Demi Lovato hits sour notes on poorly attempted âedgyâ release
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 country music remembered it requires a guitar and not just a southern accent. Here we…
Conservative students say university caters to liberals
[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 members of the Oswego chapter of College Republicans joked about transgender pronouns. For many these…
Laufey unites past with present on jazzy, sophisticated âBewitchedâ
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 with commercial pop to the ire of snobs as âfailed art musicâ or even capitalist…
Oswego hosts Aux Cord Wars at OzFest
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 SUNY Oswego students. For each round of the Aux Cord Wars, hosts Jay Dukes and…
Mac DeMarcoâs 199-track snoozer âOne Wayne Gâ egotistic at its core
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 reviewersâ time, they say. But sometimes it is the artistâs fault. Musicians, like experimentalist AG Cook (âAppleâ)…
Protesters may have proven Trumpâs point
The protest preceding Cherise Trumpâs speech at the Marano Campus Center auditorium did more to hurt the trans community than it did to protect them. At 6 p.m. on April 5, the area near the auditorium hosted more students standing…
Frost Children reinvent indie rave in post-hyperpop world on new album âSPEED RUNâ
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 comments. Some say it is the future of pop; some say it died with SOPHIE…
Indie-rockers Wednesday put noise in country on âRat Saw Godâ
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 rural farmers that they can find representation in a rhinestone cowboy; they also listen to…
Singer-songwriter Guy Davis tells story of taxi driving, music, spirituality
Even with an affluent childhood, a career adorned with awards and nominations, and a life traveling across the country, the highest point of Guy Davisâs life was when he drove a taxi in New York City. Davis said while he…
Lana Del Rey continues to flaunt artistic abilities with new album
Rating: 2.5/5 stars On her ninth studio album, Lana Del Rey (âBlue Banistersâ) asks the listener if they knew about the dormant Jergins Tunnel in Long Beach, California. Developers designed the tunnel in 1927 as a tourist attraction leading to…
