• BCNR’s astounding second album

    Nathaniel Clark Staff Writer nuc5002@psu.edu On February 4, British rock band Black Country, New Road released their second studio album Ants from Up There. This release follows the band’s debut album For the first time from 2021 and accolades said album received. Released exactly a year after BCNRs first album, Ants from Up There comes…

  • Beacon Beats

    Dance Macabre – Ghost Numb Little Bug – Emmy Behold It’s the End of the World -The Suicide Machines I See You – MISSIO Feel Something – James Young Hellboy – Horizon Concorde – Black Country, New Road City of Gods – Fivio Foreign, Kanye West, Alicia Keys Always New Days Always – Grace Cummings…

  • Super Bowl Half Time Show

    Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu SuperBowl LVI had an interesting lineup for this season’s halftime show, including a nostalgic reminder for all ages of the rap and hip-hop genre of the early 2000s. The lineup included Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Mary J. Blige. The stage set up was four different little…

  • Newest Faces of Hall Of Fame Include Dolly Parton, Eminem, and more

    Stephanie Logue  Staff Writer  szl414@psu.edu  Dolly Parton and Lionel Richie, rapper Eminem, and new romantic band Duran Duran were among the first-time nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame unveiled on Wednesday.  For the first time, singer Carly Simon, musician Beck, and hip hop trio A Tribe Called Quest made the list. The…

  • Promises, Promises

    Abby Lipscomb Staff Writer atl5355@psu.edu I stared at his back as he talked to her. Smiling and laughing, pretending to have a good time with the young brunette. I could see how uncomfortable he was around her because he knew, in the back of his mind, no one could fill the me-sized hole I left…

  • It’s Today!

    Jonathan Fiscus Staff Writer   It’s today that we encounter  the tomorrow of yesterday. For just one day ago this one was one away. The time anticipated, In which we placed all things came along, but withheld all did not elation bring. A day away forever is tomorrow, what a sorrow For though that day…

  • Pianos, falling leaves, and red cars

    Somewhere along the line, he’d had a drink. She’d suggested it, her smooth voice slightly tainted by the drinks she’d already had. She then proceeded to slide him a glass full of the amber liquid, light catching the bubbles inside.  He looked at the drink in front of him. He’d always been a lightweight, but…

  • Lost Creativity

    My eyes blink As I stare at this Blank canvas in front of me Paint still sitting out A trusty paintbrush in hand And yet the motivation slips by Ideas were once flowing But there was no spark To pursue the idea To put pen to paper Or in this case Paint to canvas.  …

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