Henry Nickerson | Co-Editor-in-Chief Hip-hop and R&B artist Anderson .Paak is back with soulful, genre-bending bangers on his third studio album, Oxnard. Releasing an album after signing to a major record label for the first time is often a defining moment for emerging artists. Some acts find the sonic accessibility and pressure to deliver overwhelming, while some take the opportunityRead More

By: Henry Nickerson | Co Editor-in-Chief Soul-groove rapper Anderson .Paak has released a new single, “Tints” featuring Kendrick Lamar, and it is a downright jam. Featuring glimmering synth bass lines and gritty, driving guitar leads, “Tints” is a flash from a groovier past that finds an almost too obvious pairing of Anderson .Paak and Kendrick Lamar showing off their unavoidableRead More

By Henry Nickerson | Co Editor-in-Chief The world’s best boyband is back. Rap collective Brockhampton has come out with a fourth studio LP, recorded at none other than Abbey Road. Brockhampton exploded into the hip-hop world last year with a trilogy of albums labelled the Saturation series. The first album of the trilogy, “Saturation”, introduced listeners to the consistently catchyRead More

Henry Nickerson | Co-Editor-in-Chief If you are a modern hip hop fan and you don’t know who Noname is, it is time to pay attention. Noname has come out with one of the most compelling rap records of the year, and it isn’t the first time she’s done so. Fatimah Warner’s , A.K.A Noname, debut album “Telefone” dropped in 2016Read More

By Henry Nickerson | Public Relations Coordinator After the mid-semester departure of Salve Theatre Department’s former chair Reggie Phoenix, a challenging show such as Cabaret must have seemed a daunting hurtle to overcome for the leaderless department. However, adjunct director Tom Gleadow proved a wonderful successor to Phoenix. Stunning and powerful, Cabaret was a gamble well-taken for the expanding department.Read More