On most days, eating at Bear’s Den on a Monday night sounds exactly like what you’d expect: students chattering about midterms and tales of eventful weekends, often between bites of BD’s All You Care to Eat food. However, on March 23, Risa Commons transformed into an indoor concert venue and brought the raucous, shredding noises that come with it — all thanks to Battle of the Bands.

Universities inevitably change over time, but this particular change raises questions about how the University’s values translate to reality, especially when profit is involved.

Getting a concussion knocks most people out and ruins their whole winter break. But for sophomore Felix Harari, professionally known as FLXX, his head injury during a vacation led to him producing “the best beat [he’s] ever made.”

We have let celebrity feminism —  the public, branded feminist advocacy by famous figures — encompass the entire feminist movement.

Committing to music can mean performing at bars; it can also mean releasing music on online platforms. What is certain about committing to music is that it transforms a personal pastime into a public performance — an audience of one becomes an audience of many, turning private musings into popular media.

The grainy sounds of radio static played on the speakers as the band walked onto the dimly lit stage set up like a makeshift campground, introducing the concert sonically in the same way as the album about to be performed. In the small but mighty Delmar Hall, situated nearby on the Delmar Loop, indie pop artist Samia Finnerty — known merely as Samia — graced St. Louis with a performance of her “Bloodless” tour on Tuesday, Sept. 30.

The WashU Jazz Band is starting this year with a whole lot of new energy — and not just because of the music.

Now, the focus of making music is on picking out a certain color palette or figuring out what pose looks best for a poster. These used to be afterthoughts, a menial task to complete after the album is made, but now it’s the main event. Music has become another way for celebrities to mobilize fame. The goal is to appease the fangirl: to create a cult following that obsesses over you and the persona you provide, not the music itself. We talk more about what outfit our favorite artist wore at their concert, or what their album cover looks like, and less about the music itself.

In this edition of Headphones On, Student Life’s multimedia team, Sanchali Pothuru, Molly Fletcher, and Alan Knight, hit campus to find out what’s playing in students’ ears. Hear as students’ playlists cross paths, creating a special mix set! Produced and Edited by Sanchali Pothuru. Filmed by Sanchali Pothuru, Molly Fletcher, and Alan Knight.

Well, what if that band played the gig without a setlist, only to build it by taking audience requests? That’s exactly how Wheatus, the band most known for their song “Teenage Dirtbag,” approaches every show. That’s also how the band will play their sold-out show next Tuesday, April 15, at Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room.