Tag: review
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Pushing 40: $ome $kips 4 U
Genre: Toronto R&B // Trap Soul // Manchild Pop — [SHAMELESS PLUG] For a kinder perspective on the album, listen to my AROUSE broadcast episode with DJ ISD and Ani Halkatti. — A few weeks ago, a gift graced my timeline: a clip of Drake sweetly lilting a rendition of Donda’s heartfelt “24” at the…
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Music From The Mid Desk: Aphex Twin
Aphex Twin my beloved, where do I even begin? Richard D. James, better known as Aphex Twin, has well earned his title as one of the most influential electronic musicians of all time. His most famous releases remain his collections of “ambient works,” where he uses a multitude of synthetic waves and electronic beats to…
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The Machine Of The American Dream: The Brutalist
The Cambridge Dictionary defines Brutalism as “a building style in which buildings are large and heavy-looking, and often made from concrete”. From my semester-long class History of Architecture that I took eons ago, I find this definition shallow and clunky. It misses the essence of the movement. Brutalist architecture came around after the end of…