Ever since the 2013 release of her first studio album “Yours Truly,” Ariana Grande has made her way to the top of the charts. The singer, songwriter and actress first rose up to fame as a television...
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The singer’s first full-length studio album, “Dopamine,”...
Mae Wood, Executive Copy Editor
• November 10, 2017
Two twin sisters, 12 distinct songs.
Sisters Lisa-Kaindé Díaz and Naomi Díaz, who make up the duo “Ibeyi,” changed the world of music when they released their second album, “Ash,” on Sept....
There is something surreal and haunting about the photograph on the cover of Canadian singer-songwriter Tobias Jesso, Jr.'s debut album Goon. In it, Jesso's face is partly obscured by darkness. The background...
After the first listen to “Reelease,” I was delightfully satisfied. The journey that Reesa Renee takes you on as you listen to her album is like going to the spa. First, you enter the spa, open your...
Panda Bear, A.K.A. Noah Lennox, is known in his band Animal Collective for being the foil to the group's other co-founder, Avey Tare. On his own he is known as the creator of such masterworks as 2007's...
This is the sound of a Julian Casablancas who is tired of making pretty, fun rock music. If you saw his name and thought, “Oh cool, I love the Strokes,” get that out of your mind now. Tyranny is...
This is a cautionary tale about the detriments of the typical first-world lifestyle. Sounding laid back and dreary on his first solo album, Albarn concocts some obnoxiously catchy tunes, as usual, with...
![Naomi Díaz, left, and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz, right, of French-Cuban musical duo Ibeyi. By Maya Dagnino (Ibeyi) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.guilfordian.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ibeyi_by_Maya_Dagnino_1-900x599.jpg)
