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Ashley Hedge | Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Kane Brown has carved out a niche for himself in the music industry, straddling the line between pop and country. His collaborations with popular pop artists like Khalid, Blackbear, Marshmello and others only solidify that position. His new album, “Different Man,” is no different. Tracks like “One Mississippi,” “Losing You,” “See You Like I Do,”
Evan McKenna | Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Lorde’s work has always been mindful of cohesion. Even in the New Zealand native’s first record, “Pure Heroine” — a 10-song collection hastily thrown together after the unpredicted success of “Royals” — an underlying theme feels palpable: teenage turmoil, suburban boredom and the angst of growing older. And 2017’s “Melodrama” is essentially a concept album,
Rachel Hartmann | Wednesday, November 10, 2021
When I heard ABBA was reuniting to create an album, I immediately blasted “Super Trouper” and joyously danced around my room. It has been 40 years since ABBA split up, but the legacy of the Swedish pop powerhouse has been set in stone. From hits like “Dancing Queen” to “Voulez-Vous,” ABBA has centralized their position
Anna Falk | Friday, October 1, 2021
After months-long controversies and several record-breaking singles, Lil Nas X’s debut LP “Montero” was finally released on Sept. 17. Despite having built his career on internet fame and gimmicky bops, this album differs wildly in its content and shows listeners a more vulnerable and real side to the artist. Lil Nas X’s first hit single
Alysa Guffey | Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Hundreds of teenage girls wore bright pants, glitter tops and feather boas. Two girls dressed up as two ghosts and another wore a banana costume. This was the scene at Harry Styles’ Love On Tour. Originally scheduled for the summer of 2020, the North American leg of his tour had to be pushed back twice
Willoughby Thom | Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Documentaries have the reputation of being relatively simple; full of individual talking heads, firsthand video footage, photo montages and a logical progression. It’s predictable. Of course, there are many different types of documentaries covering a wide range of subjects, but the formula in which stories are told doesn’t vary much from film to film and
Alejandro Mujica | Friday, April 16, 2021
It all started with “Mooo!”. Almost three years ago, Doja Cat first entered the mainstream culture radar as a meme, with ridiculous lyrics like “B*tch I’m a cow” and “Got milk b*tch? Got beef?”. Today, she could give a masterclass in rising star science. She stepped up to her fifteen minutes of fame and has
Claire Rafford | Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Have you ever heard a song and immediately thought to yourself, “I’m going to listen to this at least 10 times in a row, right now?” Maude Latour did that for me just two weeks ago. I actually first heard the song — Latour’s single “Block Your Number” — when it came on a Spotify
Dessi Gomez | Monday, September 21, 2020
The last couple months have been pretty busy for Katy Perry. Soon after the release of her fifth album “Smile” on Aug. 14, she gave birth to her daughter Daisy Dove Bloom on Aug. 26. “Smile” seems to detail many recent uplifts in Perry’s life, as well as obstacles she has overcome that make the
Willoughby Thom | Monday, February 10, 2020
Before going on to review the new Green Day album, which was released Friday, I would like to take immediate action and retract the statement I made on Sept. 16, 2019: “Green Day’s new path is disappointingly weird, and we are not in for a treat.” In September of last year, Green Day fans received news of