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Frank Ocean’s 2023 Coachella appearance. Photo via The Desert Sun

In honor of Coachella 2026 officially coming to an end, and literally everyone I know experiencing BieberFever, I can’t help but think about all the other Coachella weekends I’ve missed. 

Coachella headliners are obviously the main attraction, and each year Coachella brings out artists with huge fanbases and usually year long hiatuses. This is true for Bieber’s performance this year, No Doubt in 2024, and one that I hold near and dear to my heart, Frank Ocean in 2023. 

When Frank Ocean was announced to be the Sunday headliner for Coachella 2023, I probably spent a solid month figuring out how to budget a trip from Texas to Coachella Valley. I…

1. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
Album: The World Is To Dig
Label: Idlewild

2. NINE INCH NAILS AND BOYS NOIZE
Album: Nine Inch Noize
Label: Interscope

3. BALU BRIGADA
Album: Portal
Label: Atlantic

4. THE DOLLYROTS
Album: "Attention Span" [Single]
Label: Wicked Cool

5. BLOOD ORANGE
Album: Essex Honey
Label: RCA

6. TREMBLER
Album: Total Sorry [EP]
Label: Rite Field

7. UNDERSCORES
Album: U
Label: Mom+Pop

8. WIDOWSPEAK
Album: "If You Change" [Single]
Label: Captured Tracks

Photography from "Michael" official movie cover

The King of Pop is back – through film! This weekend, from Lionsgate production, “Michael,” a biographical telling of Michael Jackson’s career and upbringing, hits theaters.

Michael Jackson was one of (if not the most) popular pop singers from the 70s to the 2000s, creating some of the most popular songs of our generation. With iconic songs like “Billie Jean,” “Thriller,” “Smooth Criminal,” and “Bad,” Jackson would go on to win 13 Grammys throughout his career. But his career as Michael Jackson was not the only one he had.

Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana. When he was just six years old, he and his other brothers started the Jackson 5. The Jackson 5 consisted of all five Jackson brothers: Jackie, Tito, Marlon, Jermaine, and, of course, Michael. The musical team eventually disbanded in 1989, and while they never won a…

1. BACKWATER HOLYLIGHT
Album: Not Here Not Gone
Label: Suicide Squeeze

2. HIDING PLACES
Album: The Secret To Good Living
Label: Keeled Scales

3. DEATHCRASH
Album: Somersaults
Label: untitled

4. NEGGY GEMMY
Album: She Comes From Nowhere
Label: 100% Electronica

5. NEW MEXICAN STARGAZERS
Album: Pockets Of Interest
Self-Released

6. ROBBER ROBBER
Album: Two Wheels Move The Soul
Label: Fire Talk

7. NINAJIRACHI
Album: I Love My Computer
Label: NLV

8. EVENING SKY
Album: Evening Sky Plus One: Mino…

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy

Born on August 2, 1992, Charlotte Emma Aitchison, more famously known as Charli XCX, always knew she wanted to be a part of the music scene. From making music on Myspace during the late 2000’s, to gaining over 30 million monthly listeners on Spotify, to eventually having her own indie movie, the popularity of Charli XCX has been consistently growing. 

In an interview with The Guardian, Charli described her first gig for a rave at just 15-years-old, needing her parents to drive her to the venue. After a few years, Charli was signed to Asylum Records. Despite this signing, Charli began to feel disconnected from music, stating in the same interview, “I didn’t know who I was. I didn't know what I liked.” Her label, worried about her…

1. DURAND JONES AND THE INDICATIONS
Album: Flowers
Label: Dead Oceans

2. JACK WHITE
Album: "G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs" b/w "Derecho Demonico" [Single]
Self-Released

3. EARL SWEATSHIRT
Album: Pompeii//Utility
Label: 10k

4. RACECOURSE
Album: July, December
Label: Reya Langen

5. OTRACAMI
Album: Runoff
Label: Figure & Ground

6. MILA CULPA
Album: "Leech" [Single]
Label: Community

7. RED PK
Album: Horse Like Me
Label: Storm Chasers

8. SUKI WATERHOUSE
Album: "Back In Love" [Single]
Label…

1. AVALON EMERSON
Album: Written Into Changes
Label: Dead Oceans

2. LORD SKO AND STATIK SELEKTAH
Album: "How It Is" [Single]
Label: Stimulated

3. MARIA BC
Album: Marathon
Label: Sacred Bones

4. BEABADOOBEE
Album: "All I Did Was Dream Of You" feat. The Marías [Single]
Label: Dirty Hit

5. SAAPATO
Album: In Alaska
Label: AKP

6. COURTNEY BARNETT
Album: Creature Of Habit
Label: Mom+Pop

7. MITSKI
Album: Nothing's About To Happen To Me
Label: Dead Oceans

8. TRASHCAN SINATRAS
Album: "Bad Husband" […

Photography from the Beetlejuice Original Broadway Cast Recording

Earlier this month, the Tony nominated and six-year running Broadway show, “Beetlejuice,” came to the Hult Center. The musical opened on April 25, 2019, but had to close not less than a year later due to COVID. Despite this, two years later, in April 2022, the show was back on Broadway! The show is an onstage adaptation of Tim Burton’s classic 90’s movie, “Beetlejuice.” 

When asked in an interview with AMERICAN THEATRE about bringing something like “Beetlejuice” to the stage, creator of the show, Alex Timbers, explained, “There are a lot of movies being made into musicals, and I think as a theatremaker you have to feel really passionate about how and why something needs to be told on a stage.” In the same interview, Timbers discussed approaching Broadway…

1. KID SISTR 
Album: "American Teenage Prophecy" [Single]
Label: Giant LLC

2. JUANA MOLINA
Album: DOGA
Label: Sonamos

3. KALI UCHIS
Album: Sincerely: P.S.
Label: Capitol/UMG

4. ORCA
Album: "Soren" [Single]
Label: Open

5. LALA LALA
Album: Heaven 2
Label: Sub Pop

6. OPERELLY
Album: "Under my bed" [Single]
Label: deadAir

7. LANA DEL REY
Album: "White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter" [Single]
Label: Polydor/Interscope/UMG

8. LOCAL WEATHERMAN
Album: Right One [EP]
Label: Karol

Photo by Maevis Sanders

You're probably familiar with NPR’s Tiny Desk series – National Public Radio's intimate live sessions where artists ranging in sound and fame perform acoustic renditions of their songs. Since its start in 2008, the series has hosted a number of artists to play stripped down songs behind a cluttered office desk that sports memorabilia and trinkets from previous artists – from cowboy boots and wigs to a large orange lego bear left by The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir. Notable performances include Mac Miller, who covered songs off “Swimming” and guest starred Thundercat; Ca7riel & Paco Amaroso, whose acoustic renditions of their usually electronic trap and hip hop sound went insanely viral; and Dua Lipas’ at-home Tiny Desk in 2020, featuring tracks from “Future Nostalgia.”

In February, local Eugene punk band Nuisance had their own makeshift Tiny Desk, playing songs off their 2025 EP “Halfway Home” and new demo “…