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Los Angeles rapper Lil Peep died Wednesday night before his show in Tuscon, Arizona. He was 21 years old. Born Gustav Åhr, the rising star enjoyed a short period of fame prior to his passing, drawing at...

Seven concertgoers were arrested last week by Egyptian authorities after photo and video evidence showed them waving rainbow flags at the concert of indie rock band Mashrou’ Leila. Hamed Sinno, the band’s l...

Rapper Gucci Mane has once again left his OG fans amiss with a move that seems off from his customary ethos, which is usually centered around habits like responding to a judge in a court of law with “Bitch I ...

Music, comedy, comics books -- need I say more? Chris Hardwick's ID10T Festival (June 24 - 25) is everything you and your inner-nerd have been waiting for. Not only will the festival feature big name headlin...

If you find yourself in Dwinelle Hall on a Wednesday night in need of refuge from an endless deluge of midterms, problem sets, and essays, I suggest you make your way to the second floor. Follow the sweet sound...

In present human society, it can be hard to truly grasp what being civilized really means — how does one measure human civilization? When do we know whether or not we've surpassed a phase of raw, abstract fee...

The indie-rock community’s response to President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, the “Our First Hundred Days” project is a currently 57 song long album raising money for organizations focused o...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqlzoxTvOkE Migos has never been shy about getting straight to the cash.  But the Atlanta-based trio has ascended to rockstar status in the #BlackLivesMatter era, and audien...

"Outta Town" starts slow, with an easy melody and a simple drum line, the occasional synth teasing the ear — up until you hear the adlib, "Tommy!" at 27 seconds in. And then the beat drops. Tommy&Comp...

Gang Signs and Prayers (2017) comes at a time when Grime is at it’s strongest. The aggressive, fast paced rap genre has seen exponential success over the past year or so after several Grime acts broke into th...

If you’ve managed to avoid the incessant coverage, Josh Tillman, known as Father John Misty (FJM) played a song about having virtual sex with Taylor Swift on Saturday Night Live (SNL) this past weekend. “T...

Courtesy of Michael Lanza Courtesy of Michael Lanza Since the age of three, Michael Lanza has been playing the violin classically; since age 12, he has been playing the saxophone; since age 14, the guit...

The world was a different place five years ago, in the year of our Lord two-thousand and twelve. “Gangnam Style” was the biggest song in the world. People wrote impassioned blog posts about Fifty Shades...

Will Wiesenfeld has a bonkers sense of humor, but it's never been all that evident in his music. Under the moniker Baths, Wiesenfeld's songs have tended towards masochism and darkness far more than they...

For $5, you can buy ¾ of a large coffee from Starbucks. Or, you could have unlimited streaming from Spotify for a month. This seems almost too good to be true … but wait! There’s more. Through hours of exp...