Concerts from Afar in the Comfort of Your Car
Delilah Perez, A&E Editor
August 24, 2020
Concerts are one of the many activities that had to be canceled due to our current reality of necessary social distancing. Popular festivals like Coachella and Stagecoach have been postponed until 2021, and music venues like the Greek Theatre have had to cancel their 2020 shows due to COVID-19. Many ind...
Album Review: Pray for Paris
June 10, 2020
“Pray for Paris” is designer street rap at its core; the first track, “$400 Million Plus Tax,” is a recording of the record-breaking sale of da Vinci’s $400 million painting “Salvator Mundi.” Prefacing the album is fall 2019’s Paris Fashion Week, to which Westside Gunn was invited by...
Singcopation Sings Their Way to An Award
May 22, 2020
Singcopation, Mt. SAC’s 22-year-old vocal jazz group, has yet again harmonized their way to a well-deserved spot at the top, winning the award for this year’s Downbeat Magazine’s Best Community College Vocal Jazz Group. Formed in 1997 by current Director of Choral Activities Bruce Rogers, the...
K-pop News of the Week
April 10, 2020
Hey, fellow K-pop fanatics, I hope everyone is keeping healthy and safe. Can you believe it has been two weeks since my last update? So many things have happened over that course of time, but don’t worry, because I am here to help catch you up with the important K-pop news you might have missed. So,...
G Is For Gangstas and Girls
April 8, 2020
Are you tired of listening to rappers like Drake and DaBaby over and over again, and want quality hip-hop with less testosterone in it? Do you want music that’s strong, smart and sexy, all at the same time? Rap has evolved drastically since its rise in popularity in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s....
KROQ Killed the Radio Star
March 24, 2020
Morning commutes in Southern California are admittedly not the best part of waking up. As it usually goes, you leave the house late, and there’s 30 minutes of traffic. You’re probably combing your hair or applying makeup in between stop lights. Any entertainment that could take your mind off of the...
The Comeback Machine
February 28, 2020
It’s 2001, and rock 'n’ roll is in hibernation. Though, really, it might as well be dead. A quick glance of Billboard’s number-one rock songs throughout the early 2000s is a sad hodgepodge of tracks from the universally loathed Nickelback’s discography and a few remainders of ‘80s metal. In...
Release Roundup: 5 New Tracks from Local Artists
February 18, 2020
Making your way around the local music scene is a no-brainer for emerging artists—where better to start than your own community? Lucky for us, Southern California is home to a host of talented artists whose music ranges anywhere from garage rock to hip hop. Here’s a collection of the freshest releases...
The Buttertones: Crooners For A New Generation
February 4, 2020
There’s an old adage given to brides as a dress code for their wedding day: “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.” Local surf rock band The Buttertones resembles that statement well, maybe without the fluffy white veils and bouquets. The four-piece male fronted band...
5 Underrated Musicals
January 22, 2020
Tired of hearing all about Alexander Hamilton’s life, a haunted opera house and the French Revolution? Got titles from fellow musical enthusiasts only to find yourself memorizing every single line in the album and YouTube bootleg all over again? Keep looking for the next new musical to be hyped up...
Leprous: A Band That Shapeshifts
January 14, 2020
Leprous is a band that is difficult to categorize. Each album in their discography offers a different sound thanks to their ever-evolving musicianship. People looking for consistency in style may be somewhat disappointed, but Leprous never fails to deliver on quality. Leprous formed back in 2001 in...
All Hail Our Pop Music Savior
January 7, 2020
Two years ago, Claire Cottrill was a full-time college student who made her way from her native New England to Santa Ana’s The Observatory to perform as a special guest in a concert line-up curated by Tyler, the Creator. She was tiny — no taller than 5’3” — and wearing a huge fur coat...
