The Underground Sound of Emerson College
Happy fall y’all! It’s a folk fall (and winter, and spring, and summer…) and we’re here to celebrate it! “SIZE OF THE MOON” BY PINEGROVE Pinegrove has a knack of singing about every feeling that I can’t seem to put to paper, feelings that linger in the space of my cluttered notes app and never…
Design by Sophie Parrish By HEather thorn October 10, 2025 marks 30 years of No Doubt’s third studio album Tragic Kingdom (1995), a release that spawned seven hit singles including “Just A Girl” and “Don’t Speak,” set numerous records, and put the Anaheim-based rock group on the map. Throughout the fourteen tracks Tragic Kingdom tackles…
Design by Christian Jones By Christian Jones A mysterious intimacy has always been Joanne Robertson’s strength—the ability to express a personal history of feeling while shrouding its particular details. Her barely-inteligible warble communicates nuances of emotion that language simply can’t hold. This is as true of her abstract paintings as her music. They evoke rather…
Design by Anna Brody By Bennett Himmel Zara Larsson’s newest album is inane, for better or for worse. Is it mean to say that up until this year, I’d never really had a conscious thought about Swedish pop phenom Zara Larsson? Of course, I’ve been somewhat familiar with her work; she’s been inconspicuously successful, racking…
Design by Charlotte Heintz By MAdison decina Three Irishmen, Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí, known together as KNEECAP, are Ireland’s most popular rappers and some of the most controversial artists in music today. Exploding onto the scene in 2024, the group has topped European charts, brought chaos to festivals around the world, and…
Design by Addy Russel By Avery Piazza After reflecting upon what’s been missing in life since 2023, I’ve realized it’s the lack of post-punk slam poetry over percussive bass and distorted guitar. This hole has been filled by the release of Dry Cleaning’s new single “Hit My Head All Day,” a preface to their new…
Design by Monika Krueger By Griff Giacchino Following the release of their newest album, “yes, please,” the genre-bending, synth-punk/industrial EDM duo Sextile hit the streets, bringing high energy and bass pumping so hard, you can’t help but dance. By creating music that sounds like an alien discovered a synth, they have curated an incredibly unique…
Design by Kristen Lee By Madison Decina On September 26th, Stereolab played the Royale Theater as the tenth stop on their “Play Live in 2025” World Tour. It was a mellow hour and a half set featuring trombone solos, Paul Thomas Anderson shoutouts, and a whole lot of dancing. Just four minutes away from Emerson’s…
Graphic by Sophie Parrish By Lucca Swain Credit: Play It Again/Partisan Records “All people must smile,” he says, “in times of war.” The rhythm section backing him is rocksteady, moderato, undoubtedly tighter than nails. At times, his voice swells with a devilish passion, letting slip loose little fragments of morality — “All people, in times…