Ask the Seniors: What Music Helps You Study?
The senior class’s time at IMSA is nearing an end in several months but during their IMSA careers, many have developed unique habits to help them study, write papers, and…
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The Punk Rock Patriarch: A Review of We Cool? by Jeff Rosenstock
What is punk rock, anyways? Is it a whiny teenager shouting into a microphone, accompanied by scratchy guitars, crappy bass, and drums that are too loud for their own good?…
Family Matters in Hip-Hop: Reviewing Broad Shoulders by Taylor Bennett
In December of 2015, Taylor Bennett shook off the ties to his older brother Chance the Rapper and spread his own wings by releasing his debut full-length album Broad Shoulders….
The Minority: Music-Oriented Students
The Minority: Music-Oriented Students Music is rarely taken seriously at IMSA. Many of us lose the passion for performance in the midst of stress and work, and only pop in…
Reflections on the ILMEA All-State Conference
Written by: Madison Dong From January 29th to the 31st, I attended a music conference in Peoria with amazing musicians from all over Illinois. In the fall, students audition and…
SMAC’s First Coffeehouse of 2013
By: Jo-Jo Feng, IMSA News Staff Writer IMSA’s student run group SMAC, Spreading Music Around the Community, hosted their first Coffeehouse of the new year this past Tuesday night. This…