Inside the fourth floor of UT Austin’s Hearst Student Media Building, Sam’an Ashrawi sits down for an interview. He leans back in his chair as he looks around the meeting space dubbed the “War Room” by Texas Student TV members.
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Half a century after its release, Stevie Wonder's magnum opus remains a landmark of American music and its meditations on poverty, faith, and justice are as urgent now as they were in 1976.
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The 2018 ambient track provides a tender, unvarnished view of the avoidant attachment style — specifically, how someone avoidant exchanges intimacy for safety despite the sadness it entails.
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Two decades after the stellar guitarist’s third studio album, John Mayer’s varying perspectives on love, time, and the human condition still stand out in music’s own continuum.
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As our current world shifts towards a post-religious paradigm, R&B artist Daniel Caesar reclaims the language and passion in his spirituality to frame a hallowed intimacy, sharing his most vulnerable moments with acceptance, leaving many around the world to resonate with his experiences and sound.
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L.A. rock band Weezer has been around since 1992, producing numerous albums that embody the nerdy power-pop rock that made them stand out. After numerous produced albums described as “just okay,” can the upcoming album bring Weezer back to the light as the nerdy rock band the world once knew?
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The career of Jane Remover, one of the internet's most compelling young musicians, reveals how digital fanbases have transformed from supportive communities into suffocating forces threatening artistic freedom.
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Some of cinema’s most unforgettable bands exist only on the screen. From the heart-thumping garage rock of The Wonders to the bright bubblegum of Josie and the Pussycats, these fictional bands capture the chaos and charisma of the musicians we know and love, with an added cinematic quality.
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How the original score has become the language communicating emotions of first love, grief, and identity exploration.
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Not every band from a TV show is a real one. During the production of their show, The Runarounds became a real band and family with an indie rock vibe and a coming of age tone. The Runarounds speak to their audience through their relatable songs that make you remember what it was like to be 17 and uncertain.
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Five years after its release, the equal parts jazzy and electronic Promises still stands as a time capsule of the post-covid period, and a looking glass into a turbulent decade ahead.
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There's often a moment in Mitski’s songs where repetition goes beyond a tipping point. In her album Be the Cowboy, this lyrical repetition conveys the album's loneliness on its own, rather than overtly explaining it to the listener.
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The 1960s countercultural movement was notable for its foundational place in music history, passionate fixation with psychedelic drugs, and, more problematically, cultural appropriation.
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In the fictional town of Wallsocket, Michigan, underscores speaks to the experiences of trans kids in communities built on a foundation of conservative conformity.
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Even 50 years after releasing A Night at the Opera, Queen continues to reign by way of this legendary album. Not only did it birth the timelessly brilliant "Bohemian Rhapsody,” it also reinvented rock music as a genre.
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Texas is the stage for Conan Gray’s nostalgic Southern romance. Unfolding in fragments, “The Wishbone Trilogy” captures the ache of growing up queer in isolating spaces.
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Stanley Kubrick’s seminal work “A Clockwork Orange” fascinates and horrifies audiences across decades, but remains monumental in terms of masterful filmmaking and artistic, detailed soundtrack.
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