Outlined or off the cuff: Why both kinds of albums hold equal merit
Harvest/Courtesy
While one sort of album isn’t more effective than the other, both planned and unplanned albums each provide drastically different productions of music.
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Pop songs from our past selves
Love in Conversation
Music is a vessel to hold our experiences, our many selves. It gives us words (and a drumbeat) for every moment of euphoria and every strain of heartbreak.
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The Strokes reclaim their indie rock crown with ‘The New Abnormal’
With such a long, established music career, the Strokes need to reckon with their early success and reflect on the dilemma all bands eventually face: grow or die.
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Come taste the bands: My musical evolution
Music became a way for me to sort out my emotions and my identity — and what better way than to wax poetic with classic rock?
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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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Sex, drugs and addiction in media
Cutting Room Floor
And we as an audience, cheered Jim Morrison on. People came out to see this dramatic antihero swagger around the stage completely wasted, yelling at cops and starting fights. But did anyone never spare a thought as to what that performance might be reflecting about the man underneath?
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A back-to-school playlist to start the semester on the right note
These songs reflect many of the challenges that we, Golden Bears, are likely to face this spring semester.
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A guide to library-hopping for dead week
Finding your favorite study space can be a challenge, especially during finals season when everyone else is doing the same. Studying at home and inviting friends over may be comfortable and convenient, but the environment can get distracting more often than not.
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Portugal. The Man is beyond ‘Feel It Still,’ feels it still at Outside Lands
Live, all of the songs off the band’s most recent album — 2017’s Woodstock — sound less pop-like, free of studio retouches.
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Swinging into the spotlight: Kid actors of ‘School of Rock’ sing praises of backstage life
Much like how the teacher character Dewey Finn becomes the hero of his fourth-grade class, the kids undeniably look up to the adults in the production’s cast.
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