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Punk Adjacent: New York, New Sounds, and The Velvet Underground

February 2, 2021CounterPointMcGill

Punk: (noun) a worthless person; a genre and subculture of music /// Adjacent: (adj) next to or adjoining something else /// Punk Adjacent: (column) Where we discuss the stories, legacies and surroundings of one of the most important artistic movements… Continue Reading →

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Best Projects of 2020

January 31, 2021CounterPointMcGill

Alex McKillop, Editor in Chief 20. Nuk- Red Tape 2 Detroit and Michigan had a massive 2020 after bubbling as an exciting hip-hop scene for the past few years. While most of the world was locked in quarantine, Detroit rappers… Continue Reading →

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From Heartbreak to Hit

January 28, 2021CounterPointMcGill

How Disney star Olivia Rodrigo turned her breakup into the number one song in the world. By: Gaby Seligman It’s not news that heartbreak makes for the best music. Female icons in music such as Alanis Morissette, Adele, and Taylor… Continue Reading →

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COUNTERPOINT – ISSUE 7

January 19, 2021CounterPointMcGill

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Electro Ballads, Animated antics, and Melancholy: Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – Gorillaz

January 12, 2021CounterPointMcGill
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By: Ovo Grant-Oyeye In January of this year, I was pleasantly surprised by a new Gorillaz single sitting on my YouTube homepage. When you get into an artist that already has a substantial body of work, it’s an interesting experience… Continue Reading →

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Qawwali and Unlearning Self Hate

January 7, 2021CounterPointMcGill

By: Ammar Mooraj I grew up surrounded by mostly white people. My friends, classes, and teachers were overwhelmingly white, and I don’t mean purely in skin tone. I mean culturally. I was raised with a real underlying sense that Euro-derivative… Continue Reading →

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Interview: Lowgo

December 27, 2020CounterPointMcGill

By: Hayley Foote At 21 years old, Montreal artist Lowgo has almost 100,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. His remix of Ezra Lewis’s “Wishes” has over 700,000 listens. However, what’s most impressive is that, with the exception of one song, he’s… Continue Reading →

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A Life of Tensions: An Interview With Sleepydog

December 1, 2020CounterPointMcGill

By: Ammar Mooraj Xavier “Sleepydog” Hall is one of the strongest examples of how art reflects the artist. Sleepydog, for the unaware, is an artist known for his midwest-emo/math rock music. His most popular video on YouTube has 2.2 million… Continue Reading →

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Album Review: Wachito Rico – Boy Pablo

November 23, 2020CounterPointMcGill

The past few years saw Nicholas Munöz, better known as Boy Pablo, infiltrate the indie-rock music scene with a steady release of singles and EPs. That’s why his accumulated fan base was more than happy to finally see the release… Continue Reading →

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Creativity in Quarantine: The Pandemic Albums of Taylor Swift & Passenger

November 19, 2020CounterPointMcGill

Since mid-March, when the world was put on hold, many people have been left alone with their thoughts. Some people used this time to pick up new hobbies, learn a language, or binge-watch a TV show, while others have used… Continue Reading →

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