uh-oh. A twenty-something is yearning again.
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SURG TAKES ON KNOTFEST 2024
Whether it be by eventual death or Rapture, I hope I cross the pearly gates into something as entirely idyllic as the Centennial Parklands on March the 23rd. I sit with fellow journalists, not so subtly rolling my neck to prep for the feat of endurance that will surely be reporting 10+ hours of head
Sem 2 ’25: The rerun
Show Spotlight The ReRun is an hour of high fidelity nostalgia where each week we celebrate an album’s birthday! We everything from absolute flops, timeless classics, and our fav overlooked gems. Hope you can stop by, listen to some music and indulge in my complaining! We asked host Calista (study
Sem 2 ’25: Subgenre Safari
Show Spotlight Each week we bushwhack and breach the dense foliage of RateYourMusic genre trees to bring you the freshest and most exotic subgenre fruit. Tune in to hear a new subgenre of alternative music every week! We asked hosts Jack (studying English) and Vance (studying English/History) a coup
Sem 2 ’25: blood sugar sex musik
Show Spotlight BLOOD SUGAR SEX MUSIK focuses on a different alt-rock subgenre every single week! We discuss the roots, timelines, cultural impacts and everything in between, and of course, we play our favourite recs from the genre in question. Your hosts Cappy and Danielle have a lot of interesting
Sem 2 ’25: tangential
Show Spotlight With your chronically online host Mia, get ready for a world of academia meets brainrot meets excessive media consumption where I tell YOU what’s hot and what’s not. This is TANGENTIAL: a weekly bite of culture; media, conversations, history and ruminations about exactly where my