Review: Fontaines D.C. Show Promise with ‘Romance’
“Starburster” is one of the boldest tracks of 2024 thus far. The lead single to Irish rock band Fontaines D.C.’s […]
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Review: Magdalena Bay’s ‘Imaginal Disk’ is Synth-Pop Perfection
Not since Caroline Polachek’s February 2023 masterpiece “Desire, I Want to Turn Into You” has a pop album impressed me
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Shoegaze? Goth-Rock? Heavy Pop? MARBLE on Genre, Being a ‘Bi-City’ Band, and New EP ‘beautiful things disappoint’
It’s a busy life as a musician. I caught up with MARBLE via phone call as they drove down I-5
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‘Intersections of Art and Activism’: King Youngblood’s Cameron Lavi-Jones on Bringing Rock to the New Generation, Corvallis Show
Cameron Lavi-Jones is the frontman of the modern era – genuine, approachable, genre-welcoming, and passionate about social change. The 25-year-old
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Review: Vampire Weekend Delivers a Masterpiece with “Only God Was Above Us”
Bursting onto the scene in 2008 with their self-titled debut, Vampire Weekend have gone from rising stars in college circles
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A Conversation with Coastal Saturday
Coastal Saturday is a Corvallis-based indie rock and pop group composed of vocalist Kainoa Taylor, drummer Joshua Phillips, and guitarist
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Band Spotlight: Coastal Saturday
“Welcome to the Sunday Studio,” Coastal Saturday drummer Joshua Phillips announced as his audio connected to the Zoom interview. He
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Review: ‘Loss of Life,’ MGMT
This article originally appeared in the April 2024 edition of The Commuter. It took me about five listens to finally
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Review: ‘Drop 7,’ Little Simz
This article originally appeared in the March 2024 edition of The Commuter. UK rapper Little Simz has been releasing music
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Review: ‘Wall of Eyes,’ The Smile
This article first appeared in the February 2024 edition of The Commuter. In The Smile’s music video for their song
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