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Slide Away Festival in Chicago
Slide Away Festival at The Aragon Ballroom on May 22nd and 23rd with Hum, Nothing, Chapterhouse, and more
Stevie Wonder’s 1972 album ‘Talking Book’ is analyzed and contextualized 50 years after its release.
The LA native pushes dance music far into the future on his latest EP.
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A look inside Tove Lo’s new album “Dirt Femme:” The modern story of a woman in love – sex, obsession, heartbreak, and self-discovery. Image via Tove Lo on Twitter.
Why this album fits for many winter situations on campus (image via Iowa Now)
The London rapper’s 6th studio album is her first full-length release in over 6 years. Image via M.I.A on twitter
The alternative innovator returns with his second studio album. Image via Jean Dawson on Twitter
On “Fossora,” Björk explores motherhood, love, family, and growth.
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billy woods – Aethiopes On Aethiopes, billy woods reestablishes his strengths as a storyteller, with help from producer Preservation’s experimentally jazzy beats. By now, woods has cemented himself as one of hip hop’s greatest writers, and his brooding yet clever introspection sounds especially powerful over Preservation’s musical backdropping. Samples of pianos will twinkle across some tracks, and pound discordantly on others, while electric guitars ring and horns blow. By the time the harmonica enters the equation, the beats here are unparalleled. It is an enveloping atmosphere completed by excellent percussion, which moves between hand drums, full kits, and shuffling jangles … Continued
KRUI music staff’s March picks!
