All posts tagged "Fresh Beats"

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    Fresh Beats: Drake does it again and again

    Matt Wood / Senior Staff Writer At this point, just about anything Drake does is social media gold. Whether he’s lint rolling his pants while sitting courtside or airballing shots while warming up, there’s an inevitable Twittersphere...

    • Posted October 28, 2014
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    Fresh Beats: a look back at band breakups

    Matt Wood / Senior Staff Writer Breaking up is hard to do. Bands parting ways is certainly an inevitability, as is the eventual descent into a mediocre solo career before a potential reunion tour. Regardless, it’s a...

    • Posted October 20, 2014
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    Fresh Beats: Throwback Thursday edition

    Matt Wood / Senior Staff Writer We’ve come a long way since 2008. Back then, people were angry at Obama, the economy was in shambles and people were freaking about the new iPhone. But now, we —...

    • Posted October 15, 2014
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    Fresh Beats: “Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes”

    Matt Wood / Senior Staff Writer Rating: 4/5 Four days ago, Thom Yorke, self-proclaimed weirdo, released a new record without ever giving a release date. Although, at this point, his cryptic album releases shouldn’t be a surprise...

    • Posted September 30, 2014
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    Fresh Beats: Flying Lotus and more new music

    Matt Wood / Senior Staff Writer Flying Lotus “Coronus, the Terminator” Prolific experimental hip-hop artist Steven Ellison, known as Flying Lotus, has always served as an example of low-key brilliance. In a genre dominated with towering egomaniacs...

    • Posted September 23, 2014
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    Fresh Beats: Fall Out Boy and more new music

    Nicholas Friedman / Design Editor  Fall Out Boy  “Centuries” Released Monday afternoon, “Centuries” is the out-of-the-blue single from revived pop-punk band Fall Out Boy. After more than a year of touring, the song shows that the band...

    • Posted September 9, 2014
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    Fresh Beats: Interpol’s new album, “El Pintor”

    Matt Wood / Senior Staff Writer Just at the turn of the millennium, three New York City bands emerged and endured as part of the forefathers of indie music – The Strokes, The National and Interpol. The...

    • Posted September 2, 2014
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  • Fresh Beats: 8/28/14

    Matt Wood / Senior Staff Writer alt-J – Every Other Freckle In the wake of its successful debut album, wonderfully weird English indie outfit alt-J stay true to form with its third released track from upcoming sophomore...

    • Posted August 28, 2014
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    Fresh Beats: Skrillex, The Kooks and “Fever”

    Nicholas Friedman // Staff Writer Skrillex – “Coast is Clear (ft. Chance the Rapper)” After staying quiet and cryptic about work on a new studio album for quite some time, Skrillex released a mobile game called “Alien...

    • Posted April 1, 2014
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    Fresh Beats: Pharrell Williams, Rick Ross and more

    Nicholas Friedman // Staff Writer Karen O & Ezra Koenig – “The Moon Song” Serving as a perfect complement to Arcade Fire’s score for the film “Her,” this duet from Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend) and Karen O...

    • Posted March 25, 2014
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