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The Montclair State Men’s basketball season has just come to an end, after a loss against Stockton in the NJAC semifinals. Despite that, the team still had a great season as they went 18-9, beating some of the best teams in their division. This is a recap of the MSU 2023-2024 men’s basketball season. The […]

Last Saturday, the NBA hosted its annual NBA All-Star Saturday night, this time in Indiana, as part of All Star Weekend. There were four total challenges that took place, which were the skills challenge, three point contest, dunk contest, and Steph vs Sabrina. Here is a recap of what went down on Saturday. Kicking off […]

By Philip Ehlers. Coming into the 2024 baseball season, The New York Mets are one of the most fascinating teams in Major League Baseball. Just two seasons removed from a 101-win season, the Mets come into this season in a strange spot. In the Steve Cohen Era, the Mets have shown they have money and […]

              

Lauren Bentivegna talks with Angry Corpses!  

By Lara Ziccardi All Time Low released their ninth studio album, Tell Me I’m Alive, on March 17th, 2023, since their 2020 release, Wake Up, Sunshine. All Time Low is most known for its 2006 hit, “Dear Maria, Count Me In.” Forming in Towson, Maryland, in 2003, they’ve been in the music scene from when they were […]

By Ryan Nussbaum MONTCLAIR, NJ After dropping Game one in Friday evening’s doubleheader, the 23rd ranked Red Hawks rode an early rally, as well as a strong performance from sophomore pitcher Matt Pontari to easily take Game 2 over Franklin & Marshall College. The scoring opened up in the bottom of the third inning, with Junior infielder [...]

New Jersey’s own The New You visited our station for an episode of WMSC Unplugged!   90.3 WMSC FM · WMSC Unplugged: The New You   Above photos by Frank Konze         

Immediate Impacts By: Tanner Price   In less than a week, the entire NFL has changed. With the new league year, trades and free agent signings can begin. Teams hope that the moves they make will put them over the top and hopefully bring a Lombardi to their fanbase. Here are the top 5 most [...]
By Luke Cirianni MONTCLAIR, NJ The New York Red Bulls II kick off their 2023 season campaign with a rough ending to a home opener against the Columbus Crew II. They took the lead early on with a Wikelman Carmona goal in the 7’, just to lose the lead in 90+4. Abdi Mohamed tied it [...]

 

 

By Kyle Pepitone Skeletons is the sixth studio album by American rock band Pop Evil and this album is anything but bare bones. Skeletons as a whole has a very consistent sound, which actually made me go back to Pop Evil’s previous album Versatile as it had a drastic tonal shift halfway through the album. […]

By Joely DeMonte Happy St. Patrick’s Day and a very happy birthday to Hozier who, at midnight, released his new EP, Eat Your Young. Best known for his 2013 debut single “Take Me To Church,” the Irish King has struck gold once again! Eat Your Young follows Hozier’s 2019 second album, Wasteland, Baby! He has […]

It’s 6:30pm in Newark, NJ, 3/16/23— The Devils hope to bring the luck of the Irish by wearing their green St.Patrick’s Day-inspired warmup jerseys. Coming off of the 4-1 loss on Tuesday, Ondrej Palat, the former Lightning Forward, is seen hyping up his young goalkeeper Akira Schmid in the tunnel ahead of their second straight [...]

By Chaz Campbell I’d like to consider myself a huge Gorillaz fan. I’ve seen them live twice (“Humanz” and “Now Now” Tours), own almost every album on vinyl, and have them in the top five of every Spotify Wrapped ever since I started using Spotify in 2019. I have t-shirts, and ringtones, and I briefly […]

By Ben Petruk Morgan Wallen is like my first student ID card. It was supposed to be canceled, but it still works. The 29 year old country superstar just released his third album, on the very strategic date of March 3rd: It was Wallen 3 on 3/3. A catchy idea, which is the theme of […]

Montclair funk artist Becky Crosby performed some of her original songs on an episode of WMSC Unplugged!🎶 90.3 WMSC FM · WMSC Unplugged: Becky Crosby        

Central New Jersey band OM53 performed their original songs on WMSC Unplugged, WMSC’s weekly live performance show! 🎶 🎶   90.3 WMSC FM · WMSC Unplugged: OM53    

By Emily McCormack  “Eulogy” is the first solo work that grandson has released since his 2020 debut album, Death of an Optimist. The Canadian-American singer has released a string of outstanding collaborations, including works alongside the likes of K.Flay, X Ambassadors, Two Feet and Steve Aoki. Best known for his 2017 single “Blood // Water” […]

By Emily McCormack “Bottom Of The Deep Blue Sea” was the first single that introduced me to Missio in 2018. I decided to delve deeper into their discography and ever since then, the alternative/electronic duo have been part of my go-to pile of artists I reference as my favorite band. Missio decided to spend their […]

By Adarlin Batista MONTCLAIR, NJ American League wants to hit a new record after 62 home runs in 2022. Aaron James Judge, an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees was voted the American League MVP, the new captain, after breaking Roger Maris' AL record of 61 homers, set in 1961. Last year, [...]

By Rikkira Harfield Smino, the St. Louis rapper, singer, and songwriter, has been steadily rising to the forefront of the hip-hop scene with his unique blend of genres and styles. His latest release, as of October 28, 2022, “Luv 4 Rent,” highlights his distinct sound and solidifies his place as one of the most exciting artists in the […]

By Emily McCormack Pierce the Veil released their fifth studio album The Jaws of Life on February 10, 2023. This is the first album since their 2016 release of Misadvadventures, their last album before the departure of drummer Mike Fuentes. Since losing a band member, fans anxiously waited for seven years for the band to […]

By Ian Love Waterparks saw critical acclaim after their third studio album Fandom in 2019, leaving both fans and critics excited for what the three person band had in store next. As it turns out, the process of writing their next album, Greatest Hits, would be a challenging one for frontman Awsten Knight, for after writing over […]

By Danielle Vuono Departing from her typical alternative genre, Willow Smith experimented with rock for her fifth studio album, “<Coping Mechanism>.” This pop-punk album was released on October 7, 2022, and is made up of 11 songs, all co-written by the singer.  This album, in short, is an expression of Willow’s experience with sapphic love. She […]

By Noah Aviles In my previous article, I wrote about attending Paul McCartney’s “Got Back” show at MetLife in June of 2022. Well, one month later, I was back in the same venue seeing a different show and seeing it with a different friend: This time around I was seeing the final tour of Elton […]

By Noah Aviles Before I went to this show, I had difficulty remembering when my last concert was. For obvious reasons (the global pandemic and all of that), I wasn’t attending too many live events at the time, but when I heard that Paul McCartney was heading to MetLife Stadium as the final stop of his “Got […]

By Luke Adair “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” is Marvel’s newest project in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is the first film in Phase 5 of the MCU, and it is an impressive start to this new phase. Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly return as Ant-Man and The Wasp. The film also stars Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror and features […]

By Tanner Price MONTCLAIR, NJ Montclair State University suffered yet another heartbreaking playoff exit on Tuesday, losing 91-86 to the Stockton Ospreys in the quarterfinals version of the Battle of The Birds. The Ospreys dominated the first half, and MSU was lucky that it was only a 51-45 Stockton lead at halftime. Stockton would come [...]