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Coldplay undergoes creative resurrection on ‘Everyday Life’

By Aaron Paskin | December 3, 2019

Coldplay’s first two albums played constantly in my dad’s car when I was a kid.

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The album length war

By Ben Brutocao | November 27, 2019

In January 2018, Migos dropped all 106 minutes of “Culture II.”

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

Freestyles: Carefully labored effortlessness

By Ben Brutocao | November 20, 2019

To many, the term freestyling immediately inspires a vision of the XXL Freshman yearly cypher, prompting nostalgia of Kodak Black’s trouncing of whoever picked that “lil sorry a** beat.”

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

FKA twigs twists sound and story in ‘Magdalene’

By Stephen Atkinson | November 16, 2019

Mary Magdalene is one of the first women history robbed.

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Jeff Goldblum is making sure jazz finds a way

By Jonathan Pertile | November 10, 2019

“Jazz, uh, finds a way,” or so says Jeff Goldblum’s Spotify playlist.

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‘Jesus Is King’ is a refreshing change of pace for Kanye West

By Derek Chen | November 1, 2019

The rapper’s ninth album combines the “old Kanye”’s flow and style with the “new Kanye”’s more spiritually-oriented lyrics and production.

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Surviving as a punk band in the post-punk era: Third Eye Blind and Jimmy Eat World’s new albums, reviewed

By Skyler Graham | November 1, 2019

Two bands that had their heyday in the late ’90s and early 2000s both released albums this month.

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Kim Petras perfects spooky pop with ‘Turn Off the Light’

By Tyler Kopp | October 28, 2019

Petras combines last year’s EP with nine new tracks to form the cohesive, tantalizing 17-track album of your nightmares.

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Looking back at Logic’s ‘Under Pressure,’ five years later

By Derek Chen | October 28, 2019

When American rapper Logic burst onto the scene in 2014 with his first studio album “Under Pressure,” I immediately took notice.

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

Recess made a Halloween playlist so you don’t have to

By Recess Staff | October 27, 2019

Halloween is around the corner, and you don’t have a playlist yet.

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

It’s time for the music industry to have a feminist revolution

By Kerry Rork | October 23, 2019

Over the last few years, the #MeToo movement has made an evident impact on the film industry, working to root out the most dangerous in this creative realm.

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

The golden faucet: broken by design

By Ben Brutocao | October 23, 2019

The SWAT van parks and eight burly agents file out in silence.

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Coping strategies for music mourners

By Amelia Wiercioch | October 19, 2019

The deaths of music greats can bring about a serious sense of grief for someone you probably only know about as much as Rolling Stone will divulge.

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Big Thief’s ‘Two Hands’ leaves no distance between the band and its audience

By Aaron Paskin | October 18, 2019

Earlier this year, Big Thief transported us to the lush mountain greenery of rural Washington. 

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

The Avett Brothers’ ‘Closer Than Together’ is interesting but forgettable

By Jonathan Pertile | October 11, 2019

The Avett Brothers’ new album, “Closer Than Together,” is a musical roller coaster of ups and downs.

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The Big Apple’s B.I.G vacuum: How New York is reviving rap after its ‘90s heyday

By Ben Brutocao | October 4, 2019

Surely a city as prominent as New York would have made a full musical recovery by now and is once again dictating the sounds and styles of the whole game. Right?

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The Machiavellian militancy of Playboi Carti

By Ben Brutocao | September 28, 2019

As he lounges in his throne room atop Mount Olympus being fed molly-coated grapes, Jordan Carter — the figurehead of Playboi Carti — reflects.