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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

DeJamz: the best of 2022

Lilly Keller, Editor in Chief January 8, 2023

Although 2022 may be behind us, it would be a travesty to leave behind the year's best releases so quickly. Whether your personal year was good, bad or somewhere in between, I believe we can all agree...

The New Orleans punk band released their 4th album Endure, highlighting themes of politics and societal breakdown.

Special Interest’s latest release “Endure” highlights the unsteadiness of America’s political climate

Cormick Costello, Contributing Writer November 16, 2022

About three quarters into the track “(Herman’s) House” by New Orleans based punk act Special Interest, a group of vocalists chant “ooouahh ooouahh” over and over during a musical breakdown. It’s...

My Mind and Me: A candid glimpse into fame and its shadow

‘My Mind and Me’: A candid glimpse into fame and its shadow

Olivia Moosey, Contributing Writer November 14, 2022

“Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me,” is a raw documentary about Selena Gomez, showing an honest and sincere portrayal of the journey to stardom. Directed by Alek Keshishian, the film feels as if we are...

DeJamz – November exhaustion

Lilly Keller, Editor in Chief November 13, 2022

As the temperature begins to slip and shades of gray perpetually swallow the sun, I, like many others, am starting to feel the full weight of fall quarter on my shoulders. Perhaps it is the ungodly amount...

“The Car”: A melancholy ballad of moving on

“The Car”: A melancholy ballad of moving on

Claire Tweedie, Arts & Life Editor November 6, 2022

Arctic Monkeys’ newest album “The Car,” released on Oct. 21, is a 10-track avant-garde narrative through the glitz and glamor of 1970s aesthetics. That is to say, it is definitely not for everyone....

DeJamz – 11/7 – Let’s get psychedelic, man

Una Cleary and Ruchi Nawathe November 6, 2022

As DePaul students, many of us are trying to escape from our current realities. Music is a trusted medium to break free from these everyday truths. The psychedelic genre has tested the trials of time as...

Can we separate the art from artist?

Can we separate the art from artist?

Una Cleary, Focus Editor November 6, 2022

Kanye West, Travis Scott, John Lennon and R. Kelly are all considered to be some of the most famous musical artists of all time, constantly topping the charts for decades at a time.  Yet with their...

What keeps you up at night? Midnights by Taylor Swift

What keeps you up at night? Midnights by Taylor Swift

Jake Cox, Online Managing Editor November 6, 2022

On Oct 21, Taylor Swift released her long-awaited 10th studio album, "Midnights.” Her first release of new music since 2020 is a return to her days of pop perfection with beats reminiscent of her earlier...

DeJamz – 10/24 – Spooky Season

Lilly Keller, Editor in Chief October 23, 2022

As October creeps to an end and the sun begins to set earlier, there is only one thing on many people's minds: Halloween. Whether you're already in the spirit or merely fighting to make it through the...

Tom Hulce stars as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1984 film Amadeus.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra puts film and music in perfect harmony with Amadeus: Live

Lauren Coates October 19, 2022

When Miloš Forman’s “Amadeus” first hit theaters in 1984, audiences were treated to a lavish, sprawling spectacle of a film that used an unlikely framing device as a way to explore the inner life...

DeJamz – 10/17 – Let’s get emo, baby

Lilly Keller and Jonah Weber October 16, 2022

While we have come a long way from 7th grade and Hot Topic tee-shirts, I’ll be the first to say I have never been able to completely abandon my middle school music taste. While I don’t exactly know...

Reid received her Master of Music from DePaul in 2002.

School of Music alumna receives MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’

Patrick Sloan-Turner, Online Managing Editor October 14, 2022

The MacArthur Foundation awarded DePaul School of Music Alumna, Tomeka Reid, a “Genius Grant” earlier this week for her “extraordinary originality and dedication” in her craft as a jazz cellist,...

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