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Jimmy Ward | Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Spectators. Fanfare. It’s half of what makes sports awesome. The roar of the crowd, the gasps of anticipation — they all make sports worth watching. You have the diehard fans, the group that shows up to every single game, rain or snow. And then you have the celebrity fans –– some are bandwagoners and some
Ryan Israel | Monday, March 30, 2020
Drake is the most ubiquitous, influential and popular music artist of the past decade. Drake is The Beatles. He has plenty of flaws — Google ghostwriters, hiding a child and more — and some really not great music. He’s also had some stellar feature appearances, outstanding songs and a few good albums. To stir up
Ryan Israel | Friday, April 5, 2019
A classical piano plays a familiar melody. A comforting voice begins to sing, “Mama, just killed a man / Put a gun against his head / Pulled my trigger, now he’s dead.” It’s Freddie Mercury; this is “Bohemian Rhapsody,” a classic rock song long launched back into popular culture by the historically inaccurate, self-aggrandizing Queen
Owen Lane, Matthew Munhall, Adam Ramos and Adrian Mark Lore | Thursday, November 2, 2017
Cold weather getting to you? Not to worry, the music world has been heating up big time in the past week. The friendly folks at Scene put together the tracks that you can’t miss this week. Check out these fire tracks and find some new jams for your regular rotation. “Dat Side (ft. Kanye West)”
Erin McAuliffe and Jack Riedy | Thursday, April 20, 2017
Kendrick Lamar has an iconic discography — so iconic that it somehow manages to stay unmarred by his shaky collaboration history. Taylor Swift, Adam Levine, Robin Thicke and Imagine Dragons all successfully recruited him for their tracks — we couldn’t have composed a more unfortunate list if we tried. However, on “DAMN.” Lamar has total
Jimmy Kemper, Erin McAuliffe, John Darr, Kelly McGarry, Christian Bunker, Adrian Mark Lore, Brian Boylen, Adam Ramos, Mike Donovan, Jack Riedy and Maggie Walsh | Wednesday, December 7, 2016
A Tribe Called Quest — “We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service” By Adrian Mark Lore Suffice it to say that 2016 was a turbulent year, both domestically and internationally. For the music industry, it was a year of sad departures — the death of legends like David Bowie and Leonard Cohen— as well
Erin McAuliffe | Thursday, February 18, 2016
“The Life of Pablo,” Kanye West’s seventh album, is not regular. The album fluxes without floundering. It is powerfully disjointed in celebration and reconciliation. West begs for absolution, exalts in corporeal consecration and, as usual, demands recognition. In “The Life of Pablo,” he’s justified. From his apprehensions about religious rap on 2004’s “Jesus Walks” to
Bobby Wozniak | Tuesday, February 16, 2016
The seamless fusion of music, fashion and performance art that was the Yeezy Season 3 showcase/”The Life Of Pablo” album release/Vanessa Beecroft piece undeniably changed the traditional concept of art. Say what you will about the inexplicable yet ingenious Kanye West, but his Madison Square Garden show raised the bar and transformed expectations for what it
Miko Malabute | Monday, February 8, 2016
This roundtable includes the usual gang — Erin, Matt, Adam, Kelly and Miko. We zig when we zag and quickly discuss sports, then play a quick game of “Rihanna or Sia?”. Listen and subscribe on iTunes here. You can also listen live every Thursday at 6 p.m. on WVFI.
Jack Riedy | Thursday, February 4, 2016
Ah, the halcyon days of 2012. Frank Ocean was firmly in the public eye, Future was an aspiring crossover star and Rihanna released her seventh album, “Unapologetic.” Though it featured hits like “Pour It Up” and “Stay,” the album received mixed reviews and is best remembered today for the head-scratching duet with Chris Brown titled