‘Thanks For the Dance’: a tribute to Leonard Cohen
The date was Oct. 21, 2016, when Leonard Cohen released his latest album “You Want it Darker.” The subject matter of the album dealt with various themes of death, peace and love as if...
KUCR Off the Record: Quaransingles
‘Cholla’ by Jerry Paper
By: Marc Arteaga, CW
Right off the bat, Jerry Paper’s newest single “Cholla” strikes the listener’s ears with a bouncy instrumental that is worth dancing to. The sound of his third single...
LACRN unifies the students and mentors of college radio
Courtesy of KUCR
The rich world of college radio is an underground treasure to many people on and off their local college campuses. However, most students are completely...
The 2020 Grammys and the traditional conundrum of turning art into a competitive sport
When it comes to award shows, three names rule over everything else in terms of what the world considers prestigious: The Oscars, The Emmys and The Grammys. For a quarter of a century, all...
The good, the bad and the ‘Invisible People:’ a Chicano Batman review
The Good
By: Christian Valdez, CW
Chicano Batman’s natural ability to transform and redefine genres culminates in the evolutionary success of “Invisible People,” (2020) an unbound masterpiece of musical exploration.
The album is noticeably different from the...
Genres of music should not organize, they should describe
We might have heard someone claim “I mainly listen to rock” or “I only play rap music” when describing their music preferences. It’s apparent that we think of genres of music as clearly defined...