24/7 Sylvia Plath: Capitalism and the Emotional White Woman
“Am I a person? Or am I just a bunch of Phoebe Bridgers lyrics glued together?” Recently, my Instagram feed has been plastered with memes that feature quotes like this…
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Dissecting Gen-Z’s Shoegaze Obsession
Shoegaze is a genre you either firmly love or firmly hate. Someone’s trash is another’s treasure—or in this case, someone’s vacuum cleaner-esque noise is another’s dreamy distortion rock. Three years…
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Is There Room for Riot Grrrl in a Modern World?
I hold “Deceptacon” by Le Tigre very close to my heart. When I was 15, it was exactly the kind of song I needed to hear: it was loud, brutally…
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Dayglow Wants to Be as Honest as Possible
Singer-songwriter Sloan Struble, more commonly known as Dayglow, often makes a point to emphasize that he is “just a regular guy”—and my peers at The University of Texas already know…
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Lizzy Goodman Talks a New Chapter in New York’s Cyclical Nightlife
Near the end of 2020, I discovered Lizzy Goodman’s Meet Me in the Bathroom, an expansive oral history detailing the cultural context and changes within New York City’s rock and…
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Stop Expecting “Sad Indie Girls” to Be Sad All the Time
You could say I’m “not like other girls,” just like the artists that fill up the majority of my Spotify playlists. Mitski, Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, Julia Jacklin,…
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Billie Eilish’s Documentary Closes the Gap Between Celebrities and Fans
Billie Eilish’s insular world is hardly unique—she bickers with her mother, is lectured by her father on the rules of the road in preparation for her first time driving alone,…
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Donna Missal’s Quarantine Creation: Introducing “sex is good (but have you tried)”
I started listening to Donna Missal just over a year ago, after a friend introduced me to her searing 2018 single “Keep Lying.” The song stayed on repeat for weeks.…
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Why You Should Reject Music Elitism
There’s a scene in Hulu’s adaption of High Fidelity that sums it up pretty well: season one, episode four. Strangers clad in feather-adorned coats with glitter on their cheeks swap…
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