On March 20, April Harper Gray, better known as underscores, released her third studio album, U, with Mom and Pop Music. While her last project, Wallsocket, was a genre-bending concept album exploring the fictional town of Wallsocket, Indiana, and what it means to grow into womanhood, U is a digitalized simplification of Gray’s trademark take… Continue reading U album review: underscores ventures into the mainstream
b7lanket & Luko M Keep It Short & Sweet With Home team
Bedroom indie producers b7lanket and Luko M have joined up for Home team, an EP-sized mixtape self-released on April 6 and available on SoundCloud and Nina Protocol. Their first collaboration is steeped in childhood nostalgia, creating a miniature world that revolves around sports practice and a carefree curiosity for the world around you. This is… Continue reading b7lanket & Luko M Keep It Short & Sweet With Home team
Ruby Laks 54 Below Preview
What do you get when you put together drums and voice? You call that a duo. It can be enjoyed in many settings such as jazz. To do it well, it requires two skilled musicians, who listen to each other closely. What if you removed one person from the equation and got to pay the… Continue reading Ruby Laks 54 Below Preview
Every Folksong Needs a Porch: Porchella Preview
There is a tradition every year at Oberlin College, when classes end and students start preparing for their finals, for a big, nine-hour music festival to take place on the porch of Tank Hall. On May 9th from 1 to 10pm, Porchella takes after its namesake, Coachella, for the gathering of people and the hours… Continue reading Every Folksong Needs a Porch: Porchella Preview
“Raices” Oberlin’s First Latin-American Fashion Show
When the idea of legacy and impact comes up, people often have a self-serving mindset and only see that as something to help their own personal journey. Fourth year Natalie Gamiño sees this completely differently. As she wraps up her time at Oberlin, she is putting on a fashion show as her capstone in Communications… Continue reading “Raices” Oberlin’s First Latin-American Fashion Show
Virtual Music Made Into Reality: Video Game Cover Collective Preview
Video game music is notoriously difficult to play on acoustic instruments. Because it’s meant to increase engagement by playing in the background of some other task, it’s fast-moving and often features abrupt tempo changes — it is designed to be reproduced by a machine. Oberlin’s Video Game Cover Collective (VGCC) is up for the challenge.… Continue reading Virtual Music Made Into Reality: Video Game Cover Collective Preview
Spring Awakening Review
Oberlin Musical Theatre took campus by storm in the fall of 2025, introducing a third department to the conservatory. Having transferred across Northeast Ohio from Baldwin Wallace, they found a new home in Conservatory East. Oberlin students are spoiled with high standards of music and art on campus. The prospect of a new department of… Continue reading Spring Awakening Review
Max Simas Senior Recital Preview
Max Simas is set to perform his senior recital on jazz drums on April 18th. On a cloudy Wednesday we found 30 minutes to sit down in the jazz building — a space that you don't often leave all day once you enter — to reflect on the process of putting together a program. A… Continue reading Max Simas Senior Recital Preview
Hope Runs Through My Veins – THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE Review
During a recent interview with Zane Lowe, Creative Director for Apple Music, singer-songwriter Rachel Keen (a.k.a. RAYE) said, “In this record I’ve embraced maximalism and expressing and exploring in any genre that I felt I wanted to.” When listening to her sophomore album THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE, released on March 27, 2026 through Human… Continue reading Hope Runs Through My Veins – THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE Review
Annual WOBC Block Party Continues to Grow
On Sunday, April 26 from noon through 4 p.m., WOBC-FM 91.5 will host their annual Block Party at Oberlin’s Park Street Park. Now in its third year in its current form, the event regularly draws hundreds of attendees from both the College and the town, all hoping to try out the bouncy house, get their… Continue reading Annual WOBC Block Party Continues to Grow
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