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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Ariana Grande’s ‘Positions’ is stylish, saccharine sensuality
Grande rarely played it safe in the last few years, but with Positions, it feels like she’s lifting her foot off the gas pedal.
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All the world’s a stage
Making Sense of the Sublime
If Goffman’s theory of actor and audience can be applied literally, then as an audience member, the best thing I can do when experiencing art is to help the artist feel seen.
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The Weeknd mixes nihilistic melancholy with star power on ‘After Hours’
Here, the Weeknd has finally managed to effectively blend his vision of sad boy R&B with powerful ’80s synth pop, resulting in his best material since 2011’s House of Balloons.
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Setting the record straight episode 2: Ben Shapiro’s view on rap and The Weeknd track reviews
On the second episode of Setting the record straight, co-hosts Jack Graves and MJ Harris discuss Ben Shapiro’s controversial view on rap music, and review The Weeknd’s two latest singles, Heartless and Blinding Lights.
Plain White T’s prepare for fall tour, ‘Hey There Delilah’ show
Many may be wondering what’s been going on with the iconic “Hey There Delilah” singers since their mid-2000s fame. To put it simply: they’ve been “livin’ life,” said lead singer Tom Higgenson in an interview with The Daily Californian.
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The Ins and Outs of Outside Lands 2018
Friday was so cold that The Weeknd could hardly feel his face, while Saturday left fans with sunburns that rivaled the red of Florence Welch’s iconic hair.
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Editor’s Note: Outside Lands 2018
With a decade under its belt, Outside Lands 2018 knew what it was doing — repeating multiple artists from its first lineup while also finally managing to have female headliners.
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Future’s set at Outside Lands wasn’t good, but maybe that doesn’t matter
it doesn’t matter so much whether the rapper puts on a good show or is even visible, as long as they are present to wave the crowd through their greatest hits.
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The Weeknd provides well-received (though uninspired) opening to Outside Lands weekend
Even though The Weeknd’s music was well-received by the Friday night crowd, his concert wasn’t particularly inventive or original.
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