Year: 2024

Some Solace in the Beeps and Boops of Aphex Twin

By Linnea Anderson photo: Linnea Anderson “If aliens heard it, they’d know it’s music,” my brother once described his favorite band, Shpongle. Like those aliens, Shpongle feels foreign to me.…

Artist Spotlight, Music

King Krule Concert Review

By Issa Nasatir On film via Alessandra Tornelli I went into this new year with very few resolutions to hold myself accountable to. Many were smaller things I’d like to…

Shows

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…

Music, Shows

SoCC Interviews: The Maxo Interview

Maxo is an up-and-coming rapper hailing from Los Angeles, and he carries his city and familial roots close to him. Growing up with Billy Higgins, Prince, YG, and Kendrick Lamar,…

Artist Spotlight, SoCC Interviews

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…

Album Reviews, SoCC's Picks

My Albums of the Year

By Sadie Almgren, all album art courtesy of rateyourmusic.com As the year comes to a close, I reflect on what album release(s) have defined my year, and similar to the…

Album Reviews