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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

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Album cover of Sunsetta's new EP "Green Line to Harvard Ave"

Student band Sunsetta drops new dance-inducing EP ‘Green Line to Harvard Ave’

By Mariyam Quaisar, Deputy Lifestyle Editor / February 24, 2021

Emerson’s very own student band Sunsetta dropped their new EP on Feb. 19 titled “Green Line to Harvard Ave,” and I immediately downloaded every song.  Sunsetta...

SOPHIE, a complex whole made of intricate parts

SOPHIE, a complex whole made of intricate parts

By Joshua Sokol / February 3, 2021

SOPHIE, a Grammy-nominated electronic-pop producer and artist who revolutionized the genre of hyperpop, died on Saturday in Athens, Greece. At 34 years...

"Plastic Hearts:" Why Miley Cyrus is the musical chameleon of Gen Z

“Plastic Hearts:” Why Miley Cyrus is the musical chameleon of Gen Z

By Karissa Schaefer / January 31, 2021

Gen-Z follows Miley Cyrus through it all. From living a double life on screen as Hannah Montana to a Tiktok trend where fans do whatever Cyrus comments....

Released in isolation: The top 10 albums of 2020

Released in isolation: The top 10 albums of 2020

By Joshua Sokol, Living Arts Editor / December 22, 2020

2020 has been a year of disappointment. Internships were cut. Intense feelings of isolation and general melancholy reigned in relation to the state of...

Alumnus and comedian Bill Burr '93 received his first Grammy nomination for his new comedy album, Paper Tiger.

Bill Burr ‘93 receives first Grammy nomination for comedy album ‘Paper Tiger’

By Lucia Thorne, Assistant Lifestyle Editor / December 14, 2020

Emerson alumnus Bill Burr ‘93 will have his first ever shot at a Grammy early next year after his newest Netflix comedy special, Paper Tiger, received...

45 Boston Ballet performers danced to Duke Ellington’s “Waltz of the Flowers,” outside the Boston Opera House, wearing street clothes as costumes.

Boston Ballet films performance outside Opera House for virtual season

By Lucia Thorne, Assistant Lifestyle Editor / November 9, 2020

Dancers of the Boston Ballet rejoiced Monday afternoon as they danced on Avenue de Lafayette for their first in-person performance since the pandemic spread...

Media courtesy of Kaitlyn Fehr

Emo Never Dies: The Black Parade keeps marching on

By Kaitlyn Fehr / November 4, 2020

This October, I celebrated the birthday of an emo icon. My Chemical Romance’s third album,  The Black Parade, officially turned 14 years old in October...

Junior Andrew Muccitelli sits atop a washing machine at Myrtle Street Laundromat. Jakob Menendez / Beacon Staff

Junior draws onstage persona from Bonnie and Clyde

By Emily Cardona / October 31, 2019

One late night in July 2018, junior visual and media arts student Andrew Muccitelli searched the infamous American crime couple Bonnie and Clyde.  Muccitelli...

Kyle Bray - Graphic by Ally Rzesa / Beacon Staff

Using music to find inner peace after a breakup

By Kyle Bray / October 11, 2019

It’s late May, and I’m sitting in the driver’s seat of my mom’s car parked in front of my now-ex-girlfriend’s apartment. I’m sobbing uncontrollably...

Sophomore Shane Sullivan (right) collaborated with his brother Nick (left) to produce an abstract alternative album under their band name Joyer. Photo courtesy of Shane Sullivan.

Brother music duo Joyer releases second album

By Shruti Rajkumar / October 4, 2019

With nothing more than two microphones, minimal technology experience, and GarageBand software installed on their computer, Shane Sullivan, a sophomore...

Weston High School senior Echezona Onwuama raps at Boston Rise's first event on Feb. 21. Photo by Xinyi Tu - Beacon Correspondent

Alumnus raises Boston voices with new initiative

By Dana Gerber / February 27, 2019

A red carpet lined the hallway leading to Center Stage this past Oscars weekend and coincided with the arrival of the performers from one of Boston’s...

The Banjo Project is a digital museum sharing the history and significance of the banjo in American culture. Photo courtesy of The Banjo Project

Professors’ digital museum tells the unknown story of the banjo

By Cassandre Coyer / January 16, 2019

When Associate Professor Marc Fields finished his documentary “Give Me the Banjo” after a decade of researching and gathering content on the instrument’s...

Kyle Bray - Graphic by Ally Rzesa / Beacon Staff

The B Side: Less is more in the streaming age

By Kyle Bray / November 14, 2018

My first listen of Vince Staple’s newest project FM! disappointed me. It had nothing to do with the quality of the album but rather the length. FM!...

Sophomore Zach Cargie in his 10th floor Colonial suite, the new home for Tiny Dorm. - Photo by Abigail Noyes / Beacon Staff

Students hold concerts you can roll out of bed for

By Cassandre Coyer / November 4, 2018

Saxophone music streamed from suite 1020 to fill the 10th floor of the Colonial residence hall on Oct. 18. Sophomores Zach Cargie, Justin Wood, Chris...

Junior Jacob Nakshian playing guitar at Fire House / Courtesy of Logan Wilder

Local bands burn bright at Fire House venue

By Lilly Milman / October 3, 2018

Senior Michael Papetti’s back tattoo depicts a small burning house—an ode to “Fire House,” the music venue he created in his living room. Last...

Music Column: Chicago rap rises from underground

Music Column: Chicago rap rises from underground

By Joseph Green / April 11, 2018

The history of hip-hop tends to focus on music from the coasts. When the genre was born in the 1970s, most of its early pioneers came from New York City....

BCE Director Wes Jackson will leave the college in July. Photo credit: Lala Thaddeus, 2018

Wes Jackson drops new beat for BCE

By Belen Dumont / March 29, 2018

Wes Jackson founded, produced, and marketed one of New York’s largest hip-hop cultural events, which featured artists like Kendrick Lamar and Jay-Z....

Joseph Green is a junior visual and media arts major and the Beacon's music columnist. Illustration by Enne Goldstein.

Music Column: Road to recovery runs through Camp Cope

By Joseph Green / March 21, 2018

I have a confession to make about Australian rock band Camp Cope: I can’t listen to their music on public transit without crying. After my first few...

Kaylee Largay is organizing Cambiar Festival, a 2019 music, arts, and fashion event in Boston. Photo courtesy of Kaylee Largay.

Cambiar Festival shines light on rare cancer research

By Grace Griffin / March 14, 2018

When Kaylee Largay ‘17 was a freshman her mother passed away from Leiomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer. Since then, Largay knew she wanted to give...

The WECB studio in the basement of the Ansin Building in March, 2017.

WECB announces (Sandy) Alex G for concert series

By Owen Elphick / March 1, 2018

Indie-rock singer-songwriter (Sandy) Alex G will perform in the Cabaret on Thursday, March 15 for a free concert. Only Emerson students will have access...