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Kendrick Lamar does it again with album — DAMN.
Waverly Hart Contributing Writer After creating one of the most critically acclaimed and socially influential hip hop albums, To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar has returned with an LP divergent from his earlier works, but no less exceptional. DAMN., the fourth studio album from the Compton-based rapper, consists of 14 tracks in which Lamar recounts…
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On Feel-Good Media
“Feel-good” content often implies a picture of a cute shiba inu staring at you from the cozy inseams of a Buzzfeed article, usually doe-eyed, usually the color of buttered toast. A feel good story, on the other hand: that’s something surprisingly personal. You’ve got a whole world of content that can distract you from failing…
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Sunken Place
Get Out has undoubtably been wildly successful. With a relatively unknown cast and first time director Jordan Peele, it has become at once iconic and classic. Unlike other horror movies, it doesn’t rely on jump scares to be scary. The horror of Get Out comes from a fear we all have deeply rooted inside of…
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Spoon’s psychedelic experiment and Hot Thoughts
Katie Cameron A&E Editor Right off the bat, there are two remarkable things about Spoon’s new album Hot Thoughts. The first is that after nine albums, Austin-based alt-rock band Spoon is still producing interesting and good music. The group’s been together for more than twenty years — in indie years, that’s essentially an eternity, given…
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New on Netflix: A review of The Discovery, an original film
Robert Dinkins, Jr. A&E Editor Trigger Warning: This article discusses suicide. The Discovery first premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and landed on Netflix on March 31. Directed by Charlie McDowell, best known for the film The One I Love, The Discovery is a film tackling a lot of different genres. Is it Sci-Fi,…
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For the record: our listening habits in the age of digital music
Justin Konyn Contributing Writer I often find that most of my music-listening is done through playlists. In a time of nearly instant gratification, playlists offer instant access to favorite songs, fitting whatever mood the day has created and best of all, anyone can create them. As far as playlists go, I totally get it: turns…
