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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
Kelly McGarry, Adrian Mark Lore, Erin McAuliffe and Jimmy Kemper | Saturday, March 25, 2017
On this edition of SceneCast, we take a magnifying glass to celebrity activism, focusing on the paradoxical antics of artists like Katy Perry and Taylor Swift.
Erin McAuliffe | Friday, May 13, 2016
The Class of 2016 walked onto campus on Aug. 19, 2012 with “Call Me Maybe” still ringing in their ears — the result of both tear-filled parent drop-offs and Carly Rae Jepsen’s summer single. From 2012’s countless car karaokes and parodies to Jepsen’s 2015 perfect pop album “E*MO*TION”, the Class of 2016 has matured
Adam Ramos | Sunday, April 3, 2016
Garret Borns makes good pop music. I know it, Tay knows it and over 100 million Spotify users will attest to it. BØRNS, the moniker used by the Michigan native to propagate his good pop music, brought his talent and band to Legends last Thursday night and played his good pop songs for everyone at
Christopher Damian | Thursday, November 19, 2015
My education at Notre Dame focused significantly on the ancient and medieval world. More than fifty of my 132 credits were on languages, cultures and ideas prior to the modern era, and these classes shaped the way I viewed my own life. I suspect the ways in which I lived and spoke were countercultural, not
Greg Hadley | Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Taylor Swift is the biggest female pop star on the planet. There. I said it. It sounds weird to say it aloud, but it’s true. And it’s true because of her insanely large, insanely passionate fan base. “Swifties,” as Taylor’s fans are known, were once limited to a very strict demographic of younger girls who related to the emotional
Adam Ramos | Thursday, October 29, 2015
Within the past two years, Los Angeles-based musician Garrett Borns has been on the rise. After the release of last year’s LP “Candy,” Borns — affectionately, “BØRNS” — began garnering attention for his ethereal blend of psychedelic and electro-glam pop. The Michigan native takes his name from the Danish word for children, an appropriate moniker. With the
Jimmy Kemper | Thursday, October 1, 2015
Father John Misty, the musical persona of Josh Tillman, is continually proving he is one of the most bizarre anti-pop stars around. In between releasing one of the best albums of the year, filming music videos where he seduces himself and making The Late Show with David Letterman’s audience laugh uncomfortably, the former Fleet Foxes
Matthew Munhall | Monday, September 28, 2015
Last week, Ryan Adams released an album-length cover of Taylor Swift’s “1989.” The alt-country singer refashioned every song from Swift’s blockbuster pop album in the style of Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska,” in the process revealing a melancholic strain in the originals. The album is maybe not as revelatory as some critics are claiming, but it’s pleasant
Miko Malabute, Kathy Minko, Adam Ramos and Matthew Munhall | Thursday, August 27, 2015
With N.W.A.’s biopic, “Straight Outta Compton,” still fresh on moviegoers’ minds, the Scene staff brainstormed: Which music group deserves the next biopic? Which artist has a story so interesting and wildly unbelievable on their way to the top that the only way to believe it is to, well, see it. And see it on the