Album Review: Mac DeMarco – Five Easy Hot Dogs

By Devon Risner, Contributor [Mac’s Record Label, 2023] Rating 6/10 Key Tracks: “Victoria”, “Crescent City” Whether DeMarco is retiring is still up for debate. Entering 2023 with a new record, Five Easy Hot Dogs, it leaves to question if he will quit at his peak. Moving away from his younger sound of “the laid-back prince…

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Album Review: This Stupid World – Yo La Tengo

By Venus Rittenberg, Editorial Director [Matador; 2023] Rating: 8/10 Key Tracks: “Fallout”, “Aselestine”, “Until it Happens”  Yo La Tengo is back with another fantastic record. For a band who appeared to be past their prime (and has appeared that way for a while), this is phenomenal. This Stupid World is the best the band has…

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Musician’s time

By Paul Nern, News Editor
[Photo courtesy of Julia Weber]
My dad wouldn’t call himself much of a musician. He is a 62 year old semi-retired English professor who has heavily dabbled in poetry. But he is a musician because he chiefed OU’s tenured professor program that allows you to take a sabbatical to study your field, or whatever. And what he did was write songs and record his music over the course of an academic semester.  

Preview: Lobsterfest is back in Athens this weekend, here’s what to expect

[Flyer courtesy of Hudson Forman] By Grace Koennecke, Columns Editor This weekend, ACRN’s annual student-run music festival, Lobsterfest, is back at The Union during the height of spring. Running from March 31 to April 2, this year’s festival has a stacked lineup coming to southeast Ohio, with nationally known and local acts taking the stage….

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The View From the Afternoon: The Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil

By Roman Salomone, Contributor
[Fire Records; 2007]
Genres: Garage Punk, Garage Rock, Cowpunk, Psychedelic Rock
Welcome back Rock Lobsters! Last time we met, we talked about a New York classic, the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Fever to Tell. This time, I was thinking we should stay in the US, but take a trip down south to the wonderful state of Georgia. For today, I want to talk about one of my favorites groups and a scenario when one of the nastiest garage rock bands of all time made a subtle yet huge shift towards a more mature direction, which just so happened to result in a stone-cold classic. That band is the Black Lips and the album is Good Bad Not Evil.

Lucy Dacus releases new music video 

By Lauren Patterson, Copy Editor [Photo courtesy of Bandcamp] Spawning from her 2018 album Historian, Lucy Dacus has released a new music video for her highest-streamed track, “Night Shift.” Read more: Rihanna explains Super Bowl Performance and Album Update in New Interview The video was directed by filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun, and features actors E.R. Fightmaster…

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Brazilian psychedelic rock band BIKE release new single “O Torto Santo”

By: Liam Syrvalin, Contributor [Image courtesy of Shameless Promotion PR] BIKE, a psychedelic rock/noise rock band hailing from Brazil, released their first song on Wednesday in two years with their new single “O Torto Santo.” They released the track with Before Sunrise Records, a Brazilian new indie rock record label.  Read more: Black Country, New…

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The Flaming Lips announce Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots anniversary tour

[Photo courtesy of Blake Studdard] By Julia Weber, Features Editor The Flaming Lips have announced a world tour to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. The announcement follows the 2022 re-release of the album celebrating the 20th anniversary with a deluxe edition containing 100 total tracks including a number…

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Rihanna explains Super Bowl Performance and Album Update in New Interview

[Photo courtesy of Rolling Stone] By Roman Salomone, Contributor In a new interview with Giles Hattersley of British Vogue, Rihanna discussed a multitude of topics such as her recent half-time performance at the 57th Super Bowl, becoming a mother, her partner A$AP Rocky, and an update on her upcoming album. Read more: Upcoming Gorillaz film…

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