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Scene’s Year in Review 2018: Best albums of the year

Nora McGreevy, Sara Schlecht, Ryan Israel, Mike Donovan, Jake Winningham, Nia Sylva, Kay Bontempo, Lucas Masin-Moyer, Carlos De Loera and Ethan Utley | Thursday, December 6, 2018

In early December, as finals begin to emerge on the horizon, Scene writers take off their headphones, pause the music and look back at what they’ve listened to throughout the year. Each writer picks their personal 20 best albums, and 2018 had no shortage of albums to choose from. Old names returned to the scene,

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Scene’s Year in Review 2018: Honorable mentions

Nora McGreevy, Ryan Israel, Jake Winningham and Martin Kennedy | Monday, December 3, 2018

Snowflakes gently falling, a cold breeze cutting through South Quad, Sufjan Stevens on the record player — there’s only one thing it could all mean: It’s time to rank stuff. Welcome to Scene’s Year in Review, a week when Scene Writers take stock as the calendar year creeps to a close. On Tuesday, Scene Writers

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From ‘Mo Bamba’ to ‘Mudboy’ — Sheck Wes sets himself apart

Ryan Israel | Wednesday, October 10, 2018

One day, a Harlem teenager had to make a pivotal decision. Option one was to attend his high school basketball team’s playoff round matchup. Option two was to be a model in the biggest hip-hop/high fashion crossover event to date, Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 3 fashion line release. Sheck Wes, that teenager, chose the latter,

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Potential presidential playlists

Erin McAuliffe, Adam Ramos, Adrian Mark Lore, Jimmy Kemper, John Darr, Kelly McGarry, Nora McGreevy and Jack Riedy | Tuesday, November 8, 2016

During his two terms as president, Barack Obama graced us with playlists straight from the White House. To get in #ElectionDay spirit, Scene predicted the playlists we think each 2016 candidate would release upon election — and added in their likely reasoning. Clinton: “Formation” – Beyonce: “Say you’ll Bey on Team #Hillary2016, too.” I’ve got hot

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Pitchfork 2014 in 6 Movements

Matt McMahon | Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Early Sunday Festival Experience – Not wanting to miss Sunday afternoon opener Speedy Ortiz, I made it known I had to get to Union Park at doors’ open — or gates, I’m fairly new to this. Getting there at 12:00 p.m. meant being able to explore some of the other activities offered at the