Don’t press skip: March music highlights you may have missed
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Music beats Lauren Harvey and Ian Fredrickson are here to guide you through the March music you won’t want to skip.
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Illenium makes beloved throwback return at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
The DJ’s set Nov. 28 at San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium drew yet another large, rave-ready crowd eager to dance the night away.
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Second Sky 2021: The Midday Acts (Jacob Collier, Jon Hopkins, Toro Y Moi)
The sun now overhead, the festival’s midday acts offered an incredible range of genres and styles.
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Lorde trades in aloof adolescence for tender maturity in ‘Melodrama’
In the four years since Pure Heroine anointed Lorde as the precocious teen queen of minimalist electropop, she’s stepped down from her young god throne to plunge headfirst into messy, raw adulthood.
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Warmed up for a winter tour: A Q&A with Sweater Beats
When Antonio Cuna — who performs under the name Sweater Beats — emerged onto the electronic music scene, Cuna brought with him a bevy of influences from a diverse background. Cuna was born in the Philippines and later moved to the suburbs of Maryland, where he grew up listening to
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AlunaGeorge struggle to find a new identity in ‘I Remember’
One-hit wonders are the most unfortunate byproduct of the pop industry. Either they fade to obscurity, disguise themselves in cult-classic acclaim or, worse yet, use everything but the kitchen sink in pursuit of another radio-ready bop. British pop duo AlunaGeorge — comprised of lead singer Aluna Francis and George Reid
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Troye Sivan has sensual prowess on ‘Wild’
Contrary to its title, the second major label release from YouTube star and singer-songwriter Troye Sivan is far from WILD. Musically, it is the exact opposite. Rather than a gritty, cutthroat wilderness, this work is a short collection of masterfully crafted and carefully produced songs that resembles a sonic utopia.
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Tunesday – Dedicated to What’s-Your-Name
Dear what’s-your-name, it’s me. I’m that guy who was too scared to say a word to you in your class all semester. I’m that guy who was too nervous to approach you on the bus when I saw you reading one of my favorite novels. I’m that guy who was
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On Tour: Flume
Harley Streten started making music as a teenager after tinkering with a music programming CD that came packaged with his breakfast cereal. Now, at 21 years old, Streten is known by his stage name, Flume, and his “high-brow dubstep” (as was described to me by the lighting engineer) has made
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