The Daily Californian’s Arts Awards: Music of 2020
Dua Lipa/Courtesy
With her sophomore LP Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa put the pop music genre on her shoulders — and needless to say, she carried it without wavering.
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Thundercat’s soulful ‘It Is What It Is’ playfully looks into the past
It Is What It Is is less speculative and abstract: it’s more like Bruner licking the many wounds he’s accrued during his life — one being the death of his longtime friend Mac Miller — but purposely hiding behind a facade of nonchalance.
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Thundercat takes Fox Theater audience on galactic space journey
Pairing his cream-colored fleece jacket with a prominent bubblegum pink bass, Thundercat was prepared for a night of crooning, swooning and plenty of tributes.
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The soundtrack to losing my dad
I initially came to terms with the tragedy in the best way I know how: I made a Spotify playlist.
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Setting the record straight episode 3: Mac Miller’s ‘Circles’
On the third episode of Setting the Record Straight, co-hosts Jack Graves and MJ Harris review Mac Miller’s posthumous release, Circles.
Picks of the Week: New year, fresh perspective
So for the week ahead, I’ve hand-prepared a small list of big things that will hopefully make you find gratitude in our return. We’re back, Berkeley.
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Mac Miller’s spirit lives on in posthumous album, ‘Circles’
Although Mac Miller could not complete the trilogy of albums he set out to produce, his legacy and spirit live on in Circles.
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The Free Nationals’ self-titled album features nostalgic funk, sensational grooves
This album is part of the band’s foray into making music as an independent entity, bringing together a variety of singles the Free Nationals released in the past couple of years.
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Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals take post-Grammy victory lap at the SF Masonic
The fanatical audience made up for this technical fault by singing its heart out to each track on the set list — from the spacious floor of the Masonic to its huge balcony, fans danced and swayed as .Paak and the Free Nationals commanded the crowd to forget the outside world and engross itself in the music.
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Ariana Grande explores new territory in cohesive, career-defining ‘thank u, next’
While Grande’s past albums often approached her romantic relationships in black-and-white fashion, Grande explores a more nuanced perspective of love in her new album.
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