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Record Routine: Chazwick Bradley Bundick reaches new level in new album

By Jacinta Tian and Andrea Snow | Apr. 5, 2015

Chazwick Bradley Bundick, Toro y Moi’s solitary member, is seen as a leading figure in the chillwave movement. His music adapts heavy use of artificially created or enhanced sounds, synthesizers, repeating section of sound material, taking a portion of one sound and reusing it, and heavily filtered vocals with simple melodic lines.

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Omar Sosa blends Yoruba, Cuban culture on Ilé

By Daily Cardinal Staff and Jacinta Tian | Mar. 8, 2015

On the cover of Omar Sosa’s newest release, with bright sky blue as the background, the sandy texture of Ilé represents the desert and authentic cultural paintings on the artist’s body, and hits the soul. Passionate lines intertwined with long pauses engage the listener in deep thoughts, while rhythmic background drums linger on the mind. Background female voices, like in “A Love Lost,” and the light sounds of flute blend together until we no longer can distinguish the difference, implying the root of humans is in nature.

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The Internet is what we make of it

By Jacinta Tian | Feb. 9, 2015

What a fabulous way to begin the month of February with the 2015 Super Bowl. Whether you were shouting for the Seahawks or the Patriots, you probably all noticed the huge advertising campaign that has been a tradition to the game for the past few decades. This year the ads were especially popular, and the commercial slots were sold out two months before the game even began. With a $4 million price tag for 30 seconds of air time but only catching a glimpse of a company’s product, we might ask: Is it worthwhile? Or is it even beneficial for the public? Or simply entertaining?

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Mount Eerie's Sauna a warm construction in a cold climate

By Jacinta Tian | Feb. 1, 2015

Sauna, the latest album from Mount Eerie, delivers an imagined wooden room that is being crushed by the concentration of heat in this difficult weather. The 12 songs, interestingly all single-word titled, varied from including heavy-weighted background music to having sensationally clear front voices. Phil Elverum, who changed his moniker from the Microphones to Mount Eerie after the area in Anacortes, Washington called Mount Erie, finishes this 10-year long project, which includes the first Mount Eerie album, No Flashlight, and noteworthy releases Mount Eerie pts. 6&7 and Lost Wisdom with artists including Allyson Foster and Ashely Eriksson. Noticeably, it took Elverum three years after the release of the last two albums, Clear Moon and Ocean Roar. Thus, the effort Elverum has put into his P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd studio in his hometown Anacortes is enormous.

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Record Routine: Lupe Fiasco returns to form on Tetsuo & Youth

By Jacinta Tian | Jan. 25, 2015

Lupe Fiasco’s Tetsuo & Youth, the rapper’s fifth album, might remind audiences of Japanese manga character Tetsuo Shima, but Fiasco may have chosen the title only because it sounds cool.

Record Routine: Chazwick Bradley Bundick reaches new level in new album

Omar Sosa blends Yoruba, Cuban culture on Ilé

The Internet is what we make of it

Mount Eerie's Sauna a warm construction in a cold climate

Record Routine: Lupe Fiasco returns to form on Tetsuo & Youth

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