Courtesy of hotnewhiphop.A day after winning the Grammy for Best Rap Song & Performance his single “iÛ, Kendrick Lamar released “The Blacker The Berry.” The newest single, or statement' as Lamar prefers to call the music he releases, is a much...
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Another Kind of Currency: Albert Camus and Titus Andronicus
Courtesy of Clash. Guys, I swear I like other bands. There is just so much I have to say about Patrick Stickles and his band that I just need to write about it this week. Especially since I'm writing a paper for class about existentialism in science...
Pop Exodus: "Pray to God feat. HAIM" by Calvin Harris
Do you want to be in a sisterly witch cult? Or possibly stroke wolves? How do you feel about hair that's parted down the middle? HAIM raises these questions as I stare at my computer screen, cheap Starbucks in hand. I'm not entirely sure what's going on in...
Porque no los Dos: Rocüo D̼rcal
Courtesy of Durcal. Family get-togethers for Latinos aren't to see how much little Susan has grown or how Jimmy isn't a starter on the soccer team. Latino get-togethers are to reminisce on the past. The presence of familiar faces takes us back...
Zen Palette: Why Mothica Is My Non-Problematic Fave (and Other Feminist Musings)
Courtesy of Blahblahblahscience. To continue on with my female producer and girl power-infused articles, I decided to write about one of my faves this week: Mckenzie Ellis, known as Mothica. I love this girl and I probably favorite every single one of...
Coo Coo Ca Choo: Oldies to Get You in the Mood for the Weekend
I don't know about anyone else, but this week was especially difficult to get through for me. It's that point in the semester where you can feel the workload starting to pick up and the excitement of new classes beginning to diminish. However, music always...
Minutia: An American Discourse on Artistic Talent and Integrity – Grammys 2015
Courtesy of Getty Images.On a cold, bitter February night, I snuggled up on my couch for the second time. The first was to knock out a season of Grey's Anatomy, but you know when you get snacks and return and it's sort of like beginning a new activity. I...
Another Kind of Currency: The Problem with Pseudo-Patriotism
Courtesy of Vector Diary. It goes without saying that the post-9/11 world that most college students grew up in is very different from the world that our parents or other older relatives grew up in. Personally, I only have very shaky memories of that day, but...
Feedback: A Band By Any Other Name
Courtesy of Oddblog.The Red Hot Chili Peppers already have a pretty quirky name, but rumor has it that this level of quirky was a band meeting away from absurdity. The Red Hot Chili Peppers had two alternative names in the works, the alliterative Tony Flow and...
The Tough Crowd: Pizza, Punk & Distros
My little hometown isn't exactly the best place for record shopping. Usually, I save my cash and wait to get back to school to blow all of it on records. But, thanks to a savvy punk and one metal as all hell pizza place, I ended up flying home with 4 EPs in my...