Scrunchies. Croquet. Virgins. Forgery. Murder. Pocketed quietly away in Village C, a high school girl bathed in the spotlight recounts to the audience with her diary entry on the first day of school.

The sun warmed my skin as I stepped off the bus, a soft kiss amidst the overstimulating chaos of Buenos Aires. Still adjusting to saying summer in February—a small reminder of how far I was from home—I looked between the blooming trees to the skyscrapers high above us as my friends and I made our way to the city center.

Despite largely self-identifying as a metalhead, I’ve found increasing love for music with a more eerie flair. In pursuit of this new passion, I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Anastasia, a striking figure in the D.C. alternative scene, to talk about all things Goth.

Recently, a British Vogue article titled “Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?” circulated widely among twenty-something women online.

Waxhatchee (Katie Crutchfield) and MJ Lenderman—two of the biggest names in the modern indie folk-country scene— are fresh off the tracks of an incredibly successful year with both of them earning Grammy nominations for their respective 2024 albums, Tiger’s Blood and Manning Fireworks, both of which were met with near universal critical acclaim.

Billie Eilish walked into the Wall Street Journal Innovator Awards on Oct. 29 to receive an award for her climate and social justice advocacy. She walked out as the center of an internet firestorm.

"I think the sound that came out of me was like a wounded animal or something," said Florence Welch, frontwoman of  Florence + The Machine, describing the aftermath of a near-death experience and the subsequent medical procedure that saved her life.

It’s not often that PETA and conservatives find themselves on the same side of a political controversy. In fact, precisely 15 years have passed since the last time this occurred.

With the release of their brand new landmark album Getting Killed, Brooklyn’s very own Geese has brought the Big Apple back to the forefront of modern rock. 

Getting labeled as a virgin might sound like a humiliation ritual, but for The Rocky Horror Picture Show attendees, it's a rite of passage.