‘Hollywood Baby’ by 100 gecs features the duo’s heavy, vibrant sound
Rating: 3.5/5 stars American hyper-pop duo 100 gecs (“Snake Eyes”) released “Hollywood Baby,” the latest single for their upcoming sophomore album “10,000 gecs,” on Feb. 17. Every review of 100 gecs’ music starts off with some thesaurus-guided hook about how…
Rebecca Black surprises listeners, releases hypnotic hyperpop album
American singer-songwriter, Rebecca Black, released her debut studio album “Let Her Burn” on Feb. 10. Many students scrolling TikTok on the Oswego campus may be too young to have experienced the phenomenon that was Rebecca Black. In 2011, Black released…
Campus janitors thrive under union contract
Disclaimer: This story was written in the fall semester of 2022 after Issue X was published. Some information may have changed since that time. After a semester under a new union contract, the campus custodial staff continue to thrive as…
Valentine’s Day: A plastic consumerist holiday
Who else reading this is single? The local Walmart has been selling roses and chocolates since December; TikTok feeds are full of couples showing their Valentines date ideas; the Deborah F. Stanley Arena is holding a “Sweethearts Open Skate.” Last…
Young Fathers ‘Heavy, Heavy’ endorses zealous feast of sound
Scottish indie pop band Young Fathers (“Cocoa Sugar”) released their fourth studio album “Heavy Heavy” on Feb. 4. The band sounds very happy. This is not atypical of a Young Fathers record, but on “Heavy Heavy,” the band sounds like…
Christmas overrated: too early to celebrate
Oswegonian Editor-in-Chief Annika Wickham published an editorial supporting Christmas creep, a term used since the mid-1980s to refer to a phenomenon of retailers and consumers embracing the Christmas season as early as Nov 1. Wickham says to the anti-creep crowd,…
New Backxwash album proves to be heavy, suffocating
Zambian-Canadian rapper Backxwash (“Daddy Issues”) released her fourth full-length album “HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING” on Oct. 31. This concludes a trilogy of albums in which Backxwash reflects on her past while embracing a neo-gothic…
Carly Rae Jepsen charts new territory with ‘The Loneliest Time’
Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen (“Dedicated”) released her sixth studio album “The Loneliest Time” on Oct. 28. The album is consistent with Jepsen’s stylistic disco-esque synth pop, though She said that she wanted to “broaden the spectrum of what the…
Hochul best choice for governor
Gov. Kathy Hochul is awful. Here is why you should vote for her. Jumaane Williams’ loss in the New York Democratic primary proved once again the unwillingness of the party to nominate a progressive candidate. While centrists like Gov. Hochul…
Taylor Swift album ‘Midnights’ is one not to sleep on
American singer-songwriter and jet owner Taylor Swift (“Carolina”) released her tenth studio album, “Midnights,” on Oct. 21. The album is a detour from the “Taylor’s Version” re-release project she had completed with her two previous releases. “Midnights’” release was special,…
