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My only saving grace during this Quarantine has been music and with everyone postponing their albums, it’s been a stressful few weeks for me. However, Jessie Reyez was my saving grace last Friday and her debut album, BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US, has been on heavy rotation ever since it’s release. Jessie Reyez took…
The year is 2000; you’re obsessed with your Razr flip phone, you spend more hours on AIM than you can count, TRL is your favorite TV show and *NSYNC is about to change the pop music world with their latest album No Strings Attached. I remember the day that I discovered who *NSYNC was; my…
What would one day without women look like? Women in Mexico will be coming together on March 9, to peacefully protest the femicide currently happening in their country. “El nueve ninguna se mueve” is the slogan for the day as women plan to stay home and will not be contributing to Mexico’s economy. The March…
All of my fiction writing revolves around my identity as a bisexual Mexican-American woman. My dreams revolve around the fact that I want to make a statement about who I am and who my people are. Truthfully, up until recently, it all felt a bit impossible. I kept feeling like I was writing into the…
Alejandro Fernandez goes back home with his latest album. Hecho En México is an 11-track LP rooted with the help of a mariachi band. With his father, the legendary Vicente Fernandez,having retired two years ago; Alejandro steps up to the plate to continue the legacy that Vicente left behind and we are so much better…
Suddenly I feel let down by all of my friends. Did I not rave about Unforgettable enough? Did I not send everyone clips of Booksmart enough times? Have I not made it abundantly clear that my love for Kaitlyn Dever runs deep? Why did nobody tell me that Kaitlyn Dever had real and raw musical…
Sure, change is inevitable but I have worked overtime to keep it at bay for five years. I know, it’s been a while. I semi-abandoned this website at the end of 2019 but I promise that a very busy Julie was searching for words every single day she didn’t post on here. Life has gotten…
I have never wanted to be a teenager more; just imagine having Labrinth’s music while in the most formative years of your life. Major possibility that the name Labrinth sounds familiar (and no I don’t mean because of the David Bowie film); Labrinth has previously composed a brilliant musical score for the TV show Euphoria…
My favorite kind of people are the kind that take the time to recommend music that they think you may like. Which is exactly how I found myself listening to Ross David. (Shoutout to people who slide into your DM’s to recommend music) Ross David is a singer-songwriter who helms from Indiana and though influenced…
Allen Stone just dropped the feel-good album of 2019 and I can officially guarantee that kicking off the day with Building Balance will be the perfect beginning to your week. Allen Stone was an unexpected discovery. Little did I know that the opening act at the Al Green concert in 2012, would go on to…