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Same Drugs No More
The Promise, Failure, and Danger of Facebook Live.
Hip-Hop Beef Doesn’t Matter Anymore
Vince Staples recently sat down for a 30-minute interview with the writer and TV host Touré to discuss his new album. About ten minutes into the interview, Touré asks Staples […]
K-Pop and the Elusive Quest for American Appeal
Music and performance transcends language and countries and races,” Rapmonster (born Kim Namjoon), the leader of Korean Pop group BTS, says as he stands on the stage of the […]
Bubó
By Ross Bretherton Plenty of students release albums while at Tufts, but not many first years can boast being at the forefront of a musical movement in their own hometown. […]
Mother Tucker: Tufts’ Favorite Sister Cousins
This past year, Tucker has emerged fully embodying the movement towards variety and diversification that defines Tufts’ unique music scene. Consisting of members Josh Berl (bass), Noah Cutler (guitar, vocals), […]
Her Church & Her Steeple
My first introduction to Annahstasia Enuke was as a Melisma Magazine hopeful—it was the summer before my freshman year and I was scanning the magazine’s website with a reverence that […]
The Urban Contemporary Dilemma
By Sarah Markos Beyoncé’s ambitious visual album Lemonade is a 56-minute chronicle of black femininity overflowing with personal and political messages. Her ethereal performance at the 59th annual Grammy Awards […]
The Sound of TV
One of the joys of rewatching Scrubs on Netflix is noticing how the series so cleverly uses music. In one such instance, I found myself singing along to “Don’t […]
Why Julian Casablancas Needs To Move On From The Strokes
By Teddy Obrecht Not even a minute into their first ever photo shoot on the streets of the Lower East side, the up-and-coming NYC rockers The Strokes started a fist […]
