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Oxy’s vinyl revival
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The average music listener today can choose from a plethora of streaming services to listen to their favorite song or album. But according to Fortune, in...
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Review: A cool Hollywood Bowl night with Adam Schoenberg’s “Cool Cat”
Under the lights of the renowned Hollywood Bowl Sept. 12, the LA Philharmonic debuted Occidental music composition professor Adam Schoenberg’s “Cool Cat." Schoenberg said the work is a...
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Student musician Lavender Lemonade debut album released Sept. 17
Jackson Lewellen (sophomore), under the artist name Lavender Lemonade, released his first album "Kill Me In Style" Sept. 17 after a number of EPs...
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The fall of FallFest and the rise of Oxy’s music scene
On their way to musical success, artists like 070 Shake, Tierra Whack and Kehlani played at Occidental's FallFest. An annual tradition on campus, FallFest is a free event for Occidental...
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Lil Yachty makes LA his rockstar playground for a day
Lil Yachty brought "The Teenage Tour" to Los Angeles Saturday Sept. 16 at The Novo. The eccentric rapper rose to fame on Soundcloud and...
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Afro-Cuban culture explored through beats, rhythm and dance
The vibrations of Afro-Cuban batá drums reverberated throughout the corridors of Booth Hall Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. during Occidental’s Afro-Cuban Drumming Ensemble Concert in...
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Rising Star “Nao” descends on LA with a triumphant performance
Twenty-nine-year-old British musician Neo Jessica Joshua, known by her stage name “Nao,” is making her mark as a leader of the new age of funk....
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Bon Iver’s winter comes to an end on “22, A Million”
Justin Vernon was a man lost in the world. It’s been nearly a decade since the singer famously isolated himself in a tiny cabin...
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Music icons influence geek culture
There was something about David Bowie in “Labyrinth” that made my little 10-year-old heart go aflutter. Maybe it was the tight pants, the abundance...
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Learning to love 'Cherry Bomb'
I’ve never been a huge fan of the Odd Future crew music-wise. Besides Frank Ocean, the group has an abnormal style — their leader...
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Syrian-American rapper shares his story
Many critics of mainstream hip-hop mourn the loss of the genre's revolutionary messages — the synthesized sounds of the Top 40 tracks seem to...
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Q&A with 2016 SpringFest headliner Dom Kennedy
Los Angeles-based rapper Dom Kennedy performed in a crowded Rush Gymnasium Saturday for this year’s SpringFest concert. Kennedy is an independent artist who has...
