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Kim Petras released “Turn Off the Light,” which combines new songs with tracks from last year’s EP “Turn Off the Light, Vol. 1,” Oct. 1.

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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.

Logic’s 2014 debut album, “Under Pressure,” was a peak for the rapper that he hasn’t matched since.

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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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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.

Kesha’s ongoing legal battle with her producer, Dr. Luke — whom she alleges sexually abused her — is evidence of the music industry’s much-needed feminist revolution.

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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.

Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer for Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, is a notorious track-leaker.

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The golden faucet: broken by design

By Ben Brutocao | October 23, 2019

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

Ginger Baker, known as the drummer for the band Cream, died Oct. 6. Here are a few contemporary musicians who carry on the legacy of artists we’ve lost over the years.

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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.

Big Thief's "Two Hands," out this week, is its second album of 2019.

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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.

On their ninth studio album, the Avett Brothers get political.

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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.

New York City has been home to some of the most influential rappers since the "golden age" of hip-hop in the early 1990s.

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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?

Playboi Carti is one of the greatest success stories of the "SoundCloud rap" phenomenon.

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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.

Blink-182, pictured above, performing in the early 1990s at the Soul Kitchen in El Cajon.

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On the decay of punk rock and Blink-182’s final album ‘Nine’

By Skyler Graham | September 26, 2019

Anti-establishment music has defined Western teenage culture for decades: From rock & roll to punk rock to hip-hop, the voices of youthful rebellion consistently dominate the music industry.

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(Sandy) Alex G’s ‘House of Sugar’ is an album on the run

By Anya Dombrovskaya | September 22, 2019

Can something be gentle and apocalyptic at the same time? (Sandy) Alex G’s latest album, “House of Sugar,” manages to be exactly that.

On their third album, “III,” The Lumineers continue their tradition of storytelling on a much more ambitious, personal scale.

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Third time is not the charm on The Lumineers’ ‘III’

By Andrew Witte | September 21, 2019

On their third album, cleverly titled “III,” The Lumineers continue their tradition of storytelling on a much more ambitious, personal scale.

SoundCloud is an experiment: It is a mix between social media and music that has attracted 175 million unique users.

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SoundCloud rap: An intro to an obscenely powerful movement

By Ben Brutocao | September 20, 2019

In 2007, when the artist duo Forss created SoundCloud, they could never have imagined that their creation would change how people think about music forever.

On “Close It Quietly,” Greta Kline’s fourth studio album that was released last Friday, Frankie Cosmos is a full-fledged band.

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Growing up is complicated on Frankie Cosmos’ ‘Close It Quietly’

By Stephen Atkinson | September 12, 2019

While Kline’s past releases were confined to the bedroom, the bus, the school hallways — the spaces she frequents — “Close It Quietly” broadens Kline’s scope, applying her introspection to the world.

Bon Iver’s new album “i,i” picks up right where his previous record, “22, A Million” left off.

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Bon Iver’s “i,i” concludes Justin Vernon’s journey of self-discovery

By Aaron Paskin | August 23, 2019

The cycles of nature and ego are one and the same in the world of Bon Iver. So when the trailer for “i,i” likens the record to the arrival of autumn, we can just as well interpret the album as the completion of a long personal journey.

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Neon Trees cruises into Raleigh Saturday

By Georgia Parke | June 24, 2015

Neon Trees is riding its pop momentum into Raleigh this Saturday.