Every photographer has their own style, from capturing moments to editing them. The Afterglow Photo Staff explores each other’s styles by editing each other’s photos.
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At the end of each month, Afterglow presents a staff-picked list of new albums and singles that left an impression on our ears.
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Inspired by “drivers license” mashups on TikTok, Afterglow created double exposures of people dressed like Olivia Rodrigo and artists of the other songs combined with the smash hit.
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In 1983, the obscure, Berlin-based band, Nena, unexpectedly broke through the decade's mold of big hair and brick-sized phones with its hit anti-war single, "99 Luftballons."
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For a long time, there wasn’t a very direct bridge between the soundscapes of ambient music and the world of underground techno — until Daniel Avery built it.
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The country’s music serves as a beacon of freedom, but not even that is safe from its cynicism.
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Patti Smith and FKA twigs’ ability to transcend genres with vulnerable music is a result of their continual growth and experimentation across art’s many spectrums.
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The singer-songwriter’s third solo album features some of her most masterful musicianship, writing, and introspection.
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A futuristic force to be reckoned with, the rising Kansas City-based trio fuses decade nostalgia with hip-hop elements to cultivate a new breed of indie pop.
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Despite its strong association with Rastafarianism and ganja, the island genre of reggae is a vibrant blend of history told by Black musicians that deserves more recognition than it gets.
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Five years later, The 1975’s I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It continues to leave listeners wondering, “Matty Healy, who hurt you?”
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May Daft Punk always be playing in your house.
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The people who once represented rebellion can do so no longer. It’s time for American punks to find new leadership.
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A 10-song playlist is not nearly enough to encompass the complex, multi-faceted world of Black music, but this short list serves to provide a mini time-capsule of what it means to be Black and in love.
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Dear friend, this is Charlie’s life and the music that accompanies him as he grows and blooms. Emotional ballads and dance anthems — those are just a couple of its perks.
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Sad girls, boys, and nonbinary friends, rejoice! This playlist has a song for people with any kind of love life (or lack thereof).
Written by C.S. Harper
Illustrated by Darrina Green
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Written and recorded entirely alone, the Paramore frontwoman’s second release in a year sees her ready to accept the darkness that inspired her solo ambitions in the first place.
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At the end of each month, Afterglow presents a staff-picked list of new albums that left an impression on our ears.
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