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Bruce Johnston performing at a Beach Boys concert in 2019. “2019 The Beach Boys - by 2eight - DSC4883” by Stefan Brending (2eight) is licensed under CC BY-
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Age is just a number: The Beach Boys strike a chord with young audiences

Liam Maccarrick January 30, 2025

“Wouldn’t it Be Nice” by the Beach Boys is featured in the band’s acclaimed album Pet Sounds and is beloved by older generations. While the song sounds upbeat, it delves into the singers’ loneliness...

CHS’s Choir Club performs “Can’t Catch me Now” by Olivia Rodrigo at the 2024 Coffeehouse hosted by the junior class.

CHS has the blues: All that jazz at Coffeehouse 2024

Anna Claps and Kelly Matthews January 30, 2025

Communications High School (CHS) students spent a night at the museum at this year’s annual Coffeehouse on Dec. 13. Hosted by the Class of 2026, Coffeehouse featured musical acts from bands and solo...

Survey of 101 students from Oct. 21 to Oct. 28.

“Don’t stop believin’”: There is hope for music at CHS

Juliana Harary and Irmalize Serafino November 22, 2024

Communications High School (CHS) markets itself as a haven for artistic expression and creativity. This strong selling point raises questions about why some art forms seem to be pushed aside. Currently,...

Miley Cyrus faces controversy regarding copyrighted lyrics. "Miley Cyrus Primavera19 -226 (48986293772) (cropped)" by Raphael Pour-Hashemi is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Creative or copyright? Artists accused of stealing song lyrics

Honora Griffiths November 22, 2024

The music industry’s demand for ingenuity has pushed artists to try their hand at reinventing the lyrics of older songs. These interpolations have formed a gray area between nostalgic triumphs and pending...

Chappell Roan performs at Hollywood Palladium. “Chappell Roan @ Hollywood Palladium 11 18 2022 (53886572991)” by Justin Higuchi is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

“It’s a Femininomenon”: Pop music makes a comeback in 2024

Kylie Aprilante and Téa-Alexia Volante November 22, 2024

2024 was a big year for pop music. Over the last few months, the musical genre has taken the world by storm and been embraced by the teen demographic more than ever before, with refreshingly catchy hits...

Survey of 77 students from May 30 to June 3.

Lack of music education strikes a chord with students

Toby Gui June 18, 2024

To all Communications High School (CHS) students, the question as to why they applied to their school is a familiar one, and the answer usually has arts at the center of it. However, the arts curriculum...

Billie Eilish performs at Red Rocks Ampitheatre. “Billie Eilish Red
Rocks 06.05.19 (48012827583)” by Julio Enriquez from Denver,CO, USA is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Music loses its artistry in the age of consumerism

Giada Demaio June 18, 2024

Recently, top artists have been pumping out albums and hits like “The Tortured Poets Department” by Taylor Swift, “HIT ME HARD AND SOFT” by Billie Eilish and “MILLION DOLLAR BABY” by Tommy...

Exit 109 performs “The Story of Us” during Coffeehouse on Nov. 17, 2023. The Class of 2025 presented the Central Perk-themed event and donated half of the event’s proceeds to Hope Sheds Light.

Friends come together for night of music at Coffeehouse

Kylie Aprilante and Kelly Matthews November 22, 2023

The Communications High School Class of 2025 brought friends together with a Central Perk-themed Coffeehouse on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. This annual tradition gives the performers of CHS a chance to showcase...

Artists like Tyler the Creator use alter-egos when making music to express themselves without having to worry about as much backlash from the media.
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Alternate identities give artists creative freedom

June 16, 2023

Throughout music history, countless artists have adopted “alter egos.” Crafting a new identity enables artists to experiment with different genres and styles, dive deeper into their creativity and...

While boy bands are thinning out in numbers,
BTS found large success in the late 2010s.

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Boy bands are getting moved to the backstreets

Alice Ye and Stacy Lin May 25, 2023

The ‘90s to early 2000s was a time of bedazzled denim, emerging technology and most notably, boy bands playing nonstop on the radio. This era marked the rise of iconic boy bands: NSYNC, Backstreet...

Lily Costa performs on violin at her middle school graduation.

Lily Costa fiddles with her passion for classical music

Ori Rosmarin May 25, 2023

Sophomore Lily Costa of Redbank’s relationship with classical music and more specifically, the violin began as a four-year-old audience member to her childhood best friends’ orchestra performances....

They hype of music videos has went down since the excitement of them in the 2000s with pop stars like Britney Spears. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

The evolution of music videos has artists in treble

Ava Rubinstein May 25, 2023

When music videos came into existence, storytelling was suddenly as important as a song’s musical elements. Music became a visual experience, a production of performers and entertainers, rather than...

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