Rating: 1/5 stars The past few years revived another wave of pop-punk topping the charts; constant homages to nu-metal and grunge by alternative artists; and…
Quinn Youngs
Sep 21
[This story was originally written during the spring 2023 semester, but was not published.] As their meeting began on an April evening last semester, several…
Quinn Youngs
Sep 14
Rating: 4.5/5 stars Jazz has an awkward position in pop music. Critics used to encounter it in underground clubs and bars, then jazz became synonymous…
Quinn Youngs
Sep 14
It is not often that the audience chooses the opening music to a concert. But at OzFest 2023, Aux Cord Wars handed the show to…
Quinn Youngs and Carla Borbon
May 10
Rating: 1/5 stars Readers expect a music reviewer to listen to the entirety of an album. It is only 30-90 minutes of the reviewers’ time,…
Quinn Youngs
Apr 26
The protest preceding Cherise Trump’s speech at the Marano Campus Center auditorium did more to hurt the trans community than it did to protect them. …
Quinn Youngs
Apr 20
Rating: 3/5 stars What actually is hyperpop? The dynamic genre has been the subject of debate amongst both middle-aged music critics and teenagers in TikTok…
Quinn Youngs
Apr 19
Rating: 3.5/5 stars The indie world has an inconsistent relationship with country. The trademark hipster rejects country pop as a successful bourgeois attempt at convincing…
Quinn Youngs
Apr 12
Even with an affluent childhood, a career adorned with awards and nominations, and a life traveling across the country, the highest point of Guy Davis’s…
Quinn Youngs
Mar 30
Rating: 2.5/5 stars On her ninth studio album, Lana Del Rey (“Blue Banisters”) asks the listener if they knew about the dormant Jergins Tunnel in…
Quinn Youngs
Mar 29
