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LANA Switches Up SZA’s Style

Emi Roman, Audio Visual Manager • March 4, 2025

In 2022 SZA published “SOS,” a one-hour and eight-minute album that received considerable recognition at its release, even going triple platinum in 2023. “SOS Deluxe: LANA” is SZA's newest music...

Stay Awake A Little Longer: A Holistic Review of “This Is How Tomorrow Moves”

Thomas Treviño, Photo Editor • February 6, 2025

Beabadoobee’s “This Is How Tomorrow Moves” feels like a love letter to womanhood, written in pencil with plenty of eraser marks. In her fifth studio album since 2018, she’s clearly evolving and...

A Girl With Unremarkable Potential: A Holistic Review of “The Secret of Us”

Thomas Treviño, Photo Editor • February 6, 2025

Gracie Abrams’ “The Secret of Us” is like that sequel you didn’t ask for, but ended up enjoying more than you expected. Sure, the lyrics punch through with some catchy hooks, and the choruses stick...

An Extension of the Original Chaotic Brilliance: A Holistic Review of “Brat and it’s the same but there’s three more songs so it’s not”

Thomas Treviño, Photo Editor • November 5, 2024

Charli plays the character of a reckless, law-breaking pyromaniac who is just trying to have a little fun. She sings of pretty cars, hating everyone around her and finding her best lighting in the reds and blues of police sirens.

That Perfect Summer Love in Album Form: A Holistic Review of “14 minutes”

Thomas Treviño, Photo Editor • August 12, 2024

Dominic Fike’s “14 minutes” is an indie summer soundtrack essential, with movie-worthy highs and sounds that are guaranteed to stick with each and every listener. Spanning a perfectly concise 14 minutes across eight tracks, this album's only flaw is that it leaves you craving more.

Haunting Narratives and Ethereal Beauty: A track-by-track Review of “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT.”

Thomas Treviño, Photo Editor • August 12, 2024

"HIT ME HARD AND SOFT," is a love-letter to her artistic evolution and fearless exploration of music. From the haunting narratives of ‘THE DINER’ and ‘BITTERSUITE,’ to the ethereal beauty of ‘BLUE,’ Eilish captivates listeners with her emotive storytelling and genre-bending soundscapes.

Righting The Wrongs: A Holistic Review of “COWBOY CARTER”

Thomas Treviño, Photo Editor • May 20, 2024

It’d be criminal to deny Beyoncé’s ability to send a listener through an unbuckled emotional rollercoaster, having to hold themselves down through the highest of highs, lowest of lows, and flips upside down, all of which are upheld by Beyonce’s natural ability to craft an art piece, and use her voice as a paint brush.

Grace Under Fire: A track-by-track Review of “Eternal Sunshine”

Thomas Treviño, Photo Editor • May 20, 2024

The album is a well-crafted masterful diary entry that she’s shared with the world. Grande shows her understanding of the ebb and flow of her love-life with freeing and contempt reflections of her volatile and passionate relationships, alongside an excitement for what the future may hold.

Coming Of Age: A track-by-track Review of “GUTS (spilled)”

Thomas Treviño, Photo Editor • April 25, 2024

Olivia Rodrigo’s “GUTS” is an emotionally scattered, nail-biting, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed follow up to her fame-launching debut album “SOUR,” after a two-year music disappearance.

A Betrayal-Ridden Call-Out: A Holistic Review of “Scarlet 2 CLAUDE”

Thomas Treviño, Photo Editor • April 25, 2024

The album dares listeners to say “she’s not a rapper,” and while it asserts her capabilities, the album, like Rico Nasty’s “Anger Management” and Taylor Swifts “reputation,” feels like another razor-edged, betrayal-ridden call-out, that always has something to prove.

Muses Acquired Like Bruises: A Holistic Review of “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY”

Thomas Treviño, Photo Editor • April 24, 2024

I often find myself disappointed by Swift’s deluxe editions because they more often than not, don’t feel like an extension of the album, rather an accident where she forgot to include a few songs when releasing the album. But this is a rare case where I have a deeper love for the extended tracklist as opposed to the original one.

All’s Fair In Love and Poetry: A Holistic Review of “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT”

Thomas Treviño, Photo Editor • April 23, 2024

Taylor Swift’s stark-white and murky-black “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT” (TTPD) is the artists blood-red reflection of a now-closed, tumultuous chapter of her life. Swift is expected by fans to, once again, break endless records similar to TTPD’s predecessor, “Midnights.”

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