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Afterhours Charts 4/19

#ArtistAlbumLabel
1JULESDelta Ajax [EP]Happy Life
2LSDXOXODedicated 2 Disrespect [EP]XL
3MAGDALENA BAYMercurial WorldLuminelle
4P.VANILLABOYManny Me [EP]Goddess
5KEDR LIVANSKIYLiminal Soul2MR
6ARCAkiCK iiiiXL
7ADULTBecoming UndoneDais
8DAWN RICHARDSecond LineMerge
9FJAAKSYS03 [EP]Self-Released
10ROCHELLE JORDANPlay With The ChangesUNDRGRND
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Underground Charts 4/19

#ArtistAlbumLabel
1AUDREY NUNAA Liquid BreakfastArista
2HIATUS KAIYOTEMood ValiantBrainfeeder/Ninja Tune
3ILLISMFamily Over EverythingThe CRWN
4LITTLE SIMZSometimes I Might Be IntrovertAGE 101
5EVIDENCEUnlearning Vol. 1Rhymesayers
6GREENTEA PENGMan MadeEMI
7JPEGMAFIALP!EQT
8LAVA LA RUE“For You” [Single]Marathon Artists
9MCKINLEY DIXONFor My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like HerSpacebomb
10MILAN RINGI’m Feeling HopefulAstral People/PIAS
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Chainsaw Charts 4/19

#ArtistAlbumLabel
1CURTA’N WALLCrocodile Moat​!​!​!​!​!​!​!Grime Stone
2BLOODY KEEPO Vampire Of The Night [EP]Grime Stone
3ZETARDevouring DarknessSpirit Coffin
4BLACK WOUNDUnending LabyrinthDry Cough
5BORISNoThird Man
6CHARREDPrayers Of MaledictionEntertainment One
7ANTICHRIST SIEGE MACHINEPurifying BladeProfound Lore
8ANDREW WKGod Is PartyingNapalm
9PREDICTOR…thus spoke death [EP]Iron Bonehead
10ANNIHILUSFollow a Song From the SkyFederal Prisoner
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Top Charts 4/19

#ArtistAlbumLabel
1AUDREY NUNAA Liquid BreakfastArista
2NILUFER YANYAPAINLESSATO
3FLY ANAKINFrankLex
4HIATUS KAIYOTEMood ValiantBrainfeeder/Ninja Tune
5JPEGMAFIALP!EQT
6LITTLE SIMZSometimes I Might Be IntrovertAGE 101
7AJ TRACEYFlu GameRevenge
8GREENTEA PENGMan MadeEMI
9ILLISMFamily Over EverythingThe CRWN
10INJURY RESERVEBy The Time I Get To PhoenixSelf-Released
11LAVA LA RUE“For You” [Single]Marathon Artists
12MCKINLEY DIXONFor My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like HerSpacebomb
13MOONCHILDStarfruitTru Thoughts
14NINA GARBUSWellness CenterStrategic Alliance
15SHYGIRL“Cleo” [Single]Because
16VINCE STAPLESRamona Park Broke My HeartBlacksmith/Motown
17WEDNESDAYMowing The Leaves Instead Of Piling ‘Em UpOrindal
18BARRIEBarbaraWinspear
19BASEMENT REVOLVEREmbodySonic Unyon
20CAMP COPERunning With The HurricaneRun For Cover
21CAROLINE LOVEGLOWStrawberry100% Electronica
22DAWN RICHARDSecond LineMerge
23EVIDENCEUnlearning Vol. 1Rhymesayers
24FKA TWIGSCAPRISONGSYoung/Atlantic
25KILLS BIRDSMarriedKRO
26MILAN RINGI’m Feeling HopefulAstral People/PIAS
27PINK SIIFUGUMBO’!Dynamite Hill
28SAMM HENSHAWUntidy SoulDorm Seven/AWAL
29SASAMISQUEEZEDomino
30SKIIFALLWOIIYOIE TAPES Vol. 1 [EP]Self-Released

Daytime Adds

#ArtistAlbumLabel
1AD BLANCOTime Never WastedSelf-Released
2GUERILLA TOSSFamously AliveSub Pop
3FOOTBALL ETCVisions [EP]Self-Released
4ASTRAGALPure CashmereThe Nothing Song
5JILL LOREANThis RockMonohands
6KATE BOLLINGER“Who Am I But Someone” [Single]Ghostly International
7MANX DREAMSOf Past LivesSelf-Released
8NIGHT PALACEDiving RingsPark The Van
9PAPERCUTSPast Life RegressionSlumberland
10RAAVI“Lazy Susan” [Single]Self-Released
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museum maddie: Down in the Library

Howdy y’all! I have been absolutely devouring books lately, and I wanted to bring to you some of my latest recommendations. There is nothing as good as curling up with a page-turner on a rainy day. But, half the struggle of starting to get into a book is finding one! If you’re like me, you watch the same shows and movies and read the same books over and over again for the predictability and ease of choice. One of my New Year’s resolutions was to break this habit, and I’ve found that reading has been the best way to start. Here are my favorite non-committal page-turners that have gotten me back into my love for reading. 

Fiction

  1. The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley: A New Years reunion of a group of old friends from Oxford takes a sinister turn. Set in a remote estate in the Scottish Highlands, we hear from various characters. Heather and Doug, the lodge workers, Miranda, the center of attention, Katie, the quiet one, and Emma, the new friend, talk us through this volatile trip. I loved the setting Foley created and the twists and turns kept me guessing until the final page.
  2. The Guest List by Lucy Foley: A couple’s wedding celebration located off the coast of West Ireland goes dark. A murder, a storm, old secrets, this whodunnit novel has it all. Told from the perspective of the wedding planner, the bride, the plus-one, the best man, and the bridesmaid, the mixed points of view add a layer of uncertainty and secrecy. A great one-sitting read that will have you captivated until the end. 
  3. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens: This book broke my heart and stitched it back together just to break it again. Set in North Carolina in the 1950s and 60s, the story follows Kya as she navigates through living in isolation in the marsh. A coming-of-age murder mystery that focuses on class disparities and race, this book felt like an upgrade of a book you’d have to read for a high school English class. 
  4. Bunny by Mona Awad: Although I am still reading this, I had to include it in this list. Eccentrically written, I cannot put this book down. It is unorthodox, it is weird, it is unusual. There is a blurring line between what the reality is and I look forward to seeing how this book ends.

Non-Fiction

  1. Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe: This was my first non-school non-fiction book I’ve read this year. Savage Appetites revolves around four archetypes of women who are aligned and captivated with true crime. They include the detective, the victim, the defender, and the killer. While it does read like a long opinion article (which makes sense as Monroe is an investigative journalist), I found it an interesting change of pace from the podcasts I usually listen to. 
  2. Pandora’s Jar by Natalie Haynes: Another book that I’m still reading, and another I cannot wait to finish. Pandora’s Jar looks at the women in the Greek myths and why they are commonly villainized throughout these stories. Pandora, Jocasta, Helen, Medusa, and Eurydice are just a few of the women and stories that Haynes explores. 
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A Very Harry Summer

Howdy y’all! With the release of Harry Styles’ new single, As It Was, it only felt right to create a summer playlist made entirely of Harry/Harry-involved projects. Before we do that, let’s dive into how music is situated in sociology! While reading an article recently, I realized just how much girls and women are invalidated in what music they enjoy. According to this article from Study Breaks, One Direction had 48.8 million album sales in the 2010s and toured in stadiums with roughly 50,000 fans a night. Just by checking my Spotify, they currently have 27,820,306 monthly listeners, despite breaking up in January of 2016. So, why do people treat them as if they aren’t a successful band? 

It is common that those who listen to “real music” aren’t fans of “manufactured” bands that they think are just popular because of how they look. But with such a group like The Beatles, who fell mostly into psychedelic/pop rock, how did Beatlemania then delegitimize them? The answer? The societal perception of female fans.

Long queues made up of teenage girls are a feature of both The Beatles and One Direction concerts. Female fans are deemed as hysterical over these groups, which goes back to misogynistic views about the emotions that women should have (and what they should just keep to themselves). Hysteria was introduced as a mental disorder around the 1880s, and patients diagnosed were almost always women. It was not removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) until 1980. Yikes! Now, women are just looked down on by the media, with articles titled with things like “Beware of Obsessive and Over-Emotional One Direction Fans.”

Conclusion

If a teenage girl or woman likes something that is generally more liked by other women, then that interest is automatically invalidated for some reason or another. Think the Twilight franchise. A female fanbase should not be what dismisses the artist’s credibility. There are plenty of opinion pieces on this topic, and a major point is how we don’t invalidate the feelings or things that men like, as discussed in this New Statesman article, this Badger Herald article, and this Daily Targum article. Luckily, Harry Styles has continuously defended the female fan base of One Direction. I think that we are moving away from toxic sexism and moving towards just letting girls and women like what they like. I, for one, cannot wait for the rest of Harry’s new album. Now, for a very Harry summer. 

The Playlist

  • As It Was by Harry Styles 
  • Girl Almighty by One Direction
  • Kiwi by Harry Styles
  • Act My Age by One Direction 
  • Woman by Harry Styles 
  • Adore You by Harry Styles
  • One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks) by One Direction 
  • Lights Up by Harry Styles 
  • What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction 
  • Carolina by Harry Styles 
  • Only Angel by Harry Styles
  • Live While We’re Young by One Direction
  • History by One Direction
  • No Control by One Direction 
  • Up All Night by One Direction
  • Girl Almighty by One Direction
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Top Charts 4/12

#ArtistAlbumLabel
1NILUFER YANYAPAINLESSATO
2LITTLE SIMZSometimes I Might Be IntrovertAGE 101
3MILAN RINGI’m Feeling HopefulAstral People/PIAS
4AUDREY NUNAA Liquid BreakfastArista
5EVIDENCEUnlearning Vol. 1Rhymesayers
6FLY ANAKINFrankLex
7HIATUS KAIYOTEMood ValiantBrainfeeder/Ninja Tune
8ILLISMFamily Over EverythingThe CRWN
9SAMM HENSHAWUntidy SoulDorm Seven/AWAL
10FKA TWIGSCAPRISONGSYoung/Atlantic
11SKIIFALLWOIIYOIE TAPES Vol. 1 [EP]Self-Released
12BASEMENT REVOLVEREmbodySonic Unyon
13CRYSTAL EYESThe Sweetness RestoredBobo Integral
14FLYING LOTUSYasukeWarp
15GENESIS OWUSU“Waiting On Ya” (Jono Ma Remix) [Single]House Anxiety/Ourness
16GREENTEA PENGMan MadeEMI
17INJURY RESERVEBy The Time I Get To PhoenixSelf-Released
18JAPANESE BREAKFASTJubileeDead Oceans/Secretly Group
19MOONCHILDStarfruitTru Thoughts
20SHYGIRL“Cleo” [Single]Because
21TYLER THE CREATORCALL ME IF YOU GET LOSTColumbia
22WESLEY JOSEPHUltramarineEEVILTWINN/Transgressive
23YOUR GRANDPARENTSThru My WindowSelf-Released
24ANUSHKAYemayaTru Thoughts
25CAROLINE LOVEGLOWStrawberry100% Electronica
26CIV“Heaven On Earth” [Single]Self-Released
27DARKSOFTCryoLook Up
28DAWN RICHARDSecond LineMerge
29DENZEL CURRYMelt My Eyez See Your FutureLoma Vista/Concord
30EKKSTACYNegativeUnitedMasters

Daytime Adds

#ArtistAlbumLabel
1BARRIEBarbaraWinspear
2CARACARANew PreoccupationsMemory
3EARTH DADBirthdaySelf-Released
4NINA GARBUSWellness CenterStrategic Alliance
5TWELVE25Upside Of DownSelf-Released
6LISA LEBLANCChiac DiscoBonsound
7ROYEL OTIS“Oysters In My Pocket” [Single]House Anxiety/Ourness
8YONYMore Truth In FictionSelf-Released
9SKYE WALLACE“Everything Is Fine” [Single]Six Shooter
10SOCCER MOMMY“Shotgun” [Single]Loma Vista/Concord
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Afterhours Charts 4/12

#ArtistAlbumLabel
1ADULTBecoming UndoneDais
2KEDR LIVANSKIYLiminal Soul2MR
3CFCFMemorylandSelf-Released
4LSDXOXODedicated 2 Disrespect [EP]XL
5PIXEL GRIPArenaFeeltrip
6ARCAkiCK iiiiXL
7AMON TOBINHow Do You LiveNomark
8COFFINTEXTS8700 [EP]Club Qu
9ROSS FROM FRIENDSTreadBrainfeeder
10P.VANILLABOYManny Me [EP]Goddess
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Underground Charts 4/12

#ArtistAlbumLabel
1AUDREY NUNAA Liquid BreakfastArista
2FLY ANAKINFrankLex
3MILAN RINGI’m Feeling HopefulAstral People/PIAS
4SAMM HENSHAWUntidy SoulDorm Seven/AWAL
5BREANNAEpiphanySelf-Released
6EVIDENCEUnlearning Vol. 1Rhymesayers
7FKA TWIGSCAPRISONGSYoung/Atlantic
8LITTLE SIMZSometimes I Might Be IntrovertAGE 101
9SEEYOUSOONVIDÉSelf-Released
10SKIIFALL“Bloodclarrt Business” [Single]XL
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Chainsaw Charts 4/12

#ArtistAlbum
1CURTA’N WALLCrocodile Moat​!​!​!​!​!​!​!Grime Stone
2BLOODY KEEPO Vampire Of The Night [EP]Grime Stone
3ZETARDevouring DarknessSpirit Coffin
4BLACK WOUNDUnending LabyrinthDry Cough
5BORISNoThird Man
6CHARREDPrayers Of MaledictionEntertainment One
7ANTICHRIST SIEGE MACHINEPurifying BladeProfound Lore
8ANDREW WKGod Is PartyingNapalm
9PREDICTOR…thus spoke death [EP]Iron Bonehead
10ANNIHILUSFollow a Song From the SkyFederal Prisoner