Tunesday: Five indie pop songs to study to
Willow Yang/Senior Staff
Don’t underestimate the power of a calming track to ease your anxiety. Here are five indie pop songs that will get you through your problem sets with a little more focus.
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Goodbye music! Hello podcasts! 7 podcasts to fill your summer
Podcasts are the perfect way to pass the time on the road or at your desk, and they can provide both laughter and life lessons while you listen in. Here are our recommendations for great podcasts to listen to this summer.
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MGMT is back in form with sleek, lean ‘Little Dark Age’
Would MGMT be back? Or would the group provide another album laden with overwrought esotericism and culminating in listener disinterest?
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MGMT returns after hiatus with gothic-tinged track ‘Little Dark Age’
A woman walks into a dark and haunted mansion with a candlestick, and, with a flourish of synth, announces the return of MGMT.
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Musical ownership in a digital age
“Do you know how to delete iTunes from your computer?” A friend of mine asked me this the other day after his computer suggested that he update iTunes one too many times. Besides serving as a reminder that my technological skills don’t extend beyond the ability to press “enter” and
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The at-home Coachella experience
I sat down in my desk chair, opened up my computer and clicked on the Coachella live stream on YouTube. As has been my tradition the past few years, I began to pretend I was actually there. And, just by pretending, I was able to enjoy the music and the
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MGMT moves to pure neo-psychedelia in self-titled album
Is the MGMT heard on their self-titled album really the same band that released Oracular Spectacular six years ago? Obviously, yes, in terms of name and band members. But regarding sound, it’s harder to say. Their debut LP was mainly an exercise in standard psych pop with progressive rock embellishments,
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MGMT performs at the Frost Music and Arts Festival
This past Saturday, the Frost Music and Arts Festival took place at Stanford’s Frost Amphitheater with MGMT as the headliner. Once we got past the fact that this was taking place at Stanford, we have to admit that it was a pretty cool experience. We thought that it was a
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