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The best and brightest of this past week in music, as well as a throwback track! Hopefully you can bump these on the way to work to brighten up your Monday mornings. Continue reading Songs of the Week featuring Lana Del Rey, Raury, Taylor Bennett and More!
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Last night, legendary alternative rock band Wilco performed the second night of their 6-night stand at The Riviera in Chicago, IL. Celebrating their 20-year anniversary, Wilco is in the middle of their tour, performing a week’s length of shows in Chicago until the 12th. With different openers and different setlists each night, last night American folk singer Sam Amidon took stage for the sold-out crowd to set the mood for Wilco’s 30-song setlist (complemented with two encores).
Although the remainder of Wilco’s U.S. tour is sold-out, check out Sam Amidon tonight at The Hideout, download his new album Lily-O and enjoy our photos of Wilco and Sam Amidon’s performance below.
Continue reading Photos: Wilco Performs Night 2 of Their 6-Night Stand at The Riviera in Chicago
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Last night, Chaz Bundick (Toro y Moi) performed a energy filled DJ set to a sold out Chicago crowd at Smart Bar through his electronic dance moniker, Les Sins. Chaz performed a number of tracks from his new Les Sins album Michael, including its lead single ‘Bother’, as well as a number of mixes, from Justin Timberlake to Ciara. Check out our photos below and purchase Michael now on iTunes.
Continue reading Photos: Les Sins (Toro y Moi) Performs at Smart Bar in Chicago
BY DAN GARCIA
Earlier today the nominations were announced for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. As with many years, there were noticeable snubs that left critics and fans scratching their heads. While many used to praise the Grammys for their ability to reward quality music versus music that merely sells well, in recent years the committee’s selections seem especially poor (especially in the category of rap). Why the selections are not the best this year is for a different conversation, however we have compiled a list of the five biggest snubs of today’s nominations.
Continue reading The 5 Biggest Snubs from the 57th Annual Grammy Nominations
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Throughout the day, nominations for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards are rolling through (with more categories yet to be announced), and so far among the big winners for nominations are Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift.
On June 18, 2013, J. Cole went head-to-head with one of the rappers he looks up to the most, Kanye West, as their albums Born Sinner and Yeezus were released on the same day. Although Yeezus was received with more critical acclaim and sold more in the first week, do not chalk things up as a loss for Cole. J. Cole may have been only the second best rapper/producer on June 18th, but such a spin is selling the rapper short, as with his new and best album to date 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole has solidified himself a second only to Kanye when it comes to the best rapper/producer in music today.
Continue reading Album Review: 2014 Forest Hills Drive | J. Cole
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Check out the 11-minute documentary following the life of Chicago’s Chance The Rapper and The Social Experiment while they work on their upcoming album Surf. The Austin Vesely direct piece shows the group preparing for shows, hanging out, hitting the stage and more. Stream SoXDay in its entirely, below!
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Listen to Lana Del Rey’s two newest songs, ‘I Can Fly’ and ‘Big Eyes’, which will appear in Tim Burton’s new film Big Eyes which hits theaters on December 25th.
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Following the success of his debut album Under Pressure, rapper Logic has announced his world tour of the same name. The tour will run from January through April, making stops in Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto, New York, Europe, and more. Tickets will be available December 5 at 3PM EST on Logic’s website and check out the dates below.
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