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Imagine Dragons falls short on their sophomore effort

Chris Duncan February 17, 2015

Target paid $8 million for a four-minute advertisement that aired during the 2015 Grammy Awards and featured Imagine Dragons performing their new single “Shots” in its entirety. This effort...

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Drake releases unannounced mixtape, teases upcoming album

Chris Duncan February 16, 2015

With his fourth album, Views from The 6, coming down the pipeline, Drake has a great year ahead of him. On top of the album, he went and pulled a Beyoncé, releasing an unannounced mixtape titled,...

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Nine songs to avoid during your Valentine’s Day serenade

Chris Duncan February 13, 2015

As every store, advertisement and radio song is reminding you, Valentine’s Day is upon us — but if you haven’t found the perfect gift, don’t fret. There’s a painless and cost-effective...

Four artists to listen to in February

Kat Sampson February 9, 2015

If you are going to have a bad month this year, make it February. It is the shortest month, often Austin’s coldest month and — for certain lonely singles — the saddest month. Whether...

Title Fight’s third album, “Hyperview,” sends listeners into dreamy haze

Emily Gibson February 6, 2015

Title Fight’s third studio album, “Hyperview,” feels like a car ride down a forest-lined road. It feels like the days after a breakup, where the world stands still except for the quiet...

Joey Bada$$ demonstrates raw skill on his commercial debut B4.DA.$$

Chris Duncan February 3, 2015

There’s no arguing it: Hip-hop is the most exciting genre of music right now. And 2015 looks as if it will be equal in magnitude, if not greater, than 2014 for hip-hop fans. Joey Bada$$ contributes...

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South Asian A cappella group fuses American pop with Bollywood hits

Marisa Charpentier January 26, 2015

A pitch pipe echoes through an auditorium. Eleven students dressed in black and gold salwars and kurtas — loose clothing worn in South Asia — sway across the stage as a beatboxer emerges for...

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Band spotlight: UT’s Sons of Santos on finding musical inspiration

Cat Cardenas January 23, 2015

When brothers Luis and Nick Soberon decided to name their alternative folk band Sons of Santos, they weren’t just aiming for alliteration — they also hoped to honor the man who first got them...

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Singing talent not required for new UT choir

Estefania de Leon January 21, 2015

The Whistling Choir, a new ensemble of UT students, strays away from traditional means of making music — this choir whistles instead.  The group, founded last December by three music students...

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Radio-television-film student balances rapping career with film school

Lauren Zimmer December 2, 2014

Troy Ogletree, radio-television-film junior, has more than 24,000 followers on Twitter. Ogletree is a rapper. He sings original songs, covers and remixes. After uploading a cover of “Can’t...

UT Symphony Orchestra celebrates World War anniversaries

Alejandra Martinez December 2, 2014

Moving images and music will work together in an event Wednesday night to mark two anniversaries — the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I and the 75th anniversary of the start of World...

New Music Ensemble performs contemporary pieces in concert

Noah Brooks November 24, 2014

Unlike many student ensembles at the University, the New Music Ensemble provides student musicians and singers with the chance to play 21st-century chamber music and hear their own work performed in concert. The...

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