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by Jordan Mark
Welcome back to another Reflection Section. This post is devoted to the first two episodes of This is Pop, a series on Netflix chronicling different pinnacles of the pop music landscape.
I’d shamefully gotten myself Netflix back in December.… Click here to continue reading!
by Jesse Hudgins
All throughout 2021, I had the privilege to recommend some really great bands. Recommending and even promoting bands like Calling All Captains, Hot Mulligan, and Destroy Boys has been so cool because I love making fans of these groups out of people who haven’t heard them before.… Click here to continue reading!
by Jordan Mark
Reflection Section is back for more explorations! Shifting over to a new series, I’ll be plunging into McCartney 3, 2, 1: a six-part episodic series on Hulu featuring Paul McCartney and Rick Rubin conversing about McCartney’s career as a member of The Beatles and as a solo artist.… Click here to continue reading!
by Jesse Hudgins
2002 may have been the year that I was born, but it was also the year that the album of a lifetime was released. In May of 2002, Box Car Racer was released, and it came out of nowhere, as the musicians who played on this album were Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge of Blink-182.… Click here to continue reading!
by Jesse Hudgins
Last Saturday, I had the absolute privilege to go to my first ever concert at the newer venue The Radius. I would gladly go back to for any kind of show as the acoustics of the room were great, there was a lot of space, and it was just a good vibe in the room.… Click here to continue reading!
by Zach Belles
A good friend of mine introduced me to the two incredibly talented Ohio natives, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, after they released their sophomore album Regional At Best in 2011, prior to its discontinuation and Twenty One Pilots signing to Fueled by Ramen, who has been their label since 2012.… Click here to continue reading!
by Noelle Matonis
Twenty One Pilots, an alternative band from Columbus, Ohio and consisting of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, is known for their spectacular live shows and dedicated fanbase. On October 13th, they played a show at House of Blues in Chicago, which Zach Belles and I (huge Twenty One Pilots fans) were very grateful to have attended.… Click here to continue reading!
by Jordan Mark
For this Reflection Section, I’m looking back at the second and third episodes of the new Behind The Music series that showed LL Cool J and Huey Lewis and the News respectively.
While I knew a few things about LL Cool J before watching the episode, I never realized he’d been known as a carefree rapper that didn’t talk about the issues his fellow contemporaries did.… Click here to continue reading!
by Jordan Mark
Sunday was my 22nd birthday, and on that day, I had the craving for ABBA.
I’d been in an ABBA mood the few days before. Something got me wanting to hear the joyous sing-alongs and harmonious instrumentals.… Click here to continue reading!
by Zach Belles
If you would classify yourself as Gen X, then you’re most likely well acquainted with the Sony Walkman. You grabbed a couple of your favorite cassettes, put it into your Walkman, and went about your business. Then, when you wanted to listen to it again, you used your trusty pen to rewind the tape.… Click here to continue reading!