Author: arouseosu
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Maggie Rogers at the Aragon Ballroom
By Clovis Westlund “I promise to tell the truth,” Maggie Rogers whispers through blown-out speakers. It’s 21 degrees outside the art deco doors of the Aragon Ballroom in Uptown Chicago. Inside, it’s a mixed bag for a Friday night. A dad in sequins speaks of intergenerational interests and margaritas behind me in the coat-check. The…
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Y2k Fansites and the Importance of Archiving Obsession
By Emily Burnheimer I recall my past only through my timeline of musical obsessions. It’s hard to remember anything else– or at least, it’s hard to separate the music when it frames every memory. It’s easy to find the music in everything, and in the isolation of adolescence I did just that, spending every free…
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AROUSE’s 50 Favorite Songs of 2022
2022 flipped the “out with the old, in with the new” mantra on its head as songs of ages past became young again through TikTok trends and Spotify searches. However, the world is always growing bigger and getting better, and it gets harder every day to spend your time taking chances on new things. The…