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Texas State Bobcats Secure Season-Opening Victory...

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2024/09/06

By Audrey Pasillas KTSW Sports Reporter SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State Bobcats claimed their season opener 34-27 victory against the Lamar Cardinals on Saturday night. With 19,637 in attendance, Texas State did not fail to put on a show for all in UFCU Stadium. The Bobcats kicked off [...]

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The Bobcats Lose Close One on Sunday Night

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2024/09/06

By Andrea Narro KTSW Sports Reporter SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State Bobcats fell short against the University of Houston Cougars 3-2 on Sunday night. While falling behind by two goals during the first half, the Bobcats were able to tie up the game only eight minutes into second [...]

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Rattlers Fall to the Hippos in Season Debut

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2024/09/06

By Osmara Valles Sports Reporter HUTTO, Texas— The San Marcos Rattlers traveled to Hutto, Texas, Friday night for the first game of the 2024 football season where they lost to the Hutto Hippos. The Rattlers now begin their season 0-1 for the second consecutive year, defeated by the Hutto Hippos [...]

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Concert Review: LAY DOWN MY LIFE Tour

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2024/09/03

Robert Lloyd Howard IV Rap Journalist When JPEGMAFIA announced his ‘Lay Down My Life Tour’ on June 15, 2024, excitement rippled through the fanbase. On July 15, he released the single “Sin Miedo,” which was a high-energy, bumping track that made anticipation for the album and tour even higher. By [...]

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JPEGMAFIA: I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU Album Review

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2024/09/02

Marcus Cortez Rap/Hip-Hop Journalist “If I was an NBA player, I’d be Dillon Brooks, but worse.” With this opening declaration, JPEGMAFIA starts his new album, I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU, immediately alluding to doubling down with his aggressive style and trash-talking bravado for his new album. This marks [...]

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Paul’s Boutique: A Production Mastery 35 Years Later

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2024/08/02

Marcus Cortez Rap/Hip-Hop Journalist In 1989, the sound of hip-hop began to evolve into a more alternative, album-focused sound and creation process. Projects like De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising, Big Daddy Kane’s It’s a Big Daddy Thing, and Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to [...]

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Introducing binki: A Rising Talent in Genre-Bending...

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2024/08/01

Kylie Swain Music Journalist It really does take a unique kind of artist to build such an influential following off the strength of a few albums, but binki is one artist who is accomplishing just that at the moment. Born on September 14th, 1997, in Pennsylvania, United States, binki (real [...]

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A Lucky Star in Our Eyes: Daniel Johnston

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2024/07/29

By Lucas Holloway Local Music Journalist 1990. West Virginia. A man and his father are flying home in their private two-seater Cessna on their way to a small music festival in Austin, when the man believes he is possessed by Casper the friendly ghost. He grabs the plane’s controls, [...]

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Hey Cowboy!’s Latest Harvest: Off The Cobb

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2024/07/29

By Adrian Escareno Local Music Journalist After listening to Off the Cobb, the new album by Austin band Hey Cowboy! I found myself mixed blend of melancholy and joy. Picture this: you’re cruising around Austin, navigating through the sea of food trucks and venues, with Off the Cobb playing in [...]

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Album Review: All For Something by Tiny Habits

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2024/07/26

Michael Ybarra Music Journalist Nobody is immune to the sharp teeth of growing pains, and the members of Tiny Habits are no exception. On their debut album All For Something, Maya Rae, Cinya Khan and Judah Mayowa hold listeners’ hands while recounting their rocky relationships, initially with other people but [...]

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The Birth and Evolution of PC Music: A Biography

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2024/07/21

Jack Doczy Music Journalist Out of the music scene in 2013 London, there came a very influential record label and art collective called PC Music. Brought into being by the ingenious producer A. G. Cook, it soon built its reputation on surreal, exaggerated gestures toward pop music tropes of the [...]

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Album Review: Charm by Clairo

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2024/07/21

Cecelia Moore Music Journalist On July 12, 2024, Clairo released her third studio album, Charm. The album features Clairo’s signature confessional, personal lyrics, with enormous musical swells that encapsulate the atmosphere of a cozy coffeehouse. On this record, Clairo pushes the boundaries of her past records, approaching Charm with [...]

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A Playlist for the Early 2000s Coffee House Nostalgia

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2024/07/21

Rinah Milter Music Journalist Do you ever miss the good old days? The Friday afternoons when you’d turn on Disney Channel after you get home from school or go to the mall to hang out with your friends? It seems that now, as summer is ending and “nostalgia bait” is [...]

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Norteño Roots

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2024/07/17

By Lucas Holloway Local Music Journalist If you grew up in Texas, the last things you wanted to hear from outsiders were, “Does everyone ride horses there?” or “Do you all wear cowboy hats and boots?” Among others, the next question they’d ask you would be if everyone [...]

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Band Spotlight: Bajo Estado

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2024/07/17

By Octavio Benavides Local Music Journalist I saw Bajo Estado at a Toten house show early in January, right before I was set to transfer to Texas State. It was a weird time in my life, constantly haunted by the looming knowledge my life was on the verge [...]

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Griselda: A Starter Guide to Buffalo’s Hip-Hop...

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2024/07/15

Marcus Cortez Rap/Hip-Hop Journalist Hailing from Buffalo, New York, the trio Griselda, consisting of Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, and Benny the Butcher, has become a staple in continuing New York’s rap scene’s gritty and raw take on hip-hop in the modern age. Their style is reminiscent of 90s rap [...]

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Exploring the Shoegaze/Indie Rock Genre

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2024/07/08

Kylie Swain Music Journalist Ethereal soundscapes and emotional lyrics have always fascinated listeners of shoegaze and alternative rock. For fans of iconic shoegaze bands like Slowdive and Cocteau Twins, discovering new music that carries the same dreamlike quality can be a fun experience. This article explores a selection of old [...]

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Bosh Album Review: Built to Bosh

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2024/07/08

By Octavio Benavides   Music Journalist The first time I saw Bosh perform was at the Austin High tunnels. I was surrounded by sweaty 20-year-olds and the smell of cigarettes. The day of work and school I had made me question if I even wanted to be at [...]

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M.I.A.’s Kala: A Sonic Revolution

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2024/07/07

Jack Doczy Music Journalist Back in 2007, M.I.A. dropped her second album, Kala, and it shot her to international stardom almost overnight. The album’s eclectic mix of global sounds and unapologetically political lyrics made M.I.A. a standout figure in the music world. Even now, more than a decade later, [...]

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Lana Del Rey’s American Romanticism

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2024/07/07

Cecelia Moore Music Journalist In the modern era, the Americana aesthetic has drifted out of the mainstream. With constant political uproar and more division than ever in our country, what once was a wholesome Norman Rockwell painting is now long gone. However, the nostalgia for the era is kept [...]

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