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Professionally Produced Poetry Pop

Professionally Produced Poetry Pop

SAYA, Album No. 4 from Saya Gray Saya Gray’s latest record, SAYA, is in its own lane. One look at the cover — a wire coil obscuring one eye, hair coif…

The Throughline of Radical Hope on Into a Pretty Room

The Throughline of Radical Hope on Into a Pretty Room

Circa highschool, some three-odd years ago.  I slid my punch card into the time clock one last time, and the digits read like a cipher: You made …

Un Baile Inolvidable, Bad Bunny’s Artistic Homecoming

Un Baile Inolvidable, Bad Bunny’s Artistic Homecoming

Yo soy de P fuckin’ R. “LA MuDANZA,” Track 17 on Debí Tirar Más Fotos Benito Martínez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny, is one of the decade&#8…

Staff Picks: Albums of the Year

Staff Picks: Albums of the Year

Imaginal Disk Magdalena Bay Mag Bay’s newest album encapsulates autumn with its perfect blend of synthpop, psychedelia, and weird glitches. I was not …

CULTURE…

The Culture Calls Foul

The Culture Calls Foul

Drake’s Refusal to Play the Game That Made Him Drake steps onto the RAC Arena stage in Perth, Australia, riddled with bullet holes that do not b…

Leave Beabadoobee Be

Leave Beabadoobee Be

About a month ago, I was stepping out of the Nashville Symphony Schermerhorn when I caught a flicker of a familiar face. Not one I could match to a sp…

The Rise (But Not Fall) of a Lesbian Summer

The Rise (But Not Fall) of a Lesbian Summer

Chappell Roan is Redefining Queer Pop. After 18 years of bisexual girlhood, the summer of 2024 has been my gayest yet. In following the internet trend…

Has the Concept Album Died?

Has the Concept Album Died?

Before answering that, you have to know what a concept album is. Essentially, it is an album with tracks that hold greater meaning together than indiv…

PROFILES…

Vandy’s Own Recording Artists

Vandy’s Own Recording Artists

Amidst Vanderbilt University’s sprawling campus, creativity is alive and thriving, fueled by the stories of its student artists. Regardless of diffe…

The Deltamen on the Spot

The Deltamen on the Spot

Vanderbilt’s The Deltamen is the university’s first independent Chinese pop-rock band. Formed in the fall of 2022, they have since released mu…

The Midwestern Melancholia of Sierra Spirit

The Midwestern Melancholia of Sierra Spirit

I grabbed a seat in the checkerboard-tiled Fido Café, nervously checking the time and monitoring the noise level. A few other patrons were bustling …

Goldfish Yearbook Doesn’t Wanna Be Yours.

Goldfish Yearbook Doesn’t Wanna Be Yours.

Headquarters Coffee is a gem sandwiched between eclectic, industrial antique storefronts. The café calls out to you with its handpainted windowpanes…

MOMENTS…

The Songs of the Great VOB Comet

The Songs of the Great VOB Comet

This weekend, Vanderbilt Off Broadway presents (VOB) their mainstage show: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy, presented by …

The Grand Return of Sturgill Simpson

The Grand Return of Sturgill Simpson

2021: After the release of his bluegrass epic-in-miniature, The Ballad of Dood and Juanita, I had the misfortune of falling in love with the music of …

Staff Picks: Albums of the Year

Staff Picks: Albums of the Year

Imaginal Disk Magdalena Bay Mag Bay’s newest album encapsulates autumn with its perfect blend of synthpop, psychedelia, and weird glitches. I was not …

Let’s Get the Band Back Together

Let’s Get the Band Back Together

I consider myself a lucky man: I was brought up in a time of peak access to any music, book, or movie I could want. Sure, there is plenty of controver…