

The Stillness in the Belly of the Whale: Searows’ Death in the Business of Whaling
This Moby-Dick-inspired, hauntingly beautiful, and more musically expansive look into Duckart’s psyche is a sullen epic that further emphasizes the simple beauty of Searows’ songwriting.
Maxine Messina
Mar 13


URGH - Diving into the Depths of the Weird with Mandy, Indiana
In 2023, Mandy, Indiana crash landed onto the music scene with “Pinking Shears:” French poetry, cymbals, toms, and synths echoed like they were recorded in a cave–because they were.
Elliot Anderson
Mar 13


Review: Peter McPoland at 9:30 Club on February 24
“I am not cool,” Peter McPoland told the Tuesday night crowd at the 9:30 Club, most of whom kept their puffers on in the surprisingly chilly venue. There were a couple tentative whoops from the crowd. McPoland smiled and lifted one hand. “Come on, cheer!”
Lorelei Schwarz
Feb 25


Review: 2000s Rave - Party Like It’s 2003 (February 13 @ The Atlantis)
A couple decked out in fishnets, a spunky older woman with a pixie cut, and a pair of teenagers with tails walk into a music venue. This may sound like the setup for a joke, but it’s really just a fair representation of the crowd at last Friday night’s 2000s Rave at The Atlantis.


A "Heated" Success - Reflections on the Phenomenon that is Heated Rivalry
[Heated Rivalry] combines a raunchy, intense, angst-driven relationship with an eventual soft, warm-hearted, and sincere emotional tale.
Scarlett Smithen
Feb 6


The Same As Men: Kelsea Ballerini's Mount Pleasant
In her 2025 EP Mount Pleasant, Ballerini rewrites her narrative, devoid of patriarchal expectations and full of unbridled sincerity.
Kami Steffenauer
Feb 6


Five Nights at Freddy’s 2: Behind the Mask
Since its 2014 release, Five Nights at Freddy’s has exploded into a cultural phenomenon, captivating audiences through games, books, ever-popular YouTube playthroughs–and now full-length feature films.
Sasha Jayne
Feb 6


“Love Is Not the Antidote to All Your Problems:” The Blissful Melancholy of Dove Ellis’s Blizzard
Dove Ellis is Ireland’s newest great poet, a light to illuminate a vapid and apathetic world.
Elliot Anderson
Feb 6


Corruption, Espionage, and Superpowers: The Political Epic of Deniz Camp’s The Ultimates
The Ultimates elevates the comics that came before it by grounding them in our modern political climate, reinvigorating superhero stories with the hopefulness they were originally made to inspire.
Maxine Messina
Feb 6


Review: KAYTRANADA at Echostage on Dec. 3
How often do you live in your body?
This isn’t a measure of activity, pain, exhaustion, or any external metric—how often do you feel everything, from your temples to your toes, from your core to the envelope of your skin, all at once?
Brendan Carroll
Dec 6, 2025