Review: Tyler, The Creator’s Call Me If You Get Lost
“Hello Sir Baudelaire?” CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, Tyler, The Creator’s (or to us, “Sir Tyler Baudelaire’s”) seventh studio album, invites listeners into the world building within his own…
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The Plain-Spoken Magic of Cautious Clay’s “Deadpan Love”
It’s inferable enough that Cautious Clay takes his name from the great boxer Cassius Marcellus. He has yet to gain fame equal to that of his namesake, but the 28-year-old…
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Review: Bo Burnham’s Inside (The Songs)
Inside (The Songs) is the latest musical comedy album from comedian, actor, and director Bo Burnham. This is not the first time Burnham has released music that coincides with his…
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(un)ambiguously gay
Buried near the bottom of my Spotify playlists is a mix titled “(un)ambiguously gay.” It feels like an ancient relic even though I only created it four years ago. With…
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Raynes was Social Distancing Before it was Cool
Spread across two continents, Durham, UK-born Mark Race alongside North Dakotans Mat Charley and Joe Berger have been tangling with time zones, saving brilliant ideas on voice memos, and logging…
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19 Songs Celebrating Black Excellence
Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) signifies the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be…
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Playlist: The British Invasion
Being across an ocean and on a different continent from my home since the age of six… really did a number on me to be quite honest. I cannot count…
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Rewriting the Murder Ballad: Andrew Montana Releases New Single “Strawberry”
Out in a cabin in the North Carolina mountains, musician Andrew Montana has been in the woods crafting his first album and preparing to release his highly-anticipated single “Strawberry.” With…
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From Hard Rock Headbangers to Disco Dance-Rockers: Royal Blood “Typhoons” Review
At the helm of modern British rock music is Royal Blood, a duo from Brighton consisting of vocalist/bassist Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher. Widely known for their hard-hitting rock…
