(OPINION) The Current State of the Rap Community
(COVINGTON, La.) If there was an answer to what is going on in the rap and hip-hop community, it sure would be complex. Music from the genre today is scattered with everything from modern day poets to high school dropouts. Rap is leading the United States in the most streams and listens since 2017, dethroning […]
Outro: My Final Music Picks of the Year
As the school year (and my senior year) come to a close, I will have limited chances to recommend music to the reading audience of The Paper Wolf. In the past nine months or so, I have listened to around 65,000 minutes worth of music, about 45 days of tunes. I have listened to around […]
Five Tracks to Get You Through the Week
With the end of the school year approaching and the workload increasing, I often look to music to help control my stress. Here’s what I’ve been listening to this week: Mona Lisa Monte Booker, Naji (pop) Opening with flowing synth bars and seemingly offset bundles of snaps and clicks, “Mona Lisa” introduces itself as a […]
Dixon, Stein Turn ‘Stranger Things’ Upside Down with Synth Soundtrack (Music Review)
When a television show is based in 1984, viewers should expect to be immersed in the culture and vibe of the intended time period through injections of retro clothing, hairstyles, technology, dialect and even music. Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein are responsible for the award-winning soundtrack of Netflix’s sci-fi success story. Along with the visionaries […]
The Tunes of My Tenure at St. Paul’s
Between my 8th grade and senior years, millions of albums, EPs, and singles have been released, and many have caught my attention. As someone who listens to music constantly, I have shifted into the spectrum of lesser-known artists. A few lower-scale artists quickly began to catch my attention, aside from the more noticeable big names, […]
Flambeau Fest to Ignite this Weekend
(GONZALES, La.) This weekend, The Flambeau Fest will make its debut with headliners like Sam Hunt, Hank Williams Jr., and Lynyrd Skynyrd performing on the Ascension Fields at the Lamar Dixon Center in Gonzales. “This is a first year festival,” Gina Addison, the wife of festival co-founder David Addison, said, “and it is planned for […]
Student Producer Beau Buras to Release Debut EP, Announces Upcoming Performance
(MANDEVILLE, La.) Today’s ever-evolving hip-hop/rap genre is characterized by several passionate, young artists who possess a devout love for music and an innovative mindset. Many of these developing artists publish their creative works on SoundCloud, an online music-streaming platform designed for users to record, promote, upload, and share their own originally-created sounds. St. Paul’s School […]
Covington-Raised Zack Villere Releases First LP and Yes, it’s Amazing.
Every town that has its own Wikipedia page contains a “notable people,” subsection. That section is not terribly impressive for the town of Covington, Louisiana. It’s composed of a handful of Louisiana celebrities, but few reaching out past the state lines. Recently, one name was added to the list, and it is a name that […]
Album Review: Demarco’s ‘This Old Dog’ Provides Summertime Melodies
Lester’s Picks: Baby You’re Out (Track 3) One Another (Track 5) Still Beating (Track 6) A Wolf Who Wears Sheeps Clothes (Track 9) Watching Him Fade Away (Track 13) Earlier this month, Canadian singer-songwriter Mac Demarco released his 13-track LP titled “This Old Dog.” With summer rapidly approaching, Demarco’s sophomore album, released under the Captured […]
