The SoCC Writers’ Album of the Year 2024
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…
Notes on My Top 15 Albums of 2024
Charm by Clairo: Creative instrumental tidbits MAKE this album. Rich attention to detail. Thank you. More here. 2. Night Palace by Mount Eerie: Phil Elverum at his most RAW and…
“NO TITLE AS OF FEBRUARY 13 2024 28,340 DEAD”
Written by Issa NasatirMagnificent. Harrowing. Important. There is so much to be said about this album yet it should be left to speak for itself. There were 28,340 dead as…
Tubular Bells and Becoming My Mother
Image courtesy of Spotify At first, I thought it strange. Last spring I stumbled through the Denver Botanical Gardens alone during block break. I tuned out the hoards of families…
Let Them Eat Cake: A Soundtrack and Film Analysis of Marie Antoinette (2006)
Marie Antoinette (2006), directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Kirsten Dunst, boasts a spunky, youthful soundtrack of indie rock, pop-rock, and post-punk hits. The soundtrack feels like a character itself:…
Keys To The Astral Gates And Mystic Doors II by Keys To The Astral Gates And Mystic Doors
so I was on youtube and I found this glowing, alchemical gem of premium lo-fi atmospheric black metal, straight out of the arcane unfathomabilities of madison, wisconsin. really takes me…
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…
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…
SoCC Writers’ Albums of the Summer
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…
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…