Music
From the Music Director's Desk: Cringe Pick of the Week
In the KRLX music department we get to listen to a lot of great music… but we also come across the bad and the ugly. Each week we will highlight the worst music we can find with our new series: ‘Cringe Pick of the Week’. This week we’re bringing to you ‘Sizzle’ by Electrohoney. <p><br
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Marco Werman Documentary Preview
View the Marco Werman documentary preview and be sure to stop by Live at the Cave this Wednesday night from 8-9pm! This KRLX exclusive is brought to you by KRLX board members Cole Frank, Max Esslinger, and Katie Koza.
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Record Librarian Staff Picks: Edward Malnar
1) CD, “Put Danger back into Your Life” by Folksongs for the Afterlife This poetic and lyrical prog-rock group’s style is simultaneously calming and exciting. I found it by chance but keep going back to capture more of its essence of human experience. 2) LP, “Boston,” Boston. This rock classic is one of the
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Interview with Harry Potter Bandemonium DJs!
Why did you choose to do a show about Harry Potter? Mary Reagan: Who wouldn’t want to do a show about Harry Potter?! It’s a great excuse to reread the books and fun to be able to share them with lots of other people. MacKenzie: Because the muggle world we live in needs to be reminded of magic
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Interview w/ Harry Potter Bandemonium DJs!
Why did you choose to do a show about Harry Potter? Mary Reagan: Who wouldn’t want to do a show about Harry Potter?! It’s a great excuse to reread the books and fun to be able to share them with lots of other people. MacKenzie: Because the muggle world we live in needs to be reminded of magic
Album Review, The Bucket
A Look at Female Heroism (and Lack Thereof) in the Music of the Lumineers
by Maya Khesin I fell in love with the Lumineers’ music last summer, and this love and admiration only intensified when I was lucky enough to be able to go to their concert just a few weeks before the new strain of the coronavirus closed schools and businesses and certainly excluded the possibility of live
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Resources for Supporting BIPOC Artists and Dismantling Systemic Racism
We at The Bucket encourage everybody to educate themselves on systemic racism in the U.S. and beyond, as well as antiracist strategies and ways to support BIPOC artists and creators. Though there are a wealth of these resources available online, we have compiled a brief list of resources dealing specifically with supporting BIPOC content creators.
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The Bucket: About Us
In response to widespread summer plan cancellations and general ennui during the COVID-19 pandemic, several KRLX Board members started to plan a collaborative, remote project that would give Carls something low-pressure and self-designed to do over the summer (especially after all the stress of online classes) and create content for KRLX and foster a friendly,
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Disco & House Songs You Should Play at Your Next Party
I’m a firm believer that disco and house are criminally underplayed at college parties. While I may love Drake as much as the next guy, I’d like to hear some more variety. If you’re feeling particularly confident (or particularly drunk) the next time you find yourself with an aux cord at a party, here are
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Lesbian Love Anthems of The Carter Family (Or at Least Feminist Jams from the 1930s)
When most people think of the Carter Family they usually think of June Carter Cash, and if they are particularly savvy they recall that they first popularized many songs that Woody Guthrie would go on to rewrite—‘When the World’s on Fire’ became ‘This Land is Your Land’ and ‘Jesse James’ became ‘Jesus Christ’. While these
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Op Ed: Carleton NEEDS a Gogol Bordello Cover Band
Over this past summer I lived at home in a Chicago suburb north of the city. Each morning I rode the Metra into the city for work. As the train stopped at each suburb, a flock of old pressed suits boarded with their briefcases and their coffee. They found their seats and chatted with their
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Rap Beef is the New WWE Wrestling
Everyone loves a good rap beef now and then. It’s another way to get some drama into your life when the 2016 election season is lacking. I feel like in the past few months I’ve been living in some alternate reality, because the recent drama in the hip-hop community has been surreal to
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Deerhunter YouTube Rarities
Deerhunter has been making music, in one form or another, for the last 13 years. Accordingly, their ascension to the top of the indie rock sphere encompasess the entirety of the web 2.0 revolution of the ’00s, meaning that a lot of strange Deerhunter music and video is out there on the internet, but is