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I’m pretty sure this is my final staff note for Recess — not that I’ve written many — and I’m going to use this soapbox to advocate for country music, and, more specifically, Townes Van Zandt.
Neil Young is no stranger to unreleased albums, with apocryphal knowledge of would-have-been classics like “Homegrown” and “Chrome Dreams” lurking in the back of fans’ minds and scores of demos and recordings languishing in Young’s archives.
Barely two weeks after LCD Soundsystem released their first song in more than five years, “Christmas Will Break Your Heart,” David Bowie, the idol of LCD mastermind and sole consistent member James Murphy, died.
2016 has been insane—but there’s no sense in rehashing it, because a) it’s already been talked about at length, and b) I have a word count.
The Weeknd got a haircut. Too bad he can’t invest a similar amount of time in cutting down his album.
Under the name NxWorries, producer Knxwledge and the ascendant Anderson .Paak have teamed up to deliver an album that somehow falls short of the sum of its parts.
It’s been quite a year for folky soft-rock revivalism, with artists like Whitney and Cass McCombs aping the mellower, but not completely psychedelic, sounds of the early 70s with strong results.
The melodica is a unique instrument.
Jimmy Page has had enough communication breakdowns in his life.
Elephant Revival is a band hailing from Colorado that covers a wide range of musical genres, with strong folk, bluegrass and indie rock influences in their music. They released their new album “Petals” in April, and the band plays the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro on Oct. 5. The Chronicle sat down with vocalist Bonnie Paine—who also plays (deep breath) the cello, djembe, washboard, stompboard, guitar and musical saw—to discuss the band’s music and the touring lifestyle. The following conversation has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.
Rarely does a band’s second album have so much baggage to deal with. In Preoccupation’s new record, “Preoccupations, the group may as well work for check-in at LaGuardia.
Instead of following up 2012’s “channel ORANGE” with another concept masterpiece, Frank Ocean opted for something simpler—and better—with his new album, “Blonde.”
With their second full-length LP “SremmLife 2,” rap duo Rae Sremmurd—who performed at Duke’s Last Day of Classes concert April—proves that their brand of poppy, party rap is not limited to the catchy hooks which characterized their earlier work.
This past May, “Pet Sounds” passed the 50-year mark since its release in 1966, and with the passing of this milestone, the concept of critical artistic value in popular music turned 50 as well. The Beach Boys’ opus, “Pet Sounds” set the standard for mainstream music for its era and helped define the psychedelic pop sound that would flourish and percolate through all other genres of music.
With their third full album “Human Performance,” New York garage rock outfit Parquet Courts has produced their most varied and interesting album to date.
Duke Student Government rejected a resolution for disciplinary action against Executive Vice President Tallman Trask in its meeting Wednesday night.
In a meeting Wednesday night, Duke Student Government Senate allocated money to purchase massage chairs and a service to help students register to vote.
When the most important active recording artist in hip-hop unexpectedly drops a new track, we listen.
Alexa Soren will be the Student Organization Funding Committee chair for the 2016-17 academic year after Wednesday's election result was overturned following complaints filed by Soren.
Junior Tara Bansal was elected president of Duke Student Government in an election held from noon Tuesday until noon Wednesday.
