Author: Ike Nabuife
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Love The Music You Love: Twenty One Pilots @ Nationwide Arena
Behind every pretentious music nerd’s self-proclaimed eclectic taste and snobby standards lies some ‘guilty pleasure’ musicians that young cultural critics rue to admit has a special place in their hearts. If one cares to peruse through my last.fm artist chart for the past few months, you won’t be surprised to scan through and note expected…
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Childish Gambino Becomes Adult-ish Gambino: The New World Tour @ The Schottenstein Center
For the past five years, Donald Glover has been everywhere and nowhere: from the finale to his afro-surreal dramedy Atlanta to the launch of his company GILGA, he’s kept busy. Before taunting the excited crowds on the New World Tour about being ‘real fans’ (DonGlovers, some might call them) he even collaborated with minds as…
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Former Buckeye Brings it Home: brakence at Newport Music Hall
When I discovered brakence’s music late last year, I was under the impression that he was a small act in the glitchcore scene, so the night’s first dramatic surprise was the line winding from the Newport Music Hall doors just around the corner to the Starbucks. Additionally, brakence’s sonic alloy of midwest emo, glitch pop,…