Daft Punk: From Human to Robot to Human Again
On Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, the ever-enigmatic electro-music duo Daft Punk announced their breakup through a wordless video titled “Epilogue,”
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A Week in the Entertainment Awards: Grammy Results
On Sunday, March 14, The Grammys finally happened. The 2021 Grammy nominations were released in late November, about two months
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An Unnecessarily Incomplete Canon: A Critique of Rolling Stone’s Latest 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Rolling Stone could learn from the adage that a rolling stone gathers no moss — and roll on by ditching
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Finding Purpose while Stuck in Quarantine
Stuck in the same small bedroom, the same bleak corridors, and the same shared spaces, it’s safe to say that
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Spencer Tate ’22 on Making Music during a Global Pandemic
Spencer Tate ’22 lives at a plastic desk in his living room, and as we talked over Zoom, I could
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The New Taylor Comes to the Phone in “Miss Americana”
Content warning: eating disorders, sexual assault In “Miss Americana,” Taylor Swift explains why she declared the Old Taylor dead in
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Leaving It All Behind: Sleeping With Sirens In Concert
January 28, 2020. In the haze — and sweat — saturated space of Philadelphia’s Union Transfer, the crowd has already
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Artist of the Week Nya Kuziwa ’22 on her Musical Identities
It’s a Thursday morning. Swarthmore students are waking up, getting coffee from the Science Center, and yawning through their morning
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Artist of the Week: Shira Samuels-Shragg on the Dance of Conducting
“I always say conducting is my three favorite things,” Shira Samuels-Shragg ’20 said. “Music, dance, and being in charge.” I
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Pussy Riot Concert Brings the Riot to Swarthmore
On Thursday, Sept. 26, the wooden floor of Upper Tarble shook so much that it seemed about to collapse at
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