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Tinashe soars in new album ‘Joyride’

By Troy Kowalchuk
April 24, 2018

Hayley Kiyoko’s debut album is a touching, well-produced project on lesbian relationships

By Troy Kowalchuk, Collegian Staff
April 8, 2018

‘Camila’ brings exposed, deeply moving words to a redundant genre

By Troy Kowalchuk
January 30, 2018

Charli XCX’s latest release, ‘Pop 2,’ is another gorgeous experiment on electro-pop

By Troy Kowalchuk
January 23, 2018

Cupcakke’s ‘Ephorize’ proves it’s time to take her seriously

By Troy Kowalchuk
January 22, 2018

‘Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp’ delivers a promising replica of the console classic

By Troy Kowalchuk
December 5, 2017

Sia reinvents what it means to create a Christmas album with ‘Everyday Is Christmas’

By Troy Kowalchuk
November 30, 2017

Kelela’s debut ‘Take Me Apart’ is a captivating, deeply personal exposition on heartache.

By Troy Kowalchuk
October 17, 2017

‘Skin and Earth’ teaches us how to be our own heroes

By Troy Kowalchuk
October 1, 2017

Charli XCX’s ‘Number 1 Angel’ shows honesty through redundancy

By Troy Kowalchuk
April 4, 2017

Tinashe creates her own atmospheric fantasy on ‘Nightride’

By Troy Kowalchuk
November 16, 2016

Ariana Grande’s ‘Dangerous Woman’ a meaningful contemporary pop masterpiece

By Troy Kowalchuk
September 6, 2016

All Saints’ ‘Red Flag’ leaves a lasting impression

By Troy Kowalchuk
April 18, 2016

Santigold breaks out of the package in ‘99¢’

By Troy Kowalchuk
March 1, 2016

Sia’s ‘This is Acting’ is simply that: acting.

By Troy Kowalchuk
February 8, 2016

‘Neko Atsume’ app offers fun, feline diversion

By Troy Kowalchuk
January 21, 2016

‘Cymbal’ app aims to help users discover new music

By Troy Kowalchuk
December 10, 2015

New app Pocket Points encourages students to pay attention in class

By Troy Kowalchuk
November 12, 2015

An insight into the W.E.B. Du Bois Library and what it has to offer students

By Troy Kowalchuk
November 5, 2015

New ‘Zombies, Run!’ app puts a little fear into your step

By Troy Kowalchuk
November 3, 2015

Disclosure’s “Caracal” is a dark, woozy masterpiece.

By Troy Kowalchuk
October 6, 2015

Lana Del Rey’s “Honeymoon” is an exotic dream

By Troy Kowalchuk
September 29, 2015

‘Miley Cyrus & her Dead Petz’ is an overstuffed disaster

By Troy Kowalchuk
September 15, 2015

From comebacks to career revivals, the artists that defined music this summer

By Troy Kowalchuk
September 8, 2015

Why the trending ‘My Idol’ app is worth idolizing

By Troy Kowalchuk
April 28, 2015

Spring has already sprung at the UMass Durfee Conservatory

By Troy Kowalchuk
April 7, 2015

An introduction to Tidal, Jay Z’s paid alternative to Spotify and Pandora

By Troy Kowalchuk
April 5, 2015

Courtney Barnett offers unique outlook on life on debut album

By Troy Kowalchuk
March 29, 2015

Marina and the Diamonds offer new twists on ‘Froot’

By Troy Kowalchuk
March 22, 2015

Five College Consortium classes give students a chance to branch out

By Troy Kowalchuk
March 10, 2015

Big Sean reaches for the top with solid “Dark Sky Paradise”

By Troy Kowalchuk
March 2, 2015

Imagine Dragons deliver nothing but “Smoke & Mirrors” on their second album.

By Troy Kowalchuk
February 26, 2015

‘Dear White People’ is the opposite of ground breaking

By Troy Kowalchuk
December 4, 2014

Theophilus London branches out on second album

By Troy Kowalchuk
November 4, 2014

Chadwick Stokes to headline Pearl Street this Saturday

By Troy Kowalchuk
October 27, 2014

Invite-only social media site Ello an uninspired recycling bin for other networking sites

By Troy Kowalchuk
October 26, 2014

Tinashe impresses on debut album, “Aquarius”

By Troy Kowalchuk
October 20, 2014

Duolingo makes learning a language easier

By Troy Kowalchuk
October 19, 2014

Indie band Tennis to rock Pearl Street Saturday night

By Troy Kowalchuk
September 22, 2014

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