I ran into this issue a lot when putting together the second issue of No Fidelity, this April: There is no good way to say anything about anything right now. Everything seems trite, nothing seems to do anything justice, all sense seems lost in this sort of primordial soup into which everything seems to have […]
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
The old Taylor is yet again dead! Taylor Swift’s eighth studio album came as a surprise with absolutely no fanfare leading up to the release. Whimsical, indie, folk-y (as the album title may suggest), and both introspective and retrospective, are all words that could be used to describe Folklore. These words could not so easily
Catullus 85 Rosalía – Maldición Cap.10: Cordura As evidenced by many of his poems, the Roman poet Catullus is known to have a complex relationship with Lesbia, a fictional character who is widely thought to be Clodia Metelli, one of Catullus’ lovers. Catullus’ poems are strongly believed to reflect the nature of his relationship
Gary Clark Jr. essentially revived the Blues into mainstream music with the release of his album Blak and Blu in 2012. His incredible guitar playing is often likened to Jimi Hendrix or B.B. King; his guitar solos demand for attention in every track, and they obtain it with ease. Although aspects of R&B, soul, and
The cover art of Phoebe Bridgers’ sophomore album shows the 25-year old standing alone in the desert against a backdrop of strange rock structures, looking up at the night sky, wearing a skeleton suit and bathed in source-less, almost extraterrestrial red light. The spacey, unfathomable image is simultaneously ancient and futuristic, and sets the tone
Since Abel Tesfaye’s commercial breakthrough and Grammy-winning Beauty Behind the Madness swept over American radio waves, the artist more commonly known as The Weeknd has been troubled by a dilemma over his public persona. The same artist whose original blend of underground-electro, indie, and prominent thematic elements of drugs and sex lit up Canadian R&B
Text on Freud / The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock / Holocene The id, ego, and superego, theorized by the late neurologist Sigmund Freud, are components of the human psyche. These three concepts determine how humans make judgments and decisions based on the goal of reducing stimuli and for the purpose of self-preservation. Freud asserts that
We at The Bucket have decided to start a weekly list-of-new-music series titled “The Bucket List.” We’ve attempted to compile relatively- and less-well-known releases by important and impressive artists. This is going to be a weekly thing but the format might change a bit in the meantime (may shorten it, may just list individual songs
Pure poetry if nothing else, the songwriting on Hozier’s sophomore album, Wasteland, Baby! Is raw and honest. Each song is a different picture painted with passionate lyrics exploring dualities in life: love and death, joy and sadness; as well as other heavy, yet exciting themes like mystery and despair. Unique rhythms, decorative guitar, and grounding
She’s no stranger to leaks of her work, so when Chromatica’s lead single “Stupid Love” leaked in January 2020, Lady Gaga’s fans were shocked to say the least. When people hear Gaga’s name, they understand that her role as an artist is polarizing. The supporters embrace Lady Gaga’s outsider-turned-pop star stories that reconcile with her personal
