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March 2nd, 2025 | Performance Review Genre: Soul Pop Concert Date: Feb 8th, 2025 – The Middle East Upstairs Feb 8th, 2025 – Strutman Lane (and their openers) brought warmth to one of the most blustery nights of the year so far. When I first heard about this group, I was eager to see who was behind such a smooth and catchy title – the young band, based out of DC, is just that.

October 17th, 2024 | Sports It was the best of offenses, it was the worst of defenses. It was the age of scoring, it was the age of getting scored on. I had the pleasure of watching the Cincinnati Bengals (2-4) defeat the New York Giants (2-4) at Metlife Stadium this Sunday. Heading into the game, the story continued to be whether the high-powered offense led by Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase would be able to overcome the flaws that the defense had been showing all year.

March 21st, 2024 | Album Review Swervedriver released their debut album ‘Raise’ in September of 1991 (the same month that saw releases such as ‘Nevermind’ by Nirvana and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik’) on Creation Records. This label also released other prominent shoegaze albums, like the genre-defining loveless by my bloody valentine and ‘Souvlaki’ by Slowdive. But ‘Raise’ has a much different sound from these shoegazing ventures.

March 1st, 2024 | Album Review Few albums have impacted my life to the degree of Radiohead’s 2000 release Kid A (Parlophone Records). I moved into high school as an edgy Nirvana fan who denounced all forms of electronic music. I began listening to Radiohead in my sophomore year (early 2020) after hearing them played throughout my childhood.

February 2nd, 2024 | Album Review Fiona Apple, born Fiona Apple McAffee-Maggert, is an American singer and songwriter. Her most well known song is Criminal which was released as track number four on her debut album, Tidal. Apple’s signature style of rock includes frequent use of the piano as well as Apple has reached peak success with her music and is a household name.

January 18th, 2024 | Album Review Album: Wlfgrl by Machine Girl Genre: Digital hardcore, techno Released in 2014 under label Dread Collective Key Track: Ghost Machine Girl is an American electronic pop project, created in 2012 by DJ Matt Stephenson in Long Island, New York. The band is defined by their colorful and complex sound, mainly composed of sampling from movies and other forms of media.

December 18th, 2023 | Album Review 2023 was a mixed bag for the world of electronica. This year saw the resurgence of genre-tags such as ‘indie sleaze’, ‘shoegaze’ and ‘ambient’. ‘Willowcore’ mainstays such as Hannah Diamond and COBRAH graced the world with triumphant returns. Even trash-pop superstar Ayesha Erotica announced she was coming out of retirement. 2023 also brought some more unfortunate news alongside the positive.

December 18th, 2023 | Interview Luna Li first went viral on TikTok after posting clips of jam sessions from her bedroom during the pandemic. Playing violin, harp, guitar, bass, piano, and drums, The Toronto-based artist composed and produced her debut record, ‘Duality’, released in 2022. Since then, she’s headlined a US-Canada tour and began working on new music, continuing to explore the possibilities within unique sounds and instruments — embodying her signature experimental style.

October 23rd, 2023 | Album Review Parcels is an Australian electro-pop band that has been turning heads and moving feet on dance floors for quite some time now. They have been on the scene since releasing their singles back in 2016. If you haven’t tuned in yet, it’s about time. On October 20, 2023 they released their second live album, which captured their set from a concert at Le Palace, Paris.

October 13th, 2023 | Performance Review October 6th, 2023 Geese shook The Sinclair right off the bat with the brit blues and garage rock fusion of their first song “2122” that had the crowd going wild. The post-punk indie-rock band from Brooklyn surprised me from the moment they stepped onto the stage with their nonchalant, confident, and young vibe. Their attitudes and performance style were uniquely Gen Z.