Author: Nee-Sa Lossing

The start of 2012 brings the beginning of a fresh year of music. Who knows which unknowns will hit it big this year? In the meantime, we can look forward …

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Put simply, the Black Keys’ El Camino is a solid rock album. Every track stays unique, while the album as a whole is pleasantly cohesive. The current (and only) single, …

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This week is basically all about the Grammy nominations. Also: Lady Gaga’s unsurprising weekly cameo in Newsic Music and Green Day goes, well, green, for the holidays. Grammy Noms Announced …

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Lady Gaga Debuts “Marry the Night” Teaser, Breaks From Creative Director The Gaga is back with a new teaser for “Marry the Night,” her fifth Born This Way single. The …

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Dubbed the “King of Bass Music” by XLR8R Magazine, Joker calls his sound “Purple Music”: a blend of ambient, grimey and unexpected dubstep (a piano even makes an appearance!) that …

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In a largely male- and African-American-dominated genre, it can be tough for underdogs to catch a break. The phrase “white female rapper” can be cause for a double take, but …

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“Oh how the mighty have fallen.” That’s what tastemaker Nathan Jackson of ChemicalJump.com said when the title track and second single of Justice‘s latest offering, Audio, Video, Disco, hit the …

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Since the last installment of Newsic Music was so depressing, this week was a ray of beautiful sunshine in the bleak rainy weather that’s been plaguing Boston. Miss Gaga topped …

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This week was a bummer: two major blows to pop- and alt-rock in Weezer and The Academy Is…’s headlines, more reports surrounding Amy Winehouse’s death, and a disappointing announcement from …

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This week was a heavy-hitter: the top story that was the talk of every music blog on the Internet, more cray-cray projects from Lady Gaga, and an unlikely Billboard record-breaker. …

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With a disappointingly average week for the charts (Adele and LMFAO remain among top five-ers…surprise), the rest of the industry was chugging right along slow and steady behind them. Katy …

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