2023 – Page 2 – The SoCC Blog

Deepdives: The Psychedelic 90s Sound of Triphop, and an Album Breakdown of Good Looking Blues by Laika

by Logan Normandeau (they/them) My recent deepdive into the world of triphop was sparked by summer boredom and my love of 90s animation and music. More specifically: the incredible soundtrack…

Album Reviews

A Long Time Coming from Busking in Freight Train Boxcars: Sierra Ferrell at the Ogden Theater

Written by Sadie Almgren & Edited by Avery Carey. All photos by Avery Carey. In March of 2022, I dragged a few friends to the Chapel, a 400-person capacity music…

Shows

SoCC Interviews: The Yoshinobu Ozaki Interview

Image courtesy of Tim Bruns By Oliviero Zanalda In a crowded McDonald’s next to Taipei Main Station, I sit across from Yoshi, a man from a rural coastal province of…

SoCC Interviews

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…

Album Reviews, Uncategorized

Album Breakdown: “the record” by boygenius

Written by Mckenna Ryan I simply need to talk about the genius (haha) new album from renowned Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker indie outfit, boygenius. All three musicians…

Album Reviews, Music

100 gecs gec the heck out at Denver’s Mission Ballroom

Written by Sadie Almgren photo by Sadie Almgren “I went to wilderness therapy in Siberia”, I overhear someone say as I stand in what feels like a can of human…

Shows, Uncategorized

redveil drowns Boston in sold-out tsunami of a show

a.i. generated art of Water 2 Fire written by Mack Wagner After breaching the transit system, I step off the B train and scuttle towards a line of mostly college-aged…

Local Shows: Previews & Reviews, Music, Shows

SONG OF THE DAY: Simulation Swarm, Big Thief

Image courtesy of The Current Upon my first listen, "Simulation Swarm"- simply put- just didn’t do it for me. I found myself disconnected, neutral, and slightly disappointed in Big Thief,…

Music Of The Day and Week, Uncategorized

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…

Local Shows: Previews & Reviews

A Playlist by ChatGPT

written by Emily Faulks I found a video of a content creator explaining how to create playlists using ChatGPT with a few prompts. I have recently hit a few dead…

Playlist