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Music as Fiction: Modern Vampires of the City | Tristan Rodman 2 Aug 2013 | 09:08 pm
I moved to Brooklyn two months ago to spend the summer working as an intern at a record company in SoHo. This, I suspect, is a well-tread path for college students like me, who come from privilege ena...
Good Kid, m.A.A.d City: Chance the Rapper and the Partitioning of Black Genius | Emanuel Vinson 2 Aug 2013 | 09:08 pm
"But I'd fight if a nigga said that I talk white." The title alone of Kendrick Lamar's 2012 album Good Kid, m.A.A.d City vividly illustrates a crucial tension present in today's youth of color. Not ....
That Time Peter Ate Candy Nothing But Candy For A Week | Gabriel Gutierrez 2 Aug 2013 | 07:08 pm
Last week, me and Jay were hanging out on a rooftop talking about what it's like to live on your own. "Being an adult," I said, "I mean, you could eat just candy for a week straight and who's gonna ....
On Random Access Memories | Tristan Rodman 29 May 2013 | 12:05 am
Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories has as strong a thesis statement as any album in recent memory: “Give Life Back to Music.” The opening chords give way to a thumping disco beat, and as the guitar lo...
In Conversation: Dave Longstreth | Greg Nissan 1 May 2013 | 08:05 pm
Editor's note: this article originally appears in the April 19 edition of The College Hill Independent David Longstreth’s songs don’t explain him; they imitate him. The creative force and leader of T...
Odd Future: A Familiar Past, Revisited | Marcus Jeremy 1 May 2013 | 08:05 pm
If Wolf, the latest release and the final installment of Tyler the Creator’s three-part trilogy, proves anything, it’s how devotion to a concept over its articulation can render a piece of art intangi...
Your Playlist is a Small and Important Site for Activism | Sharon Onga 1 May 2013 | 07:05 pm
The variety of musical options out in the universe can be overwhelming. However, My concerns revolve around how we find and evaluate art, music and more importantly, how these forms of evaluations te...
How Rick Privileges The Non-Sequitur | Gabriel Gutierrez 1 May 2013 | 07:05 pm
Thank god Marlene doesn't check my phone--not that it would ruin the marriage or anything like that--it would just be hard to explain to her how and why I've been receiving texts directly from the min...
Chat: The Disembodied Music Video | Tristan Rodman and Tarek Shoukri 27 Mar 2013 | 07:03 pm
While killing some time this past week, Tarek and Tristan noticed the increasing phenomenon in music videos where bands and musicians imagined other people singing and performing their music. They wer...
Dynamic Range: The Politics of Popular Dance | Greg Nissan 27 Mar 2013 | 07:03 pm
Editor's note: this article also appeared in the February 1st issue of The College Hill Independent. This is not about you. You will not Travolta across the dance floor, the neon lights on the lapels...
