The Music Video as an Expressive Medium: as Exemplified by The Strokes and Fall Out Boy
How does a music video elevate a song or album? On a surface level, music videos add a visual element…
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Comes with A Sword: Unpacking Sufjan Stevens Through Faith and Sexuality
Music can be anything. This may sound like a vague hyperbole; however, through the sound waves that our eardrums perceive,…
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The Charm of Attending Small(er) Concerts
Entrenched in the desperate year of 2020, continuously stuck in the four walls of my childhood bedroom, I discovered good…
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Suki Waterhouse and the Persistent Sexualization of Female Artists
On the night of January 25th, a line consisting of primarily women stretched around the corner of St. Catherine and…
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Performing this Week at Le Phoque OFF Music Festival in Quebec City: Interviews with METZ and Maryze
Kicking off yesterday in Quebec City, Le Phoque OFF Music Festival features a plethora of fantastic artists. The abundance of…
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Midnights Speaks for the Millennial White Woman
The first time I heard Taylor Swift’s Midnights, I thought the universe was playing some kind of cosmic joke on…
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Storytelling in Preacher’s Daughter
“These crosses all over my body remind me of who I used to be,” sings Ethel Cain in the introduction…
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The Comfort of Music: How Kid Cudi Transcends Pain and Struggle
Why do certain songs bring us so much comfort? Music has a profound effect on many of our lives, helping…
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A Requiem for (the old) Kanye West
As Ye entangles himself in a downward spiral of controversies and conspiracies, his anti-hero persona exposes itself clearer than ever….
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The Sounds of Fall: 10 Songs to Add to Your Fall Playlist
As green leaves turn to shades of red, yellow, and orange, and the warm, sunny days of summer become infused…
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