![Minutes before the Activities Fair in the gym, president Abhi Gowda ‘26 prepares the stall for his club Helping Hands, Sept. 4. A relatively new club, Helping Hands was co-started by Gowda and focuses on assisting the homeless, and just last year they succeeded in raising a couple hundred donations to send to shelters. This year, they have goals to expand, with hopes to increase volunteer opportunities and take in-person trips to shelters, as well as extend their help beyond just homeless people. “The Activities Fair gives a lot of underclassmen the opportunity to really get to know the Canyon culture, and it gives them many opportunities for service and volunteering,” Gowda said. “[Through the Activities Fair,] I hope to find a bunch of new and passionate members about our club and just get our name out there and spread awareness to the cause that we’re fighting for.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1-2-1200x885.jpg)
![The winter guard team makes fifth place at the state championship finals in the Denver Coliseum, March 30. The team performed to Barnes Country's “Glitter and Gold,” lead by coaches Margo Sanford, Blair Bickerton and Anna Orgren. In their class there were a total of nine groups participating, and the top five who made it to finals received a plaque. “[Walking onto the stage] is very nerve-wracking, but also very exciting as well. When you first start color guard there's a lot of anxiety and uncertainty when you first perform in front of an audience, but once you've done it for a while, it starts to become the best part of the season,” Ella West ‘25 said. “It's very fulfilling to see an audience react to something you've put your heart and soul into.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Both-socal-media-nd-website-main-1-1200x846.jpg)
![April marks the 25th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, created by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC). This month is to spread awareness of the harassment, assault and abuse that happens around the world. The symbol that represented the month was a teal ribbon; however, some survivors of assault create different symbols and movements like the TikTok trend in 2022, where survivors would tattoo Medusa on their body, in honor of her backstory in Greek Mythology. “I don't think [this month is known] at all. I rarely see anybody talk about it. I rarely see much of an emphasis on posting it online, or much discussion about it, and I feel like there needs to be way more discussion,” an anonymous source said. “I think just validating every experience that a person has gone through, regardless of the degree of it, the severity, is an essential step into making sure that people are aware that this is a very real problem in a society and that we need to do better in addressing it.”](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_0011-1200x900.jpg)
![Lesbian Visibility Day is April 26, and it’s a holiday to celebrate the lesbian community of the world. Lesbian Visibility day was established in 2008 by many queer activists and organizations who sought to raise more awareness for lesbian history and culture. “So this is why during Lesbian Visibility [Day] we celebrate and center all lesbians, both cis and trans, while also showing solidarity with all LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people,” Linda Reily, in an article written by her, said.](https://rockmediaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Lesbian-Visibility-day.jpeg)
2021 Is the Year for Music
New music is being released throughout 2021, here’s what to expect.
April 1, 2021
2020 was a huge year for music, with albums coming out throughout the entire stretch of the year and even during the pandemic. Artists were able to release record-breaking songs during that time. Such as The Weeknd, whose album After Hours, won the American Music Award for Favorite Album Soul/RnB. Thanks to the music in 2020, we can expect to look forward to another great year for music in 2021.
Foo Fighters released their tenth album, Medicine at Midnight on Feb. 5. This was their first album back since their 2017 album, Concrete and Gold. Foo Fighters have been in the music scene for almost 30 years, starting with their debut, self-titled Foo Fighters released in 1994. Popular songs include “Everlong”, “Best of You”, and “My Hero”.
Also, Kings of Leon made their eighth studio album When You See Yourself, released on March 5th of this year. Kings of Leon have been around since 1999 but only made their breakthrough with the album Only by the Night in 2008. Popular songs off the album are “Sex on Fire” and “Use Somebody”.
The current music is set up perfectly for artists to make comebacks. Seeing as the recent music releases have all made it very easy for older or newer artists to make new releases by being some of the best music we’ve seen released in a while, which leads us to our list of our top five most anticipated albums of 2020.
Travis Scott: Utopia
Travis Scotts’ newest album Utopia is set to release in the middle of 2021. He named the album just two weeks ago. His last album, Jackboys, was released in 2019, and is made of songs by the group the Jackboys, which is a bunch of rappers under Travis Scotts’ record label, Cactus Jack Records. Scotts’ last album lived up to its hype, and fans were pleasantly surprised with the album, so this album has lots to live up to.
Weezer: Van Weezer
Weezer has been in the music industry since 1996, and they’ve continued to be prominent players in the pop/rock genre of music. They’ve released 14 studio albums, six of them being within the last five years. They released their album OK Human Jan. 29, 2021 which was a very different album compared to their previous ones, seeing as the band utilized an orchestra, which strayed from their classic punk rock sound. Weezer is expected to release their next album, Van Weezer, May 7, 2021.
Drake: Certified Lover Boy
Drakes’ last album, Scorpion, was released all the way back in 2018. It featured hit songs such as “Gods Plan”, “Survival”, and “I’m Upset”. “Gods Plan” won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song of 2019, so fans can expect to see yet another hit filled album from Drake.
Evanescence: The Bitter Truth:
With their start in 1995, Evanescence has made their mark in the rock and metal scene. Though they have released 4 studio albums and 18 singles, their most recognizable song, “Bring Me To Life”, off the album Fallen has become sort of a meme in recent years. Their new upcoming album titled The Bitter Truth will have a more alternative rock twist to their original sound. The album is planning on coming out on March 26, 2021.
Greta Van Fleet: The Battle at Gardens Gate:
Greta Van Fleet erupted on to the stage with their first EP From the Fires back in 2017, and have released one full studio album since then. The band is notable for their classic rock style, and is often compared to Led Zeppelin due to the similarities in the singers’ voices.
Their first album, Anthem of the Peaceful Army featured their hit song “When the Curtain Falls” which is their fourth most popular song, behind three songs off of their EP, (Third-”Safari
Song”, Second-”Black Smoke Rising”, First-”Highway Tune”). This band wants to prove to the world that they are not a copy of Led Zeppelin, after being criticized for sounding like a copy paste band, and this album seeks to prove they have their own sound. The album is expected to release April 16, 2021.
You may be thinking, “Why are these your top five? When so many bigger artists are releasing albums,” well, because there are artists who have said they will release albums this year, such as Cardi B, Lil Nas X, Duran Duran, etc, however, all of their albums are still TBA (to be announced). Not only that, we picked these artist because we think these artists are worth listening to. In the past, they have made memorable songs and we think will continue especially with these new albums releasing this year.