From Frank Sinatra to Solange, here’s what helped our graduating members through both the monumental and mudane of collegiate life.
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Afterglow staffers reflect on the trailblazing female artists who influenced them today.
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Written and recorded entirely alone, the Paramore frontwoman’s second release in a year sees her ready to accept the darkness that inspired her solo ambitions in the first place.
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Before the world waves goodbye to this hellish year, the Afterglow Editorial Staff is revisiting the best albums 2020 had to offer.
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25 years ago, Smashing Pumpkins released their third album, a sprawling exploration of the human condition and a high-water mark for the band.
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At the end of each month, Afterglow presents a staff-picked list of new albums that left an impression on our ears.
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With trip hop beats and guitar sparkle, Garbage offered a dynamic reprieve from grunge gloominess and opened the door to experimentation and genre fluidity in its self-titled debut.
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On July 4, 1995, one of rock’s biggest bands officially debuted. Foo Fighters dominate rock radio and fill stadiums today, but it all started with a lo-fi demo tape Dave Grohl recorded on his own.
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Turn your feelings up to level 10 with these hot-blooded songs.
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Bandcamp is donating 100% of their share of sales this Juneteenth to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Make the most of the fundraiser by purchasing music and merch from Black artists.
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Betty Crocker, eat your heart out.
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In the aftermath of a divorce and in the midst of mental illness, the Paramore singer steps out from her band to release shame, embrace femininity, and accept love.
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Synthesizers, melodic basslines, and transparent self-doubt: Los Angeles trio Moaning are here to bring 1980s post-punk to the 21st century. The band’s alternative style is the perfect soundtrack to a moody quarantine.
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After eight long years, Fiona Apple has returned. Her fifth album is a dynamic, percussive ode to anger, women’s solidarity, and individuality.
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We’re bringing the Lonestar State to your earbuds with 10 handpicked Texan artists to check out during Bandcamp’s ongoing fundraiser.
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Nashville singer-songwriter Sophie Allison stretches out on her sophomore album, a melancholic examination of her deepest struggles.
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Punk rock is famous for lionizing life on the margins, but only a few years after Stonewall and still a few decades away from marriage equality, these musicians brought sexuality into the politics of the burgeoning subculture.
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In the first single from her upcoming solo debut, Petals For Armor, Paramore singer Hayley Williams dares to live in her darkness.
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