Soundigest • 25th March 2022

The Vaccines New Single “Disaster Girl” is More of a Whimper Than a Bang

For a song inspired by an NFT of a 17-year-old meme, The Vaccines‘ new single “Disaster Girl” is…fine. While the indie English band has often been compared to punk legends like the Ramones, their last few projects have embraced a more new-age sound. The Vaccines released “Disaster Girl” as the second single off their upcoming EP Planet of the Youth. Vaccines frontman Justin Young explained to NME, the song title was “inspired by “seeing the NFT of the original ‘Disaster Girl’ meme sell for $500

Soundigest • 16th February 2022

“Debbie Downer” by LØLØ and Maggie Lindemann Brings Pep to Pop-Punk

The early 2000s renaissance is still going strong, so it’s not surprising that one music trend has come back: Cheerleader Pop. From Avril Lavigne chanting, “Hey! Hey! You! You! I don’t like your girlfriend!” to Gwen Stefani teaching an entire generation how to spell B-A-N-A-N-A-S, tongue-in-cheek chants were all the rage in the noughties. This same upbeat energy is all over the new single “Debbie Downer” from alt-pop singers LØLØ and Maggie Lindemann. Canadian singer-songwriter LØLØ joins force

Soundigest • 18th January 2022

The Wombats – Fix Yourself Not the World: A Cheery Existential Crisis

The Wombats‘ new album may be the most pleasant mental breakdown ever set to music. The Britpop band is known for changing up their sound with every new record, and Fix Yourself, Not The World continues that evolution. Longtime fans may be disappointed this record lacks the punch and harder rock elements of their earlier hits, “Let’s Dance to Joy Division” or “Moving to New York” as the band goes all-in on the brighter pop and synth sounds they’ve been experimenting with since 2015’s Glitterbug.

Soundigest • 2nd November 2021

Conan Gray Embodies Gen Z’s Prince of Pop on New Single “Telepath”

After weeks of teasing a new single on TikTok, Canadian popstar Conan Gray at long last released his latest single, “Telepath” on October 29, 2021. “Telepath” is the fourth single Gray has released this year ahead of his upcoming second studio album, and it’s the most promising of the bunch! Following the recent disco-pop and 1980s revival trends of Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia and The Weekend’s “Blinding Lights,” the song tells the story of a tumultuous on-and-off relationship that just won’t q

Soundigest • 25th October 2021

MARINA and Beach Bunny Join Forces on Remix of “I Love You But I Love Me More”

This week MARINA — formerly Marina and the Diamonds — released a new remix of her song “I Love You But I Love Me More” featuring an original verse by Chicago indie band, Beach Bunny. The original track was on Marina’s fifth solo album, Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land, which came out this past August. Following up the generally underwhelming LOVE + FEAR album, Ancient Dreams was a return to a much more theatrical Marina. The bold sounds and lyrics focused mainly on political injustice along with

Soundigest • 12th October 2021

LØLØ Serves Pop Punk Remixes on New Tour with New Found Glory

From lovesick ballads to reimagined covers to pissed-off punk breakup tunes, LØLØ is nothing but not versatile. The Canadian singer/songwriter is perhaps best known for her viral TikTok cover of Taylor Swift’s “Betty” from the perspective of Betty herself. However, LØLØ’s currently trading acoustic guitars for loud drums and headbanging on the “Pop Punk’s Still Not Dead” tour. Headlined by longtime pop-punk favorites, New Found Glory, the “Pop Punk’s Still Not Dead” tour originally included Sim

Soundigest • 14th September 2021

Glass Animals New Release ‘I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance)’ is Unapologetic Retro Pop

Fresh off the success of their first smash hit “Heat Weaves” and one week into a sold-out North American tour, Glass Animals have released a brand new single, “I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance).” With an earworm of a chorus and fast-paced, radio-ready beats, “I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance)” could easily score the British indie rock band another chart-topper. This single is infectiously enjoyable. The accompanying video which shows Glass Animals lead singer and songwriter Dave Bay

Soundigest • 31st August 2021

On Hazards Penelope Scott Shows Gen Z’s Fears Underneath the Apathetic Aesthetic

Gen Z is angry (but they’re tired of talking about it). With the monumental success of 18-year-old Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album Sour this year, there was a lot of hype about music returning to the pop-punk era. After a few years of mellow indie ballads dominating the charts, angsty anthems with faster tempos and a harder rock edge were refreshing. However, this current pop-punk music doesn’t look quite the same as the Warped Tour and Hot Topic era of the early 2000s. Today’s teenagers are doing

Soundigest • 18th August 2021

The Wombats’ New Single Shines a Light on Our Post-COVID Relationship Anxieties

In their new single, created entirely via Zoom sessions, The Wombats probe deep into all our post-COVID anxieties with a song about someone clinging desperately to a relationship that’s likely already dead. “If You Ever Leave I’m Coming with You” is the second single from the Wombats’ upcoming sixth album, Fix Yourself, Not The World, that’s planned for release in January 2022. Underneath the fast-paced guitars and electropop rhythm, “If You Ever Leave I’m Coming with You” paints an earnest and

Soundigest • 15th April 2022

Lorde Shines Bright in Solar Power Tour at The Wang in Boston

Lorde’s Solar Power tour marks her first time performing in concert halls in nearly five years, and both the world and the New Zealand singer have changed. She’s wearier and wiser, and so are we. On Wednesday night, Lorde gave her second of two performances at the Wang Theater in Boston. Unlike night one where her mic experienced a number of technical difficulties in the second song, the show was a perfectly orchestrated and almost ethereal experience. Following the energetic, funk and hip-hop

Odyssey • 24th April 2017

"The Hamilton Mixtape": An Underwhelming Hollywood Historical Reenactment

Everyone from Busta Rhymes to Michelle Obama to your kid brother can’t get enough of the hit musical "Hamilton" Though it may be difficult to recall a time when Lin-Manuel Miranda’s retelling of the life of America’s first Treasury Secretary wasn’t a media sensation, in 2015 this hip-hop musical seemed like a concept that would never last past a limited run at an off-Broadway theater. But just like the story of a poor, Caribbean orphan’s unexpected rise to fame in the American Revolution, "Hamil

Her Campus • 21st April 2018

Pretty Little Liars Releases First Look at New Season

We thought Pretty Little Liars was all out of surprises after the show finally revealed the identity of A in last summer’s mid-season finale, but based on the episode sneak peek released last week at NYC Comic Con, PLL still has a ton more twists and turns planned for our favorite Liars. The four-minute preview opens in the familiar halls of Rosewood High, except now it’s 5 years in the future! Our girls are all grown up and seem to have gone their separate ways after college. Aria appears to

Odyssey • 24th April 2017

"13 Reasons Why" Changes Representations Of Female Suicide

The camera zooms in on a single snapshot of a softly smiling brunette taped to a locker. As we pan out, the picture’s revealed to be a part of a larger collage: a shrine, memorializing the recent suicide of a 17-year-old named Hannah. Two teens pass by, pausing briefly to snap a selfie in front of the display. While adding the hashtag #NeverForget to their mournful Instagram post, one girl remarks, “It’s such a shame. She was so pretty.” She was pretty. And now she’s dead. These are the first t

Odyssey • 8th May 2017

Broadway’s Search For "Another National Anthem"

Last week, twenty-five people were arrested in the lobby of Trump Tower while protesting the President’s immigration and border control policies. Demonstrators chanted, “No raids, no wall!” before they were taken into police custody. From assemblies in Washington Square Park against the mistreatment of Islamic Americans to the highly publicized Women’s March on Wall Street, New York City has become the home of countless political demonstrations. And now it seems that even Broadway is joining in

Odyssey • 14th June 2017

Examining The Most (and Least) Likely Pretty Little Liar Theories Before The Series Finale

I've written quite a bit about "Pretty Little Liars" over the years. Although the show has certainly gone way over the top in recent seasons with it's frequent love triangles, unexpected pregnancies, and all of A's elaborate torture techniques, it still manages to attract millions of viewers, all eagerly awaiting to find out the face behind the iconic black hoodie. While it's definitely a fun for fans to mock PLL's questionable fashion choices and melodramatic relationships there's no denying th

Odyssey • 16th August 2017

"Riverdale" Season 1 Review

One of the biggest announcements everyone seemed to be buzzing about at Comic-Con this summer was the trailer for the second season of the hit murder mystery drama "Riverdale," which will premiere on the CW on October 11th. After the show ended it's first season last Spring, the entire first season instantly found it's way onto Netflix, where it's gained a cult following of viewers dying to know the truth about the mysterious death of high school football star Jason Blossom. Since I'm still in

Odyssey • 12th December 2017

Dead Girls Keep Secrets: The Murder Of The Queen Bee As A Way Of Maintaining Patriarchal Control

If you were to ask someone off the street what the first things they think of when they hear the name Marilyn Monroe, nine times out of ten the first two answers would be that she was a legendary beauty and that she sadly died ‘before her time’ when she overdosed at the age of 36. Her tragic demise seems to have only added to the actress’s glamorous legacy, spawning countless imitations and film adaptations, and eventually making her one of the most recognizable symbols of American culture. Thi

Her Campus • 21st April 2018

Pretty Little Liars Insane Season Finale Recap

Previously on Pretty Little Liars, Alison got arrested for the murder of Mona Vanderwaal. Hanna got arrested for the murder of Mona Vanderwaal. Spencer, Aria, and Emily got arrested for helping their friends lie about the murder of Mona Vanderwaal, and not one single Rosewood police officer bothered to care that Mona’s body had never actually been found or that some omnipotent texting ninja in a black hoodie had been stalking these girls for the past five seasons. This episode opens with the fo

Her Campus • 21st April 2018

Fuller House (And Other Shows That Deserve Netflix Spinoffs)

Actor John Stamos delighted viewers of Jimmy Kimmel Live last Monday night when he announced that he would be reuniting with his fellow ‘Full House’ cast members after twenty years off-air to film a reunion special and spinoff series that will be available on Netflix next year. The thirteen-episode spinoff called ‘Fuller House’ will star Candace Cameron Bure (D.J. Tanner) as the widowed mother of three boys who seeks help from her sister Stephanie Tanner and childhood best friend Kimmy Gibbler.

Her Campus • 21st April 2018

Best Teen Chick Flicks from Each Decade

With the arrival of freezing temperatures and dramatic winter storms, many college girls are finding themselves going out less and spending more time tucked inside warm dorm rooms. So what better way to have fun and stay cozy than by getting together a group of friends and watching some classic teen comedies? Here’s a list of what I consider to be some of the best and most underrated chick flicks from the past few decades! John Hughes basically defined the teen genre in the '80s, and with films