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Monday Music Update! (Week of 10/12/17)

Monday Music Update! (Week of 10/12/17)

By Lisa Park and Lisa Park October 9, 2017

Hellooo! It's Monday. So here are some suggested tracks to hit up during the week. Definitely a ~~feels~~ playlist: Miguel - Sure Thing (Andrey Azizov Remix) https://soundcloud.com/andrey-azizov/miguel-sure-thing-dreymix ...

Monday Music Update!

Monday Music Update!

By Lisa Park and Lisa Park October 1, 2017

Here are some tracks you should hit up during the week! Keep holding on: The weekend will be here before you know it. You got this. Jori Vague (ft. Ave Often)  - Focus https://soundcloud.com/jorivague/focus ...

KEVIN GATES

Album: ‘By Any Means 2’

By Noah Hawke September 29, 2017

★★★★☆ There are few musicians who can claim to have put out a full-length mixtape from prison — and even fewer who can say that it is among their finest works. But Baton Rouge, La. rapper...

ROSTAM

Album: ‘Half-Light’

By Mac Dressman September 22, 2017

★★★★☆ The sound of “Half-Light” is best described by its cover. The colors are bright and warm, evoking sensitivity and emotion, while the image itself is pixelated, belying a digital,...

ED SHEERAN

Ed Sheeran at Capital One Arena

By Kathryn Baker September 22, 2017

  Mere seconds after stepping on stage at Capital One Arena on Tuesday, British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran brought his largely teenage audience to its feet with the upbeat radio track “Castle...

JUICY J

Album: ‘Highly Intoxicated’

By Noah Hawke September 22, 2017

★★★☆☆ Juicy J dropped his new mixtape “Highly Intoxicated” on Monday as an exclusive release on DatPiff, a free online mixtape distribution platform that specializes in hip-hop and...

ALEXANDRA BRUNJES/THE HOYA

Concert Review: MHD

By Alexandra Brunjes September 19, 2017

At just 22 years old, French rapper Mohamed Sylla, better known by his stage name, MHD, is already making his mark on the international music scene. The rising star performed at U Street Music Hall...

Album: Sleep Well Beast

Album: ‘Sleep Well Beast’

By Mac Dressman September 15, 2017

★★★☆☆ Political strategist Karl Rove described The National’s song “Walk It Back” as “a euro tech pop thing.” The National’s response? “F---k you, Karl.” Rove was asked...

MADEINTYO

Album: ‘True’s World’

By Noah Hawke September 15, 2017

★★★☆☆ Just over a year ago, Malcolm Davis, better known as MadeinTYO, emerged from relative anonymity in the mainstream music scene with his hit single, “Uber Everywhere.” Within months,...

RCA RECORDS

Album: ‘Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy’

By Mac Dressman September 8, 2017

Mac Dressman is a Hoya Staff Writer. ★★☆☆☆ The title of A$AP Mob’s latest album may be telling — it is as if the group got “too cozy” after the success of its latest album,...

DFA RECORDS

Album Review: ‘American Dream’

By Nick Harrison September 6, 2017

Nick Harrison is a Hoya Staff Writer. ★★★★★ “I can’t make you a promise,” front man James Murphy sings on “Change Yr Mind,” the fourth track on LCD Soundsystem’s fourth and...

CARPARK RECORDS

Album: ‘Life Without Sound’

By William Leo September 1, 2017

★★★☆☆ Music, like all other forms of art, has an ability to affect us at our most basic emotional level. Music has a feeling, an almost tactile sensation, which can allow us to experience...

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