Annot(e)tations is a column by Austin Nguyen that shines a light on the hidden gems of recently released albums or singles that may have flown under your radar. This week, he discusses Tei Shi’s “Red Light.” A preface (aka my shoddy excuse of a lede): I’ve done my...
Annot(e)tations is a column by Austin Nguyen that shines a light on the hidden gems of recently released albums or singles that may have flown under your radar. This week, he discusses Monsune’s “JADE.” With the lines of genre blurring each day with the release of...
Annot(e)tations is a column by Austin Nguyen that shines a light on the hidden gems of recently released albums or singles that may have flown under your radar. This week, he discusses Charli XCX's "Click (feat. Kim Petras & Tommy Cash)." There was a time in the...
After making history with “Old Town Road” as the longest-running No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, Lil Nas X has been covered by news outlets, magazines, and blogs alike such as CNN, the New Yorker, Pitchfork, and Highsnobiety. You name the publication, and its...
Annot(e)tations is a column by Austin Nguyen that shines a light on the hidden gems of recently released albums or singles that may have flown under your radar. This week, he discusses Gia Ford's "GOD, CAMERAS, EVERYONE." In case you missed it, the world is spiraling...
Annot(e)tations is a column by Austin Nguyen that shines a light on the hidden gems of recently released albums or singles that may have flown under your radar. This week, he discusses August Eve’s “Know Better.” It was the summer after seventh grade, and the year I...
After her life was shattered by a “messy divorce,” Ashe released “Moral of the Story: Chapter 1,” an EP that captured the indie-pop artist trying to piece her life back together with honesty and optimism as her glue. Now though, ahead of her first headlining tour...
When I first found out about the “industry plant” theory concerning Clairo on Facebook then Reddit, I was shocked. Not because it was the first time I had ever heard of the term, a bit taken aback by its notion of conspiracy, but because... well, the words might have...
Being openly queer can often be seen as a balancing act, tiptoeing the thin line between the joy of unbridled self-expression and the safety of a heteronormative facade. In his autobiographical documentary, though, director Hao Wu delivers a poignant story on how this...
Humans are sexual beings, and at times, the societal stigma surrounding such a natural process of life can be excessive. More than 50% of adolescents — both male and female — have masturbated at least once, for example, yet the sexual act still evokes egregious...
