A Night of Tenderness with Buck Meek
Photography by Marina Malin “I work for free ‘cause love is all I need” Big Thief’s beloved Buck Meek animates his philosophy through song as his body follows his spasmodic…
Top 10 Performances of 2023
By Marina Malin As the year concludes my social media feed is inundated with Spotify statistics detailing music preferences of each unique music listener and their muses. Simultaneously, my inbox…
SoCC Writers’ Albums of 2023
From the rise of AI sound, trending musical theater to pop singer pipeline (as highlighted by Cat Zhang of Pitchfork), the comeback of shoegaze, and the Pavement and Sufjan Stevens…
Pitchfork Music Festival Review: Alvvays, The Smile, Big Thief, King Krule, Palm, Florist, & more
Written & photographed by Marina Malin. After spending a copious amount of time throwing bright-colored fabrics on my bed, scattering through sewing patterns, calling friends for fashion approval, and rearranging…
Shannon Lay’s Covers Vol. 1 Review
Image courtesy of Pitchfork Written by Marina Malin As I begin to write this, the only items in my backpack are two books on albums from Elliott Smith and Nick…
Weyes Blood Causes Cosmic Intervention @ Gothic Theatre
Marina Malin Photo by Marina Malin Photo by Marina Malin In the crowd of Doc-Marten-wearing-septum-pierced-purple-haired-young-adults, the older bearded man with a grumpy look on his face stands out like a…
SoCC Interviews: The Charlie Burg Interview
By Marina Malin Charlie Burg is a singer, songwriter, and producer who released his first mixtape in 2015 when he was in college. After transferring from Denison University to Michigan…
