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GNX's album cover, picturing Kendrick Lamar leaning on a 1987 Buick Grand National Experimental (GNX), which he had announced buying earlier in 2024.

GNX: A Review

El Dumas '29, Writer December 9, 2024

Kendrick Lamar: His name has been everywhere in the past year. On November 22nd, he dropped a surprise album, titled GNX. His whole discography has been deeply focused on how he was raised and how that...

Image from Melanie-Martinez fandom.com

A Review of PORTALS, a Mystical and Mysterious Album by Melanie Martinez

Kashvi Rai '28, Writer May 19, 2023

On March 31, Melanie Martinez, an alternative pop artist, finally released her third studio album, PORTALS. After a series of cryptic hints and clues, such as a series of videos showing the development...

A Chat with Elias Axel-Pettersson ’98

A Chat with Elias Axel-Pettersson ’98

Akilan Sankaran '25, Writer October 14, 2022

Pianist Dr. Elias Axel-Pettersson ‘98 is an accomplished musical artist in the Southwest. In addition to being a frequent performer and adjudicator at various festivals across the nation, he is the Director...

Albums of the Summer

Albums of the Summer

Neil Mahto ‘23, Opinion Editor September 9, 2022

5. Blue Water Road - Kehlani Kehlani followed their two debut records SweetSexySavage and It Was Good Until it Wasn’t with their most widely acclaimed album to date. The epitome of summer albums,...

William's Don't Miss Summer Listening!

Essential Summer Albums

William Weinstein '23, Writer, Journalism Class 2022-2023 May 24, 2022

1. 1989; Taylor Swift Swifties and non-Swifties alike will all surely agree that when Taylor Swift released 1989 back in 2014, the world dropped everything, and she became the biggest superstar in the...

Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers Review

Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers Review

Sophia Liem '23, DEI Coordinator May 18, 2022

The same man that turned the metamorphosis of a butterfly into a detailed journey of the Black man’s struggle with critiques of capitalism, colorism, and systemic racism in To Pimp a Butterfly has done...

Despite being overshadowed by "the slap heard round the world" at the Oscars, the 2022 Grammy Awards offered up a mix of predictable and surprising results.  -- Original art by Ell Bueno '24

The 64th Annual Grammy Awards: Everything You Need to Know

William Weinstein '23, Writer, Journalism Class 2022-2023 April 12, 2022

The 2022 Grammy Awards were well… a mixed bag. For the second year in a row, the awards themselves felt like an even distribution among the nominated artists, with no landslide in favor of one. Coming...

Essential Winter Albums

Essential Winter Albums

William Weinstein '23, Writer, Journalism Class 2022-2023 January 26, 2022

Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen: This is the quintessential winter album. An anomaly for Springsteen, it is stripped-down, dark, and haunting. Originally recorded as demos to be later played with the E-Street...

The Ten Best Christmas Songs You've Never Heard

The Ten Best Christmas Songs You’ve Never Heard

Halie Leland '23, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 17, 2021

10 Great Christmas Songs You’ve Never Heard Of Every year on December 1st I begin my obsessive listening to Christmas music, and every year by December 2nd, I’m tired of the classics. I love “All...

Tragedy at Astroworld

Tragedy at Astroworld

Elias Arredondo '23, Writer November 17, 2021

Tragedy struck in Houston Friday November 5th, leaving at least eight dead, from ages 14 to 27, and hundreds more injured, at the Astroworld music festival after a nearly unparalleled instance of a crowd...

Gracie Abrams

Gracie Abrams

William Weinstein '23, Writer, Journalism Class 2022-2023 October 6, 2021

Artist Profile: Gracie Abrams Earlier this year, while I was watching an Olivia Rodrigo interview, she shouted out an artist named Gracie Abrams, and said that her song “Minor” inspired the hit...

R. Kelly Found Guilty of Sex Trafficking

R. Kelly Found Guilty of Sex Trafficking

Uzair Hammad '24, Editor in Chief October 5, 2021

Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty of one count of racketeering and eight counts of sex trafficking. He will spend at least 10 years behind bars, with the possibility of a life sentence.A...

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