Haim’s debut studio album, Days Are Gone, had a lot to live up to for a first release: Spotify promoted it unendingly, and a popular…
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RAW FROM THE SAW: Bitter Rivals
by Rachel Doane November 7, 2013Three years ago, Sleigh Bells entered the music world with a bang. Their heavy guitar riffs and pop vocals introduced a fresh sound, and their…
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Legislation fights back against “revenge porn” Imagine waking up one morning to hundreds of messages from strangers on your Facebook, or Googling your name one…
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Dealing Behind Club Doors
by Marissa Framarini November 7, 2013
The “outlaw” nature of EDM has only been further propagated by the recent media attention to string of drug-related deaths at electronic-dance events, which has dragged the issue into the spotlight. -
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RAW FROM THE SAW: Let’s Be Still
by Christopher Thomas November 5, 2013The Head and the Heart’s highly-anticipated second album, Let’s Be Still, comes at the perfect time of year. Whether the backdrop is a foliage-strewn mountain,…
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Writing Across Cultures
by Amanda Hutchinson November 4, 2013Screenwriting in a bilingual workshop I’ve never been fully comfortable with my Spanish speaking skills. Sure, I can read my homework chapter on the series…
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The Spectacular Now, directed by James Ponsoldt, captures senior-year-of-high-school nostalgia in a way that sounds like a classic 80’s coming-of-age film, but carries a lot…
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RAW FROM THE SAW: The 1975 by The 1975
by Kaitlyn Robertson October 10, 2013The 1975’s self-titled album is packed with feel-good indie rock jams, with lyrics that capture the leftover teen angst of the band’s members, who are…
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RAW FROM THE SAW: MGMT by MGMT
by Dylan Wright October 10, 2013Trying to define MGMT’s signature sound is like trying to find a four-leaf clover in a field of green: it will take you forever and…
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Moving Mountains by Moving Mountians
by Rachel Doane October 10, 2013Over the course of their discography, the only consistent thing about Moving Mountains’ sound has been their nature of inconsistency from album to album—and it…