Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian After my year-end list and reviewing SZA, I think it’s high time I finally cover an album from 2025, kicking off what’s already becoming quite an interesting year for music. Of course, calling “Balloonerism” a 2025 album would require some monumental asterisks, but let’s keep it out of the opening spiel. What better way to…
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian Well, now that we’re done with 2024, and are finally ready to head into our new hellish existence in 2025, I think it’d be wise to hack off an old limb still clinging to my leg before reviewing anything new. It was released on December 20, 2024 though so it’s basically a 2025 album. Let’s…
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian As many issues as 2024 had, the one thing you cannot levy against it was the music. This year was truly legendary for music, both in the popular sectors and the underground. Amazing albums and songs were up the wazoo, with several artist-defining releases. Of course, as a technically professional music critic, I will now…
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian Now, I’ve never been one to cover things on time. I’m always, at the very least, a few weeks late to the party when it comes to covering albums. But this review might seem extreme– it’s not just a few weeks late; it’s nearly half a year late. You might be wondering why I’m covering…
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian Before we get started here, I want to place this at the beginning so everyone reading this article will see it. If you can, please donate here or here. These are relief funds dedicated to helping out those displaced, hurt, or otherwise in peril in Palestine and Gaza due to Israel. Any amount helps. With…
Kate Megathlin As with many types of art, the way you are going to get the best experience as a dedicated music nerd or even just a casual music listener is to dig into the deep and flooded spheres of indie music. It’s the landscape with the lowest bar for entry, meaning anyone and anything, regardless of…
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian I think of the new crop of modern pop starlets taking up space in our airwaves these days; none of them have had as exciting of a career trajectory as Billie Eilish. Perhaps Olivia Rodrigo comes close, but even with her great music, I never saw that spark of true uniqueness in her like I…
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian Usually, I like to start these reviews with a snarky quip or something funny, but today, I want to start with a simple question: Why are you here? What do you think I’m going to say? You know this album sucks, we all know this album sucks—that’s the only thing anyone’s talked about since its…
Kate Meghatlin | The Seattle Collegian Welcome to 7-Inch Roundup (named so because of 7 inch vinyl records, the size for smaller albums), a new occasional series I’ll do where I take two eps and/or two albums too short to do full reviews on and review them together in one double review. This week, we’re tackling 2 Indie EPsthat kinda flew…
Kate Megathlin | The Seattle Collegian Just like how Christ was crucified for the sins of humanity, so too was Daft Punk crucified for the sins of the French House. Eleven years from their last album and that beautiful bassy hole in our hearts needed to be filled by someone, so who could come to take the crown they’ve left? Well,…