"Belinda Says" by Alvvays: A Track Review

To abide by tradition or to throw it all out the window? To let it all out or reel yourself in before you do something you can’t take back? To move to the country and have that baby or not? These questions are the crux of Alvvays’ exuberant-but-in-crisis power-pop anthem “Belinda Says.”

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Nava Bahrampour
Experiencing Car Seat Headrest

"The introspective lyrics are asking us as the human race to grapple with our existence as either profane or sacred. Each lick of the song is a poetic masterpiece. The imagery, even from verse one, is jaw-dropping, and the atmospheric instrumentation, haunting melodies, and homophonic texture blend with the lyrics to make a song not worth missing. He goes back and forth between first-person and second-person to insist that his listeners think the same way as him, which makes the song even more personal to me."

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WKCO
Death Grips Discography Ranking: Your Comprehensive Guide to Stay Noided

All of Death Grips’ albums are an experience, to say the least, and are all worth listening to; however, for those who want to cut right to the chase and hear only the best of vocalist MC Ride’s guttural and penetrating verses over equally tumultuous backtracks, you’ve come to the right place for your comprehensive Death Grips’ album ranking.

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Jack Ross
Bladee and MBV Being Cool n Crazy n Shit

Although Loveless and Gluee present vastly different sonic landscapes, their commonalities are indisputable. The similarities these records share are a testament to the ever-evolving nature of music, where artists draw inspiration from a wide range of sources. I look forward to hearing how these incredible albums will continue to stir and shape the future of music. Until then, I cannot urge you enough to explore both these albums and see the remarkable similarities yourself.

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Jack Ross
How The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Engages with District 12’s Appalachian Roots

Truly dedicating itself to a folksy musical theme, some fantastic artists were invited to play on the film’s accompanying soundtrack, interweaving with the incredible songs performed by Rachel Zegler and the rest of the cast of Songbirds and Snakes. The album is brimming with talent from some of the best vocalists, instrumentalists, and storytellers from the current bluegrass revival…

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Emma Abate
The Guided Stroll of “Beginner’s Guide to Birdwatching”

Artists have forever been enraptured by trees. They divulge the poeticism of roots and find human semblance in how woods breathe. With one hand in the past, and one searching forward, Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Haley Blais engages this poetic canon uniquely in her track “Beginners Guide to Birdwatching” off her 2023 record “Wisecrack.”

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Liv Stripling
On Mapping New Territory to "Maps" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I am not here to convince you why “Maps” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is the greatest song of all time. You should already know that. Instead, I want to talk to you about music and memories, about how what we listen to defines parts of our lives. We all have a song or two we know we would not be the same person without. “Maps” is one of those songs for me.

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Matthew Toth
Matty Healy is Gonna Save the Planet, But Kill Me in the Process

British pop band The 1975 start every album with a song titled “The 1975.” In their own words, the songs serve as a status update for the band. Lead singer Matty Healy made a statement featured on Spotify Storyline: “I really wanted each of our albums to be a distillation of the one that preceded. The first track on the album is always our opportunity to express this idea as immediately as possible.”

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Laurel Sanders
Lucy Dacus and Adia Victoria’s Musical Documentation of Religious Trauma

What is it about God that pushes us away from ourselves? How does art heal these wounds? The answer is subjective and ambiguous, but Lucy Dacus and Adia Victoria have found it through songwriting. Home Video, Dacus’ 2021 release, and A Southern Gothic, Adia Victoria’s 2021 release, are works of art that reclaim the self by questioning God. Both artists dug into their past by using old journals, exploring themes of community, relationships, and adolescence in order to birth these albums.

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Liv Stripling