by Jesse Hudgins   2026 has brought some wonderful albums throughout each genre of music. If you think this year has been short on great new music, clearly you haven’t been looking hard enough. Luckily, I have 5 of my favorite albums of the year so far to share.  

by Jesse Hudgins I’ve been a fan of Sincere Engineer for some time now. Having discovered them during my time in college, I grew deeper into my fandom after the release of their 2023 record Cheap Grills, and I’ve been waiting patiently for the follow-up. Luckily, the follow-up came up

by Jesse Hudgins Even before my time at WONC, punk music is something that was ever prevalent in my life. It was one of the first genres that I ever got into. In fact, the first ever concert that I went to was a punk show, seeing Misfits at the

by Sophia Fischer   Last month, I travelled to Ireland to study abroad and while I was there, I explored the music scene in Belfast and Dublin. Punk music was very popular in Ireland, especially Belfast, which is ruled by the UK so that made sense. Dublin isn’t ruled by

By Jesse Hudgins   For those who don’t know, Black Flag is a legendary punk group that formed in 1976. Over the years, the band has gone through many lineup changes. Many punk legends have come and gone through Black Flag like Keith Morris, Dez Cadena, Ron Reyes, Henry Rollins,

by Riley Zawilenski   You don’t have to know me extremely well at all to know that I’m quite the Ethel Cain fanatic. I make it clear every chance I get, whether it’s through my Ethel-related TikTok reposts, explaining her albums’ lore to my friends, and even talking about her

Four years ago, through Alternage, I was introduced to Chicago-based punk band Sweetie. From meeting the band, I found out about Hands Off Our Fest (H.O.O.F), a festival put together by Sweetie’s lead singer, Birdy Vee, celebrating the femmes and thems of the Chicago punk scene. Having attended two H.O.O.Fs,

There’s a running gag on What’s Fresh that each member always looks at a specific country when it comes to finding new music. For Jesse, he usually finds new music out of Australia. This all started one night when Jesse presented the artist Alzzy and her song “Talk Is Cheap.”

by Sierra Knutsen   Harry Styles makes a comeback to live performances the only way he knows how to-brilliantly, at his Netflix Special One Night in Manchester. On March 6th, less than 24 after the release of his fourth studio album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, Styles took the

by Isa Arroyo   Latin Spanish music has always been known for its passion, storytelling, and deep cultural roots, but one of its most powerful driving forces has been women. While the industry hasn’t always made space for them, female artists have continuously stepped forward to reshape the sound, message,