship and lost world. The track was co-written by Lloyd Cole and Dave Derby. Read more: DaBaby Delays Lawsuit That Claims He Sucker-Punched A 64-Year-Old Man Their third LP will…

Somebody’s Child releases new single, announces debut album

[photo courtesy of Jim Fuller] By Lauren Patterson, Copy Editor Cian Godfrey, known by the stage name Somebody’s Child, released a new single “We Could Start A War“. Along with the single, he also shared a music video. Read more: A Cloud of Ravens releases “Nature of Artifice” and The Bellwether Syndicate debuts “Dystopian Mirror”\ …

Hardcore Holidays 2022 Q&A: Girl Cologne

By Roman Salomone, Contributor
[Photo courtesy of Oliver Fleming]
On Nov. 10, 2022, ACRN hosted “Hardcore Holidays” at The Union in Athens. Alongside a DJ set, two fantastic bands took the stage, and one of them was Cleveland-based Girl Cologne. I had the opportunity to sit down with the band prior to their set to talk about how they got started, their 2021 album Phases, the local scene in Cleveland and some underrated Weezer songs.

Megan Thee Stallion Granted Restraining Order Against Her Label Prior to AMAs

By Phoebe Giordano, Contributor
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American rapper Megan Thee Stallion, best known for “Thot Shit” and her collaboration with Cardi B on “WAP”, filed for and has now been granted a restraining order against her label and distributor, 1501 and 300 Entertainment, respectively.