By: Emily Holtzman Sky Rogers is a solo artist from St. Louis who performs under the name Sky. I’d seen Sky play a few times around Columbia, and was always impressed with the presence he had on stage. I met his partner, Molly, through the MU Vagina Monologues, and after hearing about their dreams to […]
We all have one — an album that sparked a change in the way we listen to music and what we choose to listen to. Some of our music staff looked back into their history of music-listening and wrote about that one defining album that changed their perspective. Read about their experiences below: Lauren: Paper Route, Absence (2009) […]
By: Emily Holtzman Last night I sat down with my roommates, Alicia and Ciara, to listen to Father John Misty’s newest release, I Love You, Honeybear for the first time. Consider our conversation (transcribed below) and pictures we drew while listening, our “review.” Please excuse all tangents. Emily: What else would you say to Honeybear? Alicia: Can […]
Ever since listening to Juan Wauters’ 2014 debut, North American Poetry, I’ve been eagerly awaiting more from him. His silly bum folk rock is completely up my alley. When I saw his plans to release a new EP, I was excited to hear more from this Uruguayan folk weirdo — then I saw that it would […]
Seattle based hip hop duo, THEESatisfaction, have been releasing singles here and there over the past few months. Listen to their most recent, “EartheEE,” below:
By: Emily Holtzman This week has been crazy for almost everyone at MU; we go without a break for ~13 weeks and at this point of the semester it feels like everything culminates into one big mental explosion, and we’re all just over it. If you’re anything like me, you probably feel like someone scooped […]
I know I’m a little late on this one, but last week Majical Cloudz released a new song, “Your Eyes.” After touring with Lorde the past few months, they released this track, which was recorded back in 2011, as a way to get back to their roots after what had to be an insane experience for […]
By: Emily Holtzman Last week, Angel Olsen released her latest full-length, Burn Your Fire for No Witness, and as someone who has listened thoroughly to Olsen’s previous work, my first impression with this album was that Olsen seems to veer off in a different direction. To start, a full band is used in almost every […]
By: Emily Holtzman, Asst. Editor-In-Chief/iTunes Expert For any of you who have ever doubted it, I’m here to tell you that Columbia is full of amazing bands. Here’s just a few of my favorites below: 1) Nevada Greene – “Early Morning Joggers” Nevada Greene is an ambient band comprised of four local Columbians. Their live show […]
By: Emily Holtzman / ♥twee bb 4evr♥ If you’re like me, you’ve probably noticed recently that your inventory of “twee” music has been steadily increasing. You probably found yourself at a Belle & Sebastian show over the summer, losing your mind when you heard them start that guitar line from “Boy With the Arab […]