Arts & Culture

On Remix Culture: Raving About House Music

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Coachella 2024: My ribcage is crushed between a barricade and the crowd behind me, there is no relief from the 100 degree desert heat and I’m running purely on adrenaline and three hours of sleep. I cannot relate to the mob of EDM fanatics behind me — at least, that’s what I thought until the house act steps onstage. And although I went to the festival for Tyler, the Creator, it was John Summit and Dom Dolla’s collaborative set, elusively named Everything Always, that convinced me to stay. I have always found something enigmatic about house music’s allure. Until the months leading up to Coachella, I had sworn off the genre in detest of its repetition.

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SOLAR FLARE | Sundown

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Grab your picnic blanket and portable speaker. It’s not too cold yet to enjoy the slope at sunset! Nia Archives: “Silence Is Loud”

Jungle takes new shape! Familiar drum breaks energize a heartfelt, noisy landscape of anachronistic tones — acoustic guitar and a screeching synth. 

Kevin Abstract: “What Should I Do?”

A breath of fresh autumn air. 

Charli XCX: “Tears (feat. Caroline Polachek)”

Brat didn’t come from nowhere; in A.G. we trust. 

Clairo: “Terrapin”

The song flipped by every amateur boom bap producer this summer.

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SOLAR FLARE | Songs for the Walk Home

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How do I drag my body home from campus on a weekday afternoon? With the help of “Sunshine,” off of Work of Art by Asake. A gentle release from academic anxiety: “Sun’s gon’ shine on everything you do.”