The Underground Sound of Emerson College
By Diego Gonzalez With new releases from FKA Twigs, Amaarae, Rochelle Jordan, Oklou and more, 2025 has been a monumental year for dance music, and Pinkpantheress is clearly eager to establish herself as one of the trailblazers of the increasingly popular electro-recession pop zeitgeist. Earlier this summer, Pinkpantheress released her mixtape Fancy That to widespread…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Graphic by Diego Gonzalez By Diego Gonzalez Rochelle Jordan’s (she/her) new album Through The Wall, released September 27, 2025, is the artist’s most confident, atmospheric and experimental record yet, refining her sound into an intricate blend of club beats, deep house, and alternative R&B. She expands the possibilities explored in her previous album, Play With…
Todd never shies away from the messiness of life.
Sometimes, you don’t need to forget; remember what once was and move on. Djo is a firm believer in this statement.