Tag: music
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The Life of a Showgirl should be a victory lap; instead it falls flat
As someone who’s a Swiftie in the same way I’m a lapsed Catholic, I have a hard time wrapping my head around Taylor Swift’s twelfth and most recent album, The Life of a Showgirl. On one hand, Showgirl is the same brand of cringe we’ve all come to expect from the now 35-year-old pop superstar,…
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On Skid Row: “Little Shop of Horrors” Review
Tucked in a corner of Hell’s Kitchen, New York City, lies a mysterious, flesh-hungry plant growing and plotting a Faustian bargain. Upstairs, inside the Westside Theatre, it welcomes 248 viewers to watch it perform. On October 17, I watched Thomas Doherty and Madeline Brewer star in the off-Broadway musical “Little Shop of Horrors.” “Little Shop…
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Pitchfork’s “The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time”: albums that should’ve made the list
Pitchfork recently released their list of the top 100 rap albums of all time, and there are definitely some takes. I’ve pretty much accepted that whenever a major voice in music makes a list, it’s bound to stir some controversy, and Pitchfork really put themselves in the brazen bull by ranking only 100 albums from…