by Greg Suralik A few minutes before midnight, in the early morning of December 13th, 2013, an album was made available for purchase on iTunes. The album was not announced with fanfare—its minimalist cover artwork, with the artist’s name in pink over a jet-black background, was unceremoniously displayed on the digital store’s front page. No […]
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by Stefanie Fernandez “You really need to listen to more Spanish music,” she told me as we were walking down the street back to our summer apartment. I didn’t bother to tell her that in Miami-Cuban culture, Pitbull was not the norm, nor that Romeo Santos and bachata, are not as popular in South Florida […]
by Stephanie Smelyansky Taylor Swift is a pop phenomenon of the 21st century. Lou Reed is an experimental rock phenomenon of the mid-to-late 20th century. Father John Misty isn’t a much of a phenomenon at all outside of his moderately successful stint with Fleet Foxes and his less successful solo venture. These three artists had […]
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Father John Misty’s Declaration of Love
by Sanoja Bhaumik Joshua Tillman is on a quest to be genuine. In his efforts to achieve this evasive goal, in 2013 he adopted a new persona and has since created a sarcastic album riddled in irony. I Love You, Honeybear (2015), the second album released under the name Father John Misty, delves into a […]
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Sound Self
by Olivia Klevorn My parents are the same. Both grew up in St. Louis, MO and attended Parkway South High School. Both thought the movie Tree of Life was vastly overrated. Both know Jim Moriarty, my mother’s Irish Tennis Captain High School Boyfriend. Both watch their favorite sports alone and cursing. Both have been to […]
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On Having a “Cool Dad”
by Emma Keyes Teenage rebellion is a time-honored tradition that kids are supposed to start considering on their thirteenth birthdays and then get over once they move out of their family homes. I mostly missed that integral stage of life because I never had any reason to rebel. My dad was cooler than I was, […]
