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Five Can’t-Miss Emerging Artists at Voodoo Music + Arts Experience 2016

The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience will take over New Orleans' City Park on Halloween weekend, October 28 to 30, bringing big names like…
Chris Martins / October 17, 2016
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Five Can’t-Miss Emerging Artists at Lollapalooza 2016 

When Lollapalooza lands in Grant Park on Thursday, July 28 (and stays through July 31), music fans will have no shortage of excellence to behold.
Chris Martins / July 20, 2016
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Five Can’t-Miss Emerging Artists at Firefly 2016

Okay, we're as thrilled as anyone about Florence + the Machine and Earth, Wind & Fire, but what's a Dover, Delaware festivaler to do while…
Chris Martins / June 9, 2016
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Five Can’t-Miss Emerging Artists at Sasquatch 2016

We didn't set out to highlight the most gorgeous-sounding music from the up-and-comers on this year's Sasquatch! bill, but it's a welcome coincidence. You'd be…
Chris Martins / May 19, 2016
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Miguel’s F**king Music

Miguel isn't a big man but he knows how to fill the space that he's in. That's not a metaphor — not yet, at least…
Chris Martins / June 29, 2015
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Coachella 2015 Day Three: St. Vincent’s Mannequin Moves, Drake and Madonna’s Lip-Lock, and More

Thirteen-year Coachella veteran Chris Martins and trusty photographer Wilson Lee hit the Southern California desert to document Coachella 2015. Day Three begins...
Chris Martins / April 13, 2015
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Coachella 2015 Day Two: FKA Twigs’ Acrobatics, Tyler, the Creator’s Jabs, and More

Thirteen-year Coachella veteran Chris Martins and trusty photographer Wilson Lee hit the Southern California desert to document Coachella 2015. Day Two begins...
Chris Martins / April 12, 2015
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Coachella 2015 Day One: Steely Dan’s 13-Piece Band, Tame Impala’s Fuzz Bombs, and More

Thirteen-year Coachella veteran Chris Martins and trusty photographer Wilson Lee hit the Southern California desert to document Coachella 2015. Day One begins...
Chris Martins / April 11, 2015
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Rude Awakening: 25 Major Moments in White Reggae History

Was there a bigger surprise hit in 2014 than Magic!'s "Rude"? There, tucked into the balmy folds of the Summer of Ass, was a soft…
Chris Martins / December 19, 2014
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Review: D’Angelo Brings Organic Funk Back to Life on the Epochal ‘Black Messiah’

Review: D’Angelo Brings Organic Funk Back to Life on the Epochal ‘Black Messiah’

9SPIN Rating: 9 of 10Release Date: December 16, 2014Label: RCAWhen D'Angelo sings, "All we wanted was a chance to talk / 'Stead we only got…
Chris Martins / December 17, 2014
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TV on the Radio Leave It Behind

There is a man. He is handsome, but right now a little silly. He's wearing flip-flops, for one, and the kind of slack, open-lip grin…
Chris Martins / November 17, 2014
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Let German Viral Sensation Milky Chance Take You to ‘Loveland’

Who are Milky Chance? Why, didn't you hear the man in the video above? They are Milky Chance, and if you haven't yet heard their…
Chris Martins / October 6, 2014
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Watch Beck Bring ‘The Golden Age’ to ‘Austin City Limits’ TV

The Austin City Limits festival kicks off today in, duh, Austin, but folks in other locales will be treated to another gift from the rock…
Chris Martins / October 3, 2014
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7 Emojis U Wish U Had, Including Sad Drake and a Broken iPhone

Isaiah Toothtaker is not only a man who takes many teeth (we've heard rumors there's a Mason jar somewhere). He's also a man who wears…
Chris Martins / October 2, 2014
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Jay Z and Solange’s Elevator Fight Is Getting the ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Treatment

Welp, it happened. Someone over at Law & Order: Special Victims Unit learned the word "thot." Never one to slack when it comes to the…
Chris Martins / October 1, 2014
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