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Sheer Punk Love

Brady O’Callahan Jul 28, 2017

Sheer Mag introduces their album like this: “Beyond the noxious haze of our national nightmare — as structures of…

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Sufjan Stevens’ Big, Messy Universe

Brady O’Callahan Jul 20, 2017

The fate of Earth seems to hang in the balance these days. Misery and mystery surround us, not to…

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Country Rediscovers Its Soul

Brady O’Callahan May 26, 2017

Contemporary country music doesn’t have too great a reputation these days. Even its biggest fans listen half-jokingly waiting to…

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A Hip-Hop Opera From a Scion of Black Lives Matter

Brady O’Callahan Apr 30, 2017

With “DAMN.” Kendrick Lamar struggles with his identity and that of the artist in society.

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Her Song in a Pill

Nicholas Powers Mar 2, 2012

I first saw Whitney Houston in the 1987 music video “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me).” She…

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