music review
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Lorde burst onto the scene in 2013 as the new princess of alt. pop. She wowed everyone with her introspective songwriting and frank account of teenage love and life. And then she didn’t release another album for four long years. Sure, she did a couple soundtrack songs and collaborations, but no full-length releases. During that
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‘Ello, Strangers! I’m a bit delayed with June’s music of the month post, mostly because I completely forgot about it. Also… I haven’t been listening to too many June releases. I’ve only just recently become a twenty one pilots fan, so I’ve been listening almost exclusively to them. However, I have enjoyed some June releases
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With the tropical beats of modern pop dominating the charts, the entire genre is feeling a little stale. In comes Dua Lipa, a smoky-voiced starlet from the UK. After dropping a handful of singles since late 2015, Lipa has finally released her self-titled debut. She mixes a more traditional pop sound with the blues and
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Halsey comes back with a bang in her long-awaited follow up to her popular debut Badlands. On this album, we escape to Hopeless Fountain Kingdom. Set up on the premise of a Romeo & Juliet retelling, this album provides a story that is somehow darker and yet more hopeful than the Shakespeare original. Halsey also
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Well Strangers, it’s almost the end of May, which means it’s time to talk about my favorite music releases from throughout the month. May was another month of excellent music and I’ve been eager to talk about each and every one of them. The only release I will not be discussing today is Paramore’s After
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I am not a music critic and I don’t know much about all the musical elements that go into songs (notes, specific instruments, etc.). I’ve taken a few classes, but I never retain that stuff. But I do know what sounds good or bad and have been a Paramore fan since 2008. So I figure
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