Grimes sees global destruction on new album ‘Miss Anthropocene’
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Miss Anthropocene regains its footing, however, in its grandiose conclusion.
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The Daily Californian Arts Awards: Music of 2018
This year, women are at the forefront of modern music. From those already at the top of their game, such as ponytail-wearing superstar Ariana Grande, to those just getting started, such as U.K. R&B singer Jorja Smith, female artists have dominated 2018’s soundtrack with their bops, ballads and visual albums.
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Celebrities dress in Sunday best for 2018 Catholic-themed Met Gala
The theme for Monday night’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit was “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.”
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UC Berkeley student musicians find empowerment through music in light of #MeToo
The #MeToo movement has made its mark in the film world. We need to bring this wave of empowerment to survivors of sexual violence in the music industry.
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Grimes’ new music video is top-notch experimental cinema
An all-American country queen, a Renaissance-inspired art student, a moody streetwear star and a dancer trapped in a cyber dreamland — this is the bizarre assortment of characters introduced in Grimes’ new music video for her latest hit, “California.” If you’re already thinking, “Holy crap, that sounds like a
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Tunesday: UFO-gazing
When it comes to spending a pleasant night scanning the sky for UFOs, there are no rules to hold you back. There are, however, some important criteria for a good playlist to keep you company on your vigil. UFO-gazing takes lots of patience and enthusiasm — it’s like fishing, but
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Staff Picks: 5 most endearing albums of 2015
I read an essay this year by Susan Sontag called “Notes on Camp,” in which she describes why art can be so bad that it’s good. She says that, in all great artists, we look for dreamers with wild ambition, passion for the artform and self-love. Sometimes, these ambitions fail
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Top 10 albums of 2015
The Daily Cal arts staff spotlights the top albums that dropped this year.
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Staff Picks: Top 5 albums I had on repeat in 2015
5) Beauty Behind the Madness — The Weeknd It’s hard to argue with this one considering the Weeknd was everywhere this year. When my roommate wasn’t playing Beauty Behind the Madness on repeat in our apartment while she did the dishes, hit singles “Can’t Feel My Face” and “The Hills”
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Grimes evolves sound, stays weird with ‘Art Angels’
Nearly four years ago, the Canadian artist, songwriter and real-life fairy Claire Boucher released her album Visions, which entranced the music scene with its imperfect loops, rough synth percussions and airy vocals. At the time, her astral, extradimensional electro-anti-pop album was considered her most approachable music project yet. But while
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