The Underground Sound of Emerson College
“Trust Fund Baby” by Why Don’t We Alright, everybody, go ahead and make fun of the girl who put herself out there. It’s true: I will always have a soft spot for boy bands. Yes, sometimes they’re cute enough to ignore the subpar quality of their songs. But “Trust Fund Baby” is different. Written by…
“If Not For You” by George Harrison Off of George Harrison’s triple-album All Things Must Pass (1970) is Harrison’s version of Bob Dylan’s “If Not For You,” a cover that’s smooth as it slides—literally, thanks to Harrison’s Dobro slide guitar—into a love song sweet enough to swoon over. Keyboardist Billy Preston on the organ, Alan…
“My Girlfriend Is a Witch” by October Country She’s on a broom… she’s riding high… she’s leaving trails of smoke across the sky… she’s my girlfriend, and my girlfriend is a witch! October Country’s 1968 smash hit “My Girlfriend Is a Witch” spooks with a classic Halloween trope: the witch with spells up her sleeves….
“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…
“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…
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…
From our staff to you, we hope you’re having a grand ol’ semester… “I Went To The Store One Day” – Father John Misty It’s not hard to find love in the Canyon. At least for Josh Tillman. It’s the same temperature all year ‘round, but during fire season, our pretentious, selfish, but somehow loveable…
Welcome back milk crate nation! Here’s what our lovely staff listened to this summer… “Feisty” by Smerz There’s what we all thought clubbing was like as children, and then there’s what it actually is. On “Feisty,” the Norwegian art pop duo Smerz are zoomed in on reality. This is the most obnoxious track I’ve heard…
One more year down and the wonderful wheel of music journalism keeps spinning… Thanks for keeping up with the Milk Crate staff every Friday and letting us gush on about what we’re loving as of late. Milk Crate will publish over the summer, and be BACK in full action come fall. We love you and…