It’s hard to believe that Girlpool captured our hearts only five years ago with their debut self-titled album. Initially drawn by their sassy, unabashed sound and lyrics, we kept listening. One year later, Before the World Was Big let us get to know a different, more sentimental side of the duo, and we grew to love them even more. Metamorphosing in their latest album, What Chaos Is Imaginary, Girlpool’s latest sound defines a new, lovable era. Without a doubt, it’s their best work yet.
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Album Review: Poppy – Am I a Girl?
By Kwase Lane, Contributor [I’m Poppy; 2018] Rating: 6.5/10 Key tracks: “Girls in Bikinis”, “Play Destroy”, “X” Everyone’s favorite robot(?) girl(?) has returned, showering listeners with more sugary beats in her second studio album, Am I a Girl?. Moriah Pereira, more widely known by her stage name Poppy, has had a near meteoric rise from…
Movie Review: Bohemian Rhapsody
By Jessica Jones, Contributor [GK Films; 2018] Rating: 6.5/10 First things first: Rami Malek? Knocked it out of the park. Bohemian Rhapsody, the long-awaited biopic about Queen, just barely scratches the surface of the European rock group’s history. Though it’s filled with flashy concert scenes and a mind-blowing recreation of the 1985 Live Aid concert,…
Movie Review: Mid90s
By Andrew Breazeale, Contributor [A24; 2018] Rating: 7.5/10 Jonah Hill’s directorial debut is off to a strong start with Mid90s, a tale of a young impressionable boy growing up in LA surrounded by his violent brother and absent mother. Our protagonist, Stevie, begins to explore his adolescence and individuality when he meets a group of…
Album Review: Basement – Beside Myself
By Lane Moore, Contributor [Fueled By Ramen; 2018] Rating: 6/10 Key Tracks: “Be Here Now”, “Stigmata”, “Right Here” The pressure on people to throw away their sincerity is endlessly stacking on top of itself. Each day it seems that society is increasingly accepting of a lack of authenticity in exchange for comfort. On Beside Myself,…
Album Review: Twenty-One Pilots– Trench
By Lane Moore, Contributor [Fueled By Ramen; 2018] Rating: 3.5/10 Key tracks: “Jumpsuit”, “Leave the City” One thing is apparent after exploring the newest Twenty One Pilots release, Trench: you either die an incredible band or sell out enough to put dubstep in your music (*cough cough* Fall Out Boy). With production being one of…
Album Review: Ghostface Killah – The Lost Tapes
By Kwase Lane, Contributor [X-Ray; 2018] Rating: 6.5/10 Key tracks: “Done It Again” “I Think I Saw A Ghost” “Saigon Velour Remix” Ghostface Killah has returned, and back to his old tricks in The Lost Tapes, but that may not be a good thing. GFK’s unwillingness to take risks on his projects have left the…
Feature: Nurturing a Record Label to its Nature
By Marvin Dotiyal, Features Editor Meet Fredo Fosco and Michael Mangan—two music-loving friends starting up a DIY, emo/indie label from the suburbs of Chicago. Mangan, a college freshman studying business, wanted to create a site to post and share musical content, which was inspired by Making New Enemies, a collaborative media blog and record label….
In-Studio Session: Bat House – “Endless Stair”, “City Proper” and “Toucan”
The Boston natives, Bat House came by the station to play some tracks for us. We had such a good time with them at last year’s Lobster Fest, they just had to come back. Lose yourself in these spacy, rock tunes and check out their self-titled record. More ways to get your fix of Bat…
Group Feature: Our Favorite Spooky Tunes
Jon Fuchs, Music Director: The Fog by John Carpenter There’s no denying that John Carpenter is one of the masters of horror (just look at his own Twitter handle). He’s also an underrated pioneer of both film scores and the electronic genre as a whole, with several excellent horror film scores under his belt, from…
Nelsonville Music Festival: An Athens County Gem
By Claire Klodell, Staff Writer An endless mirage of cornfields, pro-life billboards and the iconic “Hell is Real” sign is what the typical drive through southern Ohio looks like. For a few days during June, however, there is an ending destination which makes the road trip slightly more eventful. This is a major understatement; Nelsonville…
Date Auction – 2/19/17
ACRN’s Date Auction featuring Wasted Champs, Mosquito Coast, Roy G Biverly, and Pretty As You Please. Photos: Maddi Rotunda
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