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Jodi Tang | Graphic Artist

Music to help you reset over spring break | Liv Listens

Olivia Stapleton March 6, 2025
Whether you're traveling somewhere warm, heading home or staying in Boston, I want to encourage everyone — no matter how busy you might still be — to take spring break as an opportunity to do the same as me and take some time for yourself. I’ve picked some relaxing songs with spring vibes to get into that fresh start and warmer weather mindset. 
Iris Ren | Senior Graphic Artist

A beginner’s guide to Phoebe Bridgers | Liv Listens

Olivia Stapleton February 9, 2025
Recently, I had a friend tell me she was interested in listening to Phoebe Bridgers. If you haven’t been living under a rock, chances are that you’ve at least heard of her before. However, if you’ve never gotten around to listening, that’s okay, because I’m here to help.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Music to soothe September stress | Liv Listens

Olivia Stapleton September 18, 2024
It’s already September, and while Boston’s weather might not have caught up just yet, fall is on the horizon. September is overwhelming, regardless of the temperature. I start sweating just thinking about opening my Google Calendar during this time of year. Classes have begun and club meetings are ramping up. I looked ahead yesterday — even though I probably shouldn’t have — and my first midterm is less than three weeks away. 
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

For the record, vinyl still serves a purpose | Editorial

Editors April 26, 2024
Most of us prefer digital music streaming in the digital age. It’s pocket-sized, convenient, cheap and easily shareable. But now that vinyl is no longer the primary medium for music consumption, it can almost serve as an individual form of art.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

America’s shoegaze explosion: A brief timeline

Miguel Gonzales April 4, 2024
Shoegaze has become almost unavoidable to Gen-Z listeners. From TikToks nearing approximately 180,000 posts under the hashtag “shoegaze” to a new generation of rising shoegaze bands, the genre has found new life. However, it wasn’t this way in the beginning, especially to a more general American audience.
Lila Baltaxe | Graphic Artist

Should I buy headphones or earbuds? — Price and practicality

Isabella Lapriore March 3, 2023
With the market of headphones and earbuds constantly growing, the options seem endless. Each new launch seems to have more impressive features than the last.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift

Editors November 15, 2021
The release of Taylor Swift’s re-recording of her 2012 album “Red” reminds of the complicated, often circular conversations that surround the mega-star.
TENTINDO: Kanye West's album cover is ugly, provokes discussion

TENTINDO: Kanye West’s album cover is ugly, provokes discussion

Will Tentindo February 16, 2016

Many underappreciate and ignore the subtleties of graphic design. A large number of people view graphic design as something easy that could be passed onto an intern. But after countless public mishaps,...

PHOTO BY FIONA MCKINLAY/CREATIVE COMMONS

You’re insecure, we know what for: One Direction’s latest album delivers fluff with no stuff

Caroline Aaron November 24, 2014

Odds are, if a person cares at all about pop music or modern music in general, that person has an opinion about One Direction. True, they are, as *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys were before them, a boy...

Class is in session: ScHoolboy Q masters his sound

Daily Free Press Admin March 5, 2014

After the critical and commercial success of Kendrick Lamar’s 2012 effort good kid, m.A.A.d city, all eyes within the industry have fallen on Top Dawg Entertainment’s other artists, particularly...

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