The Underground Sound of Emerson College
Design by Charlotte Heintz By Emeline Chopin This past Wednesday, October 15, Modest Mouse performed at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway, joined by support from the band Built to Spill. The show marked their tenth performance on their Fall 2025 tour, celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of their celebrated album The Moon & Antarctica. On…
“There Is No I” by feeo This track is the aftermath to the apocalypse on the rest of Goodness. Static hangs upon the air like fallout in a deserted city. A slide guitar weeps notes that veer in and out of tune. feeo’s voice emerges breathy and high, like a beam of light: “You keep…
Design by Sophie Parrish, Photography by Emma Chopin By: Sophie Parrish Boise-raised, Seattle-based bassist Melanie Radford is the embodiment of artistic duality. Radford joined Built to Spill over five years ago and in her time with the band she’s only strengthened their legacy as one of the most innovative and vibrant indie-rock bands of all…
Design by Mo Kreuger By Christian Jones Mano Sundaresan is currently the head of editorial content at Pitchfork and the founder of music blog No Bells. I talked to him about the state of music journalism in our current world, including but not limited to: physical vs. digital media, AI, genre labels, Sp*tify, starting No…
Design by Sofia Giarrusso By Sofia Giarrusso Intelligent idiocracy and indecent irony are back with Some Like It Hot. And I’m not talking Marilyn Monroe. British three-piece band Bar Italia has yet again stretched the limits of their sonic potential. From head-banging to lo-fi swinging, Some Like It Hot explores the fourth dimension of whatever…
“October” by Okonski I won’t lie: I’ve never been a fan of jazz. There. I said it. But it’s only because I’ve never gotten into the genre. When my mom sent me a jazz playlist just last week, I was skeptical… I shouldn’t have been. “October” by Okonski has officially indoctrinated me into the jazz…
Design by Diego Gonzalez By BRyannah Basil While gearing up to release deluxe versions of their respective albums, it’s no surprise that Oklou and FKA Twigs inevitably joined forces. On the ambient-electronic track with synths that swell as the song advances, both artists question if the light at the end of the tunnel is enough…
Design by Diego Gonzalez By Griff Giacchino The people rejoice as RXKNephew releases his 73rd album, WHOLE LOTTA RXK. While we have come to know and enjoy RXK’s attack-the-beat style of flow, this album is a complete switch-up. His older songs often felt like each bar was recorded separately, which created a fun, almost syncopated…
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…