This article initially appeared in a print edition of the Hilltop Monitor published Oct. 6, 2025. The Fate of OpheliaCertified banger. Keeps her literary references…
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Walk Him Like a Dog
This article initially appeared in a print edition of the Hilltop Monitor published Oct. 6, 2025. Everyone’s favorite Disney Channel icon turned pop star has…
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Hozier reimagines Dante’s “Inferno” in “Unreal Unearth”
Art inspires art; this has been a truth for as long as people have been creating. The alternative singer Hozier takes this concept to a…
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“When am I gonna stop being wise beyond my years and just start being wise?,” 20-year-old artist Olivia Rodrigo asks on “teenage dream”, the final…
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Vince Staples: A Return to Ramona Park Roots
Odd Future is a name that became practically ubiquitous during the early 2010s, most often remembered as a collective of ambitious teenagers reputable for influencing…
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“Red (Taylor’s Version)” album review
Taylor Swift released another rerecording on Nov. 12, making “Red (Taylor’s Version)” the sixth album of hers she now owns herself. Like with “Fearless (Taylor’s…
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A Look Back – Revisiting Kid Cudi’s “Man on the Moon II”
Frequent collaboration with Travis Scott, Kanye West and a multitude of other members of Kanye’s record label allowed prolific artist Kid Cudi to maintain a…
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Aug. 29 marked the day that sent Kanye West’s discography of studio albums into the double digits with his release of “Donda,” a 27-track behemoth…
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Album Review: “L.W.” by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Released Feb. 25 of this year, “L.W.” serves as the follow up to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s “K.G.” album that was released in…
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