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The atmosphere outside Tsai Performance Center was heavy with anticipation on Monday night as people lined up for the sold-out “How Music Works: Are We Born Musical?” lecture, which featured …
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This week in chart-topper news: Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong exhibits a meltdown heard ’round the world, Usher hits the small screen and Rihanna reels in some headlines not related …
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It’s taken me a long time to understand the appeal of Title Fight. They’ve always garnered a ton of praise and thanks to the often hype-driven world of punk, I’ve …
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Everyone shares milestones in their respective listening histories, which are forever instrumental in heralding the start of a new phase in music preferences. I am no exception: the first time …
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The arts converge this week as film and television make music headlines. A new James Bond theme artist is revealed, and the showdown between reality singing competition judges continues. BET …
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The 2012 MTV Video Music Awards serendipitously kicks off a new semester of Newsic Music, bringing the biggest stories in pop music every week. Other headlines breaking as students headed …
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Every so often, one hears a band with a sound so unique that the one inevitably expects a mediocre live performance. And really, anyone who’s heard Dirty Projectors has to …
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All photos by Tara Jayakar As we’ve said before, shows at BU Central are vastly under-attended. It seems to be the kind of place where if you’re in, you’re in …
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Prior to this weekend, I had been fortunate enough to attend three Coachellas – 2007, 2010, and 2011. Over those years I saw amazing performances from artists like Rage Against …
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This week, Beyonce joined the rest of us in 2012, Adele talked up how much she loves Bey-Bey, and Rihanna decided to cast herself in a nonexistent film. Speaking of …
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This week, Newsic Music’s focus is on some of pop’s lesser-known, up-and-coming and forgotten artists. Sometimes it’s just important to remember who fuels the pop charts other then Lady Gaga …
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Tuesday, March 20 brought the city of Boston beautiful weather by day and beautiful music by night. At around 7:15 pm the doors of the Red Room, a cozy little red …
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