Rich Brian attempts to grow up with ‘1999’
‘1999’ isn’t particularly revolutionary or an in-depth look at what has become of a 21-year-old internet sensation.
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Category Archives: Music
With ‘Zeros’, Declan McKenna shows he’s on precipice of prowess
Zeros is short-term, grungy sci-fi, telling modern stories with a cosmic bent.
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The Smashing Pumpkins entirely disappoint with new singles
“Cyr” and “The Colour of Love” are total duds. These are empty shells of songs, loud enough to be mistaken for having signs of life, lame enough to be mistaken for self-serious parody.
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Lil Wayne’s ‘No Ceilings’ is more cynical product than album
‘No Ceilings’ fails as a reissue. Every possibility of improvement upon the original album was rejected. Every change was for the worse.
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‘Club Future Nostalgia’ is fun but disorderly adventure from Dua Lipa, The Blessed Madonna
What Lipa offers with Club Future Nostalgia is an experience. Unlike her previously traditional albums, it’s not meant to be just listened to — it’s meant to be danced to.
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The Aces light up Los Angeles with livestream performance
Undeterred by screaming fans being replaced with the silence of racing chat threads, The Aces radiated enthusiasm.
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Metallica, San Francisco Symphony reunite for nostalgic ‘S&M2’
S&M2 doesn’t take groundbreaking leaps, but it offers an innovative, retrospective view of Metallica’s legendary career.
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Metallica redefines live performance at Concord drive-in
Facing up at the band as if watching from the pit, attendees belted lyrics out their windows or from the trunks of midsize SUVs.
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Goth Babe’s latest EP satisfies ears, feeds soul
Released Aug. 28, the EP features three dynamic songs drenched in reflective feelings of summertime, but with an uncanny sense of freedom moving forward.
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‘Conversations With Myself About You’ has nothing new to say
Across its 14-song cycle, frontman Mitchy Collins hardly presents anything beyond careless musings about love that feel overly general, impersonal and painfully obvious.
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