When my parents purchased our first Steinway & Sons piano for about $50,000 back in September 2018, my dad’s favorite line to say was, “This piano is the cost of a Mercedes.” It was understandable since Mercedes was and still is his favorite car brand, and having...
Imagine sitting in a cafe doing homework while music plays in the background. Sweeping the room with melodic, indie tunes is wave to earth, a Korean indie band. I initially found the band from a playlist on YouTube and immediately fell in love after listening to...
On Oct. 30, 2020, Ariana Grande released her sixth studio album titled “Positions.” This album consists of a smooth pop and R&B mix, lyrics about love and life and, of course, Grande’s incredible riffs and runs. Her new album continues to deliver well written and...
Press Play is an eclectic column by Austin Nguyen that compiles music across boundaries of time, genre, and language in the hopes that you will find a song that speaks to you. A companion to procrastination and post-AP exam memes, hopefully some of this music will...
Let’s not beat around the bush — folk/country music has a bad rap. People who claim that they listen to “all types of music” almost always shun folk/country music as a parenthetical exception. Folk/country singles that chart on the Billboard Hot 100 have to amalgamate...
Press Play is an eclectic column by Austin Nguyen compiling music across boundaries of time, genre, and language in the hopes that you will find a song that speaks to you. I’m over a month early for pride month in June, but with the announcements that Pride Parades in...
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 Rina Sawayama’s “Comme des Garçons.” From the warp-speed spaceship synths 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 brian mantra’s “You Are Not from Here!” What the world needs: Better voter turnout...
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 Soccer Mommy’s “Yellow Is the Color of Her Eyes.” Whether you’re streaming Ariana...
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 HAIM’s “Now I’m In It.” Author’s note to prior readers: Sorry for the delay! I had...
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