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Olivia Rodrigo performs a track from her newest album, GUTS.

Olivia Rodrigo spills her guts… again

Kingston Lareau, Staff Reporter April 8, 2024

After her touring in 2022 for her album “SOUR”, Olivia Rodrigo dropped her sophomore album titled “GUTS” at just 20 years old. The album contained popular songs such as “lacy” and “vampire,”...

Fans showed major support for Grande's seventh studio album, which skyrocketed in popularity.

Eternal Sunshine: an album worth remembering

Leila Amirkhosravi, Staff Reporter March 12, 2024

Ariana Grande has had her position as a pop princess cemented since 2013. Her vocals have a light and cloudy tone that helps all her tracks make you feel like you’re floating. Her music genre has evolved...

1989 (Taylors's Version) was released on October 27th, 2023. Within its opening week, it sold over 1 million copies.

Her name is Taylor Swift and she just re-released 1989!

Kingston Lareau, Staff Reporter November 7, 2023

In 2005, 15 year old Taylor Swift signed a 13-year contract with Big Machine Records. In this time she recorded six albums, earning her stardom and global renown. When Big Machine was bought by Scooter...

"Chaos Horrific" calls back to album art from the early 90's using the same artist that created the album cover for "Butchered at Birth".

Death metal lives on: Cannibal Corpse releases a new album

Madalyn Propst, Multimedia Editor September 26, 2023

Cannibal Corpse has been releasing banger after banger since 1988, and is continuing to do so thirty-five years later. The newest album “Chaos Horrific” dropped Sep. 22, and has the closest sound to...

Rodrigo's sophomore album "Guts" was released Sep. 8, 2023. The release was a massive success and the record topped charts in twelve countries.

Do you have the “Guts” to listen to Olivia Rodrigo’s new album?

Leila Amirkhosravi September 24, 2023

It is no secret that Olivia Rodrigo has become one of the most significant pop stars in the current music scene, as well as a core artist for many teenagers. Dealing with heartbreak, regret and insecurities,...

A student listen's to "Karma" off Taylor Swift's 10th studio album Midnights, released on Oct. 21, 2022. The album is already breaking records, with it becoming the most streamed album within its first 24 hours of release on Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.

Taylor Swift’s Midnights: worth the late-night listen?

Avery Ranum, Editor-in-Chief October 26, 2022

In the classic fairy tale Cinderella, the strike of midnight symbolizes a momentous event; Cinderella finds herself racing against the clock to escape the ball and back to her mundane reality. In today’s...

Exploring a solo career separate from his work as guitarist in the band The Internet, Lacy debuted his first EP “Steve Lacy’s Demo” back in 2017, which was followed up by a studio album called “Apollo XXI” in 2019, and a compilation album titled “The Lo-Fis” in 2020. “Gemini Rights” is his second studio album.

Gemini Rights: has it earned its rights?

Annaliese Long, Features/Entertainment/Opinions/News Editor September 14, 2022

In the ongoing saga that is Steve Lacy’s career, there has recently been a new installment. Preceded by singles Mercury, Bad Habit and Sunshine, Lacy’s album Gemini Rights was released on Fri., Jul....

Taylor Swift’s 8th album folklore was released on July 24. Its companion album evermore was released Dec. 11.

Swift’s new era

Avery Ranum, Staff Reporter April 9, 2021

I cannot say I was surprised on Mar. 14 when Taylor Swift won the 2021 Grammys’ album of the year for her 8th project, folklore. I was even sporting my beige hoodie with the album's cover on it in support....

Taylor Swift’s 8th studio album folklore has already amassed over 72 million streams, surpassing Swift’s previous album Lover in its first few weeks. The first track off the album, “the 1” was streamed more than 2.7 million times within the first 24 hours of its release.

folklore: an exciting surprise or sudden let down?

Avery Ranum, Staff Reporter October 5, 2020

No one was prepared for the sudden influx of photos uploaded to Taylor Swift’s Instagram page on July 23. These photos were meticulously positioned to piece together different parts of one photo: the...

Album cover of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West, drawn by Aurora Jimenez Castro. This was the staff pick for album of the decade.

Album of the Decade – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Carson Cashion, Sports Editor January 30, 2020

When Kanye West stormed the stage at the 2009 VMA’s to interrupt Taylor Swifts’ acceptance speech, he sent shockwaves across the music industry. When he exiled himself in Hawaii to work on his upcoming...

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