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Health Returns with a New Album, Video Game Soundtrack and Existentialist Themes

By Bryan Yalta
Apr 11, 2019

Entering their 14th year as a band, LA noise rockers Health started off 2019 with a new album and a tour to support it, scored Grand Theft Auto: Arena War and released many collaborative singles featuring experimental artists like Youth Code, who they’re touring with. To say they’ve kept themselves busy...
Spiritualized Entranced Their Audience with Hallucinatory Sound and Visuals

By Bryan Yalta
Mar 27, 2019

English band Spiritualized have been making droning, Velvet Underground-esque music for almost 30 years, proving that their minimalist two- and three-chord progressions and improvised noise sessions have stood the test of time. The band performed live at Canton Hall on Tuesday, captivating fans in an effort to illustrate how their...
Courtney Barnett Provides an Introspective Outlook on Latest Album

By Bryan Yalta
Jan 30, 2019

Courtney Barnett’s sophomore album, Tell Me How You Really Feel, will mark its first anniversary this May. Since its release, it has gained multiple accolades, being recognized at the top of numerous music publications’ best-of lists for 2018. The acclaim has also produced different interpretations of the album coming from...
Like the Rest of the World, Dallas Likes Hip-Hop, According to Spotify

By Bryan Yalta
Dec 18, 2018

Since early December, Spotify listeners have been able to use a feature called Spotify Wrapped that shows the top artists, songs and genres they’ve listened to throughout the year. It also reveals how many minutes were spent listening to music through the service and even puts the user's top 100...
Observer's Picks for the 10 Best Concerts of the Year

By Paige Skinner, Brad LaCour, Jacob Vaughn, David Fletcher, Preston Jones, Bryan Yalta, Isabel Arcellana, Eric Grubbs, Jeff Strowe and Nicholas Bostick
Dec 11, 2018

What is there to say about Taylor Swift that hasn't been said before? She's the princess of pop, the queen of open letters to streaming services, the goddess of breakup and beef songs. There's nothing she can't or won't do at this point. But even with all she's accomplished, it...

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