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ELLIOT LEE HAZEL

Chris Brown's latest album will satisfy fans, but is unlikely to be a huge success.

Album Review: ‘X’

By Ogechi Nwodim September 19, 2014

★★☆☆☆ The past few years for Chris Brown have been full of turmoil, legal woes and well-deserved public backlash. His terrible publicity caused many to forget that he was, or arguably is,...

Girl Power: Female Bands Take Back the Stage

By Abby Reutzel November 18, 2013

On November 16, the U Street Music Hall was taken over by some powerful ladies who delivered a night of energetic performances and great music. The first to take the stage was Liz who describes her...

RAC Takes the Show on the Road

By Abby Reutzel November 18, 2013

Over the past few years, RAC has been creating some of the most notable and respected remixes of hits in the indie music genre. RAC, short for Remix Artist Collective, was originally created between...

Not Keeping Up With the Good Old Days

By Charlotte Glasser October 23, 2013

2/5 stars Fall Out Boy’s newest album, PAX AM Days, came as a bit of a shock to the music world. When a band puts out a greatest hits album in 2009, it is not expected that it produce another...

No Roar of Praise for Generic Album

By Jess Kelham-Hohler October 23, 2013

When “Roar” exploded on to the singles charts in early September and easily outsold competitor Lady Gaga’s “Applause,” it felt like Katy Perry was reclaiming her title as queen of pop. Here...

Local Band Makes Their Way Back Home

By Abby Reutzel October 22, 2013

There’s nothing quite as great as coming home, and it was clear from the way The Dismemberment Plan, a band composed of D.C. natives, played at the 9:30 Club on Saturday October 19 that they felt the...

Risky Tracks Match Miley’s Adult Image

By Kim Bussing October 11, 2013

5/5 stars With the don of her new image, Miley Cyrus is essentially flipping off the music world with a giant foam finger. With the release of her provocative fourth album — her first album out...

Kenny Rogers Brings Country Back

By Charlotte Glasser October 10, 2013

Musically dormant since 1999, Kenny Rogers has finally returned and offered fans of country music a home run. You Can’t Make Old Friends offers listeners the classic country medley: a love song,...

Alternative Rock Album Proves Pleasantly Moody

By Eng Gin Moe September 20, 2013

4/5 stars While I’ve always been a big fan of the alternative and rock scene — especially artists like Alt-J — I’ve never actually sat down and listened to the relatively well-known alternative...

Alternative Band Fails to Enchant Listeners With Third Album

By Connor Valaik August 2, 2013

Sometimes I question why I like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, a new-age, hippie-ish band, so much. I’ve never thought of myself as a hippie. I certainly would not have been part of the...

Selena Gomez Debuts More Mature, Dance-Worthy Hits

By Zach Gordon July 26, 2013

Child stars have a tendency to star to lose it as they blossom into adults. Whether they get mixed up in drugs (Lindsay), rebel against their parents (Miley) or just go insane (Amanda), it sometimes...

New Releases // 7.14.13

By Abby Reutzel July 21, 2013

“Euphoria” Loreen | Single 4/5 stars Loreen is a Swedish pop star who rose to overnight stardom after winning the television competition“Eurovision,” a singing contest televised...

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