by NICK BUCHANAN
​Co-editor

"Hello, it's me..."

With three words, the ashes and rubble remaining from the spontaneous combustion of Adele's career were rekindled, four years removed from the release of the miracle album that blessed her with seven Grammy awards, four multi-Platinum singles in the United States, and 30 million album sales worldwide. Now, enter 25, the album equivalent to an admittedly average freshman entering high school under the ubiquitous shadows of her overachieving older sister who graduated from the same institution the year before. It's clear that Adele understands that 21 was a storm of success that comes only once in a lifetime, but she sure is doing her darnedest to double dip into the pool of popularity. 

by NICK BUCHANAN
Co-editor

"You're so cute," Ryn Weaver told me in the lobby of the Newport Music Hall after her gig on Friday. "Are you in college? What do you study?"

Off stage, Weaver carries herself as a warm, outgoing friend. As I stepped towards her for my meet and greet session, she dived in for an embrace before the photographer ushered us against a marble staircase for a photo opportunity. Five more hugs, a kiss, and two dozen selfies later, I was on my way out of the venue, surprised that the girl I had just met was the same girl who effortlessly captured attention from hundreds of audience members just an hour before.

by NICK BUCHANAN
Co-editor

Ellie Goulding has made a mistake: she revealed her intentions for a full-fledged pop invasion and her passion for pop and electronic music. 

In a world where the standard for quality music is often forcefully determined by old fogies and hipsters in front cameras with thick-rimmed glasses and distinguished aural palates who think anything short of moaning indie static is unsatisfactory, an affiliation with Top 40 radio is often looked upon with an eye roll or a look of disgust – even more so when an artist is particularly passionate about being part of the mega-pop gang. So when Ellie Goulding announced her third full-length album, Delirium, to be an experimental attempt at crafting a "big pop album," a large digital moan was nearly audible from one half of the Internet – the half that is still grumbling about wanting "old Ellie" back, that is. 

by KARINA CLOESMEYER

by LEVI MORMAN
Photographer

by JC PORTIS
​Staff writer

​What’s happening, folks? JC here for Tystenac’s Dragon Fire Music Reviews! After a few weeks of listening and trying to dissect it, I’ve decided to tackle a full album: Andy Mineo’s Uncomfortable.

You’re probably thinking, “Who the heck is Andy Mineo?” Well, then a little background is in order. Andy Mineo (once called C-Lite) hails from Syracuse, New York. Working as a producer in high school and a rapper for the first few years after that, Andy took a turn, in what some would consider the right direction, and dedicated his life to Christianity. After two years of working with other Christian hip-hop artists, he signed to Reach Records in 2011. In the next four years, he would go on to release a well-received mixtape and three albums, with his newest one, Uncomfortable, just dropping September 18 of this year.