I didn't want to write a corny summer-to-fall season change introduction, but I fear it's the only way to encapsulate the essence of summer and how these albums relate to the season, so here we go: As the leaves change colors and start falling off the trees, reminding us of the cold winter to come, the SoCC writers have compiled their favorite albums of the summer. Whether these albums came out during the summer of '23 or the ancient era of the 1950s, something about these albums reminds us of the warm (scalding [due to climate change]) summer weather. Hopefully, these albums will remind you of summer and prepare you for the winter to come. ~ Oliviero Zanalda This image, and most images in this article, are courtesy of Rate…
Our first collaborative post of the school year brings new names and faces to the blog! With autumn in Colorado Springs coming to an end, SOCC writers reflect on their favorite fall albums- old and new- as we gather in the amphitheater under snowy Pikes Peak. Sam Briley This fall I have been listening to Dots and Loops by Stereolab. I really enjoy is relaxing instrumentals and the friendly voices throughout the album. Its a very light album that I love listening to while I drive and appreciate the changing weather! Charlie Marks One of my favorite albums ever, and what you can hear me blasting in the shower is, Steven Miller Bands Greatest hits 1974-78. This album is put together so incredibly well that every song flows in and…
2024 brought us one of the best years in music in recent memory, providing an insurmountable amount of high quality music. In fact, according to MusicRadar, more music was being released in a single day in 2024 than the entirety of 1989. Given this immense wealth, a few of your favorite SOCC members plucked a few from the pile, just for YOU! Here are our favorite albums of 2024. - Issa Nasatir The New Sound & Diamond Jubilee by Geordie Greep & Cindy Lee Not to be THAT PERSON on the socc 2024 aoty blog post, but I sincerely couldn’t pick just one, as 2024 has been a year of such sonic abundance, I am presenting a tie between Geordie Greep’s The New Sound and Cindy Lee’s Diamond Jubilee. These…
By Logan Normandeau Growing Pains at the Shredder in Boise Forever ago, I sat down with Oregon band Growing Pains to talk about their music, inspirations, and friendship. The band consists of Carl (guitar and vocals), Kalia (bass and main vocals), Jack (guitar and vocals), and Kyle (drums). Throughout the many years they’ve spent playing shows in Eugene and Portland, touring across the west coast, and creating together, they have fun. And their fun is contagious. Growing Pains has an electric and captivating stage presence, no matter the venue. Having opened for major artists such as Franz Ferdinand and Beabadoobee, and with 15k monthly Spotify listeners, Growing Pains is slowly reaching a new height–and never losing sight of their DIY beginnings. They continue to be supported by a huge base…
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 of MTV's animated show Downtown. The tracks were heavily triphop centric, and the score created by Kimson Albert was full of industrial breakbeats and synth that perfectly matched the grime of the show1. Until this point, I've always been fairly turned off by triphop, seeing it as one of the worst outcomes of the 90s music trends—I don't tend to like electronic music, and I greatly preferred every other genre it borrows from. (And some songs sound creepily like sonic realizations of the visuals of the early Windows operating system and my hazy memories of the public library trips I…
