â10,000 gecsâ flaunts digital sound, emotional lyrics of 100 gecs duo
When pop-punk revivalists like Machine Gun Kelly (âMainstream Selloutâ) or Olivia Rodrigo (âSOURâ) poke at Gen-X nostalgia, they provoke criticism about their authenticity, whether they are âtrue pop-punkâ and whether pop-punk itself is âtrue punk.â So what does being punk…
Lack of gender-neutral bathrooms creates concerns for transgender inclusivity
Most people believe that a bathroom should not be a site of stress. However, for many or trans and nonbinary people, the search for the âcorrectâ bathroom is its own struggle. Lil Bresee, the president of SUNY Oswegoâs LGBT club,…
Lana Del Reyâs dad, Rob Grant, announces debut album âLost at Seaâ
Rating: 2.5/5 stars Self-described âaccidental recording artistâ Rob Grant released his debut single âSetting Sail On A Distant Horizonâ on Feb. 24. According to his Spotify profile, Rob Grant is an oddity in the music industry because despite not knowing…
Caroline Polachek album, âDesire, I Want to Turn Into You,â parades her creativity
Rating: 4.5/5 stars American singer-songwriter Caroline Polachek (âPangâ) released her fourth studio album âDesire, I Want to Turn Into Youâ on Feb. 14. Back in January, Polachek tweeted that she was âendlessly fâing annoyedâ by being labeled as the Gen…
âHollywood Babyâ by 100 gecs features the duoâs heavy, vibrant sound
Rating: 3.5/5 stars American hyper-pop duo 100 gecs (âSnake Eyesâ) released âHollywood Baby,â the latest single for their upcoming sophomore album â10,000 gecs,â on Feb. 17. Every review of 100 gecsâ music starts off with some thesaurus-guided hook about how…
Rebecca Black surprises listeners, releases hypnotic hyperpop albumÂ
American singer-songwriter, Rebecca Black, released her debut studio album âLet Her Burnâ on Feb. 10. Many students scrolling TikTok on the Oswego campus may be too young to have experienced the phenomenon that was Rebecca Black. In 2011, Black released…
Campus janitors thrive under union contract
Disclaimer: This story was written in the fall semester of 2022 after Issue X was published. Some information may have changed since that time. After a semester under a new union contract, the campus custodial staff continue to thrive as…
Valentineâs Day: A plastic consumerist holidayÂ
Who else reading this is single? The local Walmart has been selling roses and chocolates since December; TikTok feeds are full of couples showing their Valentines date ideas; the Deborah F. Stanley Arena is holding a âSweethearts Open Skate.â Last…
Young Fathers âHeavy, Heavyâ endorses zealous feast of sound
Scottish indie pop band Young Fathers (âCocoa Sugarâ) released their fourth studio album âHeavy Heavyâ on Feb. 4. The band sounds very happy. This is not atypical of a Young Fathers record, but on âHeavy Heavy,â the band sounds like…
Christmas overrated: too early to celebrate
Oswegonian Editor-in-Chief Annika Wickham published an editorial supporting Christmas creep, a term used since the mid-1980s to refer to a phenomenon of retailers and consumers embracing the Christmas season as early as Nov 1. Wickham says to the anti-creep crowd,…
