SoCC’s AOTYS 2025
What a year, huh? blindman's holiday - marjorie wc sinclair it was 8 am on sunday, february 2, 2025. i awoke from a mattresses-on-the-ground sleepover with buddies, as my ears…
Issa’s Albums of the Year
There were some good albums this year. Here are blurbs about 15 of them. Themes include: Playful immaturity Existentialism Whimsy 5 HMs: people – jackapplepeople The Smashing Machine – Nala Sinephro Runway…
Collaging Album Recs
In the past year or so, I have received sooo many album recommendations. I can't say I've gotten around to listening to them all. However, over block break three, I…
Lorde’s Virgin: Shapeshifter (mostly) and Current Affairs
Released on June 27, 2025, Lorde’s fourth studio album didn’t hit my ears until the very beginning of September, while on an overnight bus from Florence to Prague. In the…
Nala Sinephro’s Soundtrack for “The Smashing Machine”
Tonight was the first 30 degree (f) night of this latter part of the year I believe (37 to be exact). I found my biggest coat, went downstairs and stepped…
Geese Get Killed
by Jim Sellars and Bradley Humble The eclectic indie rock outfit currently taking the internet by storm is Geese, a New York-based group that has drawn praise from the likes…
AOTD: THE MOST DEAR AND THE FUTURE BY EAR
Visiting your old elementary school reading on the floor primary colors sitting in rough dark blue plastic chairs, arms wrapped around your knees worst days ever best days ever made…
Bad Bunny’s ‘most Puerto Rican album ever’: Uniting Generations Through the Spirit of Resilience
Album cover for ‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS’ // Image courtesy of Apple Music “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,” the latest album by Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny, promotes reconnection to cultural…
365 Album Challenge – January
At the beginning of the year, I was invited to take on the daunting challenge of listening to a new album daily (or at least 365 albums throughout 2025). IF…
“Carnival”, Vultures 1, and 2024’s Fascist Rap
It’s no secret that Kanye West is a raving neo-fascist. I’m not here to explain the comments he made in 2023 regarding black people, Jewish people, and other comments praising…