In 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained an average of 45,000 asylum seekers each day in for-profit, taxpayer-funded and notoriously inhumane detention centers. With a number so large,…
[TW: This article mentions assault and rape.] You’ve probably heard the buzz about Fiona Apple’s “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” by now. Since its unexpected release on Friday, April 17, the…
“I’ve had a great time tonight sharing my secrets with strangers,” quipped Columbia student and rising pop star Maude Latour before closing her Mug performance with the syrupy song “Superfruit”…
The year is 2011, and then-rising star Lana Del Rey wears nothing but blue jeans as she hugs her tattoo-covered lover in front of a giant red, white and blue…
“Do you feast on nostalgia?” asks Sleater-Kinney vocalist Corin Tucker on “RUINS,” perhaps the most experimental track on the legendary feminist punk group’s ninth LP, “The Center Won’t Hold.” The…
As far as mythic stories of the tortured singer-songwriter go, few are more fascinating than that of folk legend Daniel Johnston, who died of a heart attack on Wednesday at…
“Yo Pi’erre, you wanna come out here?” Renowned record producer, rapper and songwriter Pi’erre Bourne is set to take the Vogelstein quad stage for Vassar’s annual Welcome Back Concert, which…
“I’m getting this crazy feeling that people want me to kill myself,” tweeted Chance the Rapper on Aug. 5 (“Chance The Rapper Thinks People Want Him To Kill Himself,” HipHopDX,…
After being turned away by Ulster County, “Confederate Railroad” was welcomed by Chance owner Frank Pallett with open arms. The country band’s logo features a steam engine flying the Confederate…
In short films exploring topics ranging from lemon throwing to sculpture making to family longing, the directors of VC Filmmakers proved their dynamism and range in their student showcase on…
