Category: Album Review
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The Louie Louie Story: How Tacoma Launched one of Rock’s Most Popular Songs
By Thomas O’Neil “Louie Louie” is recognizable to most people. Maybe you’ve heard it sung at a baseball game, covered by your local bar band, or maybe you’ve heard a Jewish parody version of it about the Exodus story made for kids. Regardless, the song is still relevant, which is amazing considering that many other…
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From Space to Earth
By Mozie C. David Bowie’s legacy as Ziggy Stardust, the development of glam rock, and his footprint on the Moon. How can a drug-using, omnisexual, human manifestation of an alien being save the people of the world from destroying themselves? According to David Bowie–with the power of love. Few musicians on the rock circuit of…
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The Undeniable Mathew B.
By Dominic LaFratta “I just want to say this, there’s no part of any of this that I regret. Like, there’s nothing that happened that didn’t need to happen.” With a room full of musical memorabilia, from a Bootsy Collins figurine to a signed RZA poster from a special screening of The 36th Chamber of…
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The Doper the Lemon, the Sweeter the Juice
By Xavey Bzdek I have never done this, bear with me; writing album or concert reviews is a task that I haven’t previously thought to attempt. But, lo and behold comrades, I am here writing this review because I have mustered the desire to spoon-feed you all some immortal knowledge: DOPE LEMON is a phenomenal…
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Go Back To Where You Belong, In My Memories by The Hypocrites Club
By Tate DeCarlo I met Esteban “Marty” Martha earlier this fall when he visited the University of Puget Sound with Tulengua, a bilingual, genre-breaking supergroup from southern California. Tulengua played an incredible set at the ASUPS Identity Day event and were kind enough to be interviewed on air by KUPS staff. I ended up chatting…
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On-Air Interview with Divaria (09/12/23)
By Dominic LaFratta and Tate DeCarlo Transcribed by Juliet Oswald Off Your Face by Divaria Dominic: You’re listening to KUPS 90.1 FM, the sound. I’m your host Dom along with my co-host Tate. That was “Off Your Face” by Divaria, who we have in the studio with us right now! He just released his nine-track…
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Death is Nothing to Us by Fiddlehead
By Tate DeCarlo Fiddlehead embraces shift in style with 2023 album release Death is Nothing to Us Post-hardcore allstars Fiddlehead, renown for their heart-wrenching, high energy sound, released the album Death is Nothing to Us this August. Building on the momentum of their 2021 release Between the Richness and 2018’s Springtime and Blind, this newest…