Music Review | Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams
Bigoa Machar, Arts Editor Henson Recording Studio | Score B+ Prior to this album, I lumped Coldplay in the same group as Frank Ocean and pre-2014 Drake as music I only listen to after a...
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J. Cole Forest Hills Drive Roc Nation/Columbia Score: B- In a year that was relatively weak for the genre, J. Cole’s Forest Hills Drive came as a breath of fresh air for hip...
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Taylor Swift 1989 Big Machine Records Score: B+ Taylor Swift had fans claiming she “broke the Internet” on the release of her new album, 1989. They’re not entirely wrong. An impeccably timed iTunes...
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Bahamas Bahamas is Afie Barchords Score: A+ Bahamas, Canadian Afie Jurvanen’s folk-rock outfit, is untouchable in its third album, the beautiful Bahamas Is Afie. Jurvanen plays most of the parts...
