An olive green crochet hat sits atop her head instead of the traditional African wrap. Her face, framed by thick dreadlocks, holds a disinterested gaze. A toothpick juts out of the corner of her mouth. Something has changed in Erykah Badu since the release of her earthy R&B masterpiece, Baduizm. In Mama’s Gun, girl got […]
Ginny Yu
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Underground Style
It’s about midnight when I finally make it to the dance floor with my friends. The nonstop, thumping beats, whether they’re considered house, progressive house, jungle, gabber, breakbeat or drum and bass–it’s hard for me to keep up with all the sub-genres in electronic music these days–induce a meditative, trance-like state. This is my fourth […]
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Radiohead
It’s been said that Radiohead’s frontman, Thom Yorke, was so distraught after the enormous success of their third release, OK Computer, that he and other bandmates sought to do their damnedest to make their next creation entirely devoid of the stuff that defined them. Kid A is the band’s exodus from their self-built mold. Song […]