Category Archive: Music

Shallow Alcove: The Sweetest Summer

What started out as friends writing bedroom-pop songs in basements and bedrooms in Upstate New York became one of the summer’s sweetest sensations. The five-piece band pulls at heartstrings, bringing back memories of teenage heartache and creating a sense of belonging through lyrics that tell stories of basic human connection. Shallow Alcove is an adorably, beautifully creative DIY folk band that refreshingly reflects on relationships and what it’s like to grow in and out of love. 

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Melanie Martinez: Imaginative Performer

Behind wild costumes, conceptual lyricism and eccentric alternative style, artist Melanie Martinez’s music tells stories of Martinez’s own struggles with growth and self discovery. With over-the-top performances, creepy melody lines and music that references a plethora of child-like objects, Martinez has made a place for herself in the industry through her mystic visual performances and her whimsical vocals. 

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Maya Ixta: A Rising Star

There is nothing better than discovering a great song with less than a thousand Spotify listens. The primal instinct to declare “I heard it first!” takes over the mind and body: being the first of a friend group to “discover” a great artist is truly a feeling like no other. 

While listening to “Time” by Maya Ixta, a 17-year-old Latin-American artist based in Los Angeles with only sixty monthly listeners to her name, I felt the rush of that primal gate-keeping instinct. The song is steeped in the influences of Kali Uchis, PinkPantheress, and Billie Eilish. Like Uchis often does, Ixta alternates between English and Spanish lyrics on the track. The production features a fast-paced syncopated drum beat akin to those on PinkPantheress’ debut album “Heaven Knows.” The heart of the song is most aligned with Eilish: the lyrics of “Time” aptly and delicately explore the fleeting nature of time and anxiety about the future.

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Snow Patrol: Chasing Success

If you find yourself listening to playlists filled with the gentle ambience of sad rock music then Snow Patrol’s 2006 Grammy-nominated hit song, Chasing Cars, is almost guaranteed to make an appearance.

Snow Patrol is a Northern Irish alt-rock band that was formed in 1997. They went mainstream in 2004 with the album “Final Straw,” and multi-platinum 2006 album “Eyes Open,” which included their international hit song “Chasing Cars.” 

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