Spring Music Recommendations: 5 Great EPs to Expand Your Music Taste
By Lexi Weaver || Copy Editor It’s finally spring, which means there is no better time to start listening to new music. With the multitude of albums out there, it…
good 4 u, Olivia!
By Skylar Zachian || Contributing Writer Breaking news: Olivia Rodrigo has received the title of Billboard’s 2022 Woman of the Year. Now, you might be asking yourself—wait a minute, the…
Twelve Days of Christmas Playlist
By Emily Hanson | | Layout Assistant It’s terrible that finals season and the beginning of the true Christmas season fall at the same time. We need something to relieve…
Spectrum Concert 2021: Instrumental Music’s Triumphant Return
By Lexi Weaver | | Copy Editor After nearly two years of virtual rehearsals and online concerts, instrumental music made its return last weekend with the Spectrum concert. The concert…
From religion to a Japanese punk band: a talk with Professor Modern
By Amani Dobson || Campus Life Editor & Rohail Spear || Layout Assistant When asked what an alien would think about religion on Earth, Professor Modern replied, “The alien would…
Who Needs the Music Program Anyways?
By Fiorella Comparini Donoso || Contributing Writer Due to the global pandemic, F&M has been scrounging for pennies recently. I knew things were going downhill when the upperclassmen told me…
Taylor Swift releases new version of her classic song, “Love Story,” in an effort to re-record her old music
By Audrey Berling || Staff Writer Taylor Swift is making music history once again with the recent release of the first song of her highly anticipated re-recorded discography. She chose…
Madison Beer fails to distinguish herself in new album, “Life Support”
By Rohail Spear || Layout Assistant At first glance, Madison Beer doesn’t seem any different than your typical female pop artist: flirty, high vocals, attempts at vulnerability, impossibly gorgeous looks.…
How F&M A Cappella Groups are Keeping Music Alive
By Lily Vining || Contributing Writer Not only has the Coronavirus pandemic changed the logistics for classroom interaction in colleges across the United States, but it has also dramatically altered…
Editor reviews Mitski song, “Me and My Husband”
By Amani Dobson || Campus Life Editor A few weeks ago, I was mindlessly scrolling through TikTok, as one frequently does in quarantine, and heard for the very first time…
Criticism of new Cardi B song “WAP” might be sign of underlying sexism in music industry
By Rohail Spear || Contributing Writer As of September 2nd, the song “WAP” was currently at its second week at number one on the Billboard Top 100, and, at face…
List of 20 songs to listen to during coronavirus pandemic this spring
By: George Cho || Contributing Writer The strange but beautiful power of music has always been apparent through many means. However, now more than ever before, many have turned to…
Playing Hanon: “One more distraction, please.”
Sojin Shin || Op-Eds Editor Photo courtesy of the author Hanon is a book consisting of 60 (240, in its original glory) finger exercises. None of them are “music”, so…
Writer suggests idea of creating mixtape during quarantine
By: Maxine Musto || Contributing Writer “Now, the making of a good compilation tape is a very subtle art. Many do’s and don’ts. First of all, you’re using someone else’s…
Fall Fest preview: What to expect at the campus event of the semester
By Maya Workowski || Contributing Writer If you’re an upperclassman, you know what Fall Fest is. If you’re an underclassman, you… also know what Fall Fest is. It’s hard to…