Center for Popular Music
Center for Popular Music
Maximum Rocknroll Collection Arrives
The Maximum Rocknroll archive, long associated with the influential underground punk magazine of the same name, has been relocated from California to Murfreesboro and is now housed inside the Center for Popular Music within MTSU’s Scott Borchetta College of Media and Entertainment. The massive archive includes more than 50,000 vinyl records along with business papers and other ephemera documenting punk’s evolution. Read more here: https://mtsunews.com/maximum-rocknroll-punk-archive-delivered/
CPM Karaoke Night
The CPM Reading Room is hosting a karaoke night from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, March 31.
We’ll provide the microphones, stages, tunes, and sound system, and you bring your friends and your favorite songs!
Free pizza and drinks will be provided, including a special event mocktail.
Please RSVP at popular.music@mtsu.edu so we know how much pizza to buy!
Ethel Cain LP Listening Party
The CPM Reading Room hosted a listening party for the new Ethel Cain album on Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 6 PM.
We spun Cain’s new LP Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You and discussed its rich lyrical and sonic landscapes.
We provided free pizza and drinks!
Thanks to the Women in Audio club for partnering with us on this event!
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Center for Popular Music
Bragg Media & Entertainment Bldg.
Room 140
MTSU Box 41
1301 E. Main Street
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
615-898-2449
