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The silhouette of a man appears in front of an illuminated signage advertising the New Orleans Book Festival on the New Orleans Book Festival on Friday, March 10, 2023.

2023 New Orleans Book Festival

Sean Smith, Photo Editor | March 13, 2023

Top 10 2022 Alternative Summer Anthems

Top 10 2022 Alternative Summer Anthems

Ben Milburn, SM2 Music Reporter | September 14, 2022

For this list I’m going to cover my personal top ten tracks released in the summer of 2022. For songs to be considered they’d have to be released between May 6 and August 22, the end of the Spring...

Carter’s Countdown: Top 100 Songs

Carter’s Countdown: Top 100 Songs

June 11, 2022

90. No Vaseline – Ice Cube: One of the greatest diss tracks to ever grace the planet of Earth. This song is about the fallout of the legendary group NWA and Ice Cube destroyed them. No Vaseline takes...

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard hop genres on Omnium Gatherum

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard hop genres on ‘Omnium Gatherum’

Jessica Besnard and Jessica Besnard | May 4, 2022

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, a wonderfully erratic band known for genre-hopping and psychedelic rock, released their latest album ‘Omnium Gatherum’, which continues what their signature sound. The...

“The King of Harts”: Owen Hart’s legacy continues through inaugural wrestling tournament

“The King of Harts”: Owen Hart’s legacy continues through inaugural wrestling tournament

The Owen Hart Cup is a series of tournaments annually produced by All Elite Wrestling in direct partnership with The Owen Hart Foundation in honor of the late, great Owen Hart, continuing his great legacy. This...

Devmaccc celebrates another April 20 with his latest project

Devmaccc celebrates another April 20 with his latest project

Jeremiah Henry and Jeremiah Henry | April 27, 2022

Mississippi Rapper Devmacc has released his third installment to his famed four twenty series with the latest project, ‘Four.Twenty: Sessions 3’.  Dev’s latest addition to the ‘Four.Twenty’...

Father John Misty’s ‘Chloë and the Next 20th Century’ swings into jazzy old Hollywood

Father John Misty’s ‘Chloë and the Next 20th Century’ swings into jazzy old Hollywood

Jessica Besnard and Jessica Besnard | April 27, 2022

Father John Misty, also known for drumming in the folk band Fleet Foxes, released ‘Chloë and the Next 20th Century’, which feels like a love letter, with all its ache, sealed with a kiss. It is...

Pusha T returns with ‘It’s Almost Dry’, a potential album of the year

Pusha T returns with ‘It’s Almost Dry’, a potential album of the year

Koby Moore and Koby Moore | April 27, 2022

Last Friday, Pusha T dropped ‘It’s Almost Dry’ which is his follow up to the Grammy-nominated album ‘Daytona’. This album follows in the footsteps of its predecessor, excelling in its genre. The...

Jack White releases ‘Fear Of The Dawn’: the first of two solo albums

Jack White releases ‘Fear Of The Dawn’: the first of two solo albums

Jessica Besnard and Jessica Besnard | April 21, 2022

Jack White, the lead singer and guitarist of The White Stripes, released his new album titled ‘Fear Of The Dawn.’ This is his fifth solo album and the first of two he’s planning to release this...

Red Hot Chili Peppers reunite with spunky ‘Unlimited Love’

Red Hot Chili Peppers reunite with spunky ‘Unlimited Love’

Jessica Besnard and Jessica Besnard | April 13, 2022

Red Hot Chili Peppers released their reunion-like album ‘Unlimited Love’, marking their return with John Frusciante back on guitar after his electronic solo projects and over a decade split from the...

WrestleMania fights to live up to “stupendous” hype

WrestleMania fights to live up to “stupendous” hype

Benjamin Milburn and Benjamin Milburn | April 13, 2022

WrestleMania 38 was a two-night star-studded sports entertainment event put on by the WWE on April 2-3 2022, drawing 156,352 fans combined. I’ll provide a recap of this event by going through each match...

Foo Fighters craft temporary metal persona with Dream Widow

Foo Fighters craft temporary metal persona with ‘Dream Widow’

Jessica Besnard and Jessica Besnard | April 7, 2022

Foo Fighters, or mostly just the lead vocalist Dave Grohl, released ‘Dream Widow’, a metal EP, under the fictional band Dream Widow from their horror-comedy film ‘Studio 666.’ The EP was released...

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