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Apr 17, 2018
1 min

Mir Fontane for XXL

Mir Fontane is a 24 year old Hip Hop artist from Camden, NJ. Two of his fairly recent songs “Down by the River” and “Frank Ocean” reached well over one million plays and he is a candidate for the XXL Freshman Class of 2018. He got my vote for a few reasons. He kills every melody for the lack of better terms. I appreciate the way that he is keeping the music in music. I grew up in a family of music and so I appreciate when people are actually talented, and not just yelling o

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Apr 17, 2018
2 min

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

The vibe that comes from listening to Daft Punk is unlike any other musical act I've ever heard. With their revolutionary style of French House,Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter first started making waves in the music industry with their 1997 debut “Homework” and later reached critical acclaim with their 2001 effort “Discovery” which would eventually be hailed by many including Rolling Stone as one of the greatest Electronic Dance Music records of all time. The

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Apr 17, 2018
2 min

Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy

Bandcamp heavy weight Will Toledo AKA Car Seat Headrest is back following up 2016’s acclaimed Teens of Denial, not with a brand new collection of songs but instead with a rerecording of his cult followed lo fi classic Twin Fantasy seven years after its initial release. Twin Fantasy as an album was pretty much Car Seat Headrest big break. It instantly became a legend among the ranks of the lo fi bandcamp scene through large amounts of support on various internet platforms, eve

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Apr 17, 2018
1 min

Why I Enjoy Being on the Radio

I enjoy being on the radio at WOCR for a number of reasons. First, I love listening to music. Since a young age, I found myself listening to some form of music. I remember loathing waking up early for school and dreaded the second I heard "time to go" from Mom, but the brief enjoyment received from being up in the morning came from the MTV channel. I found music videos entertaining across every genre and gained an interest for Hip-Hop and R&B music, especially. I enjoyed the

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Apr 10, 2018
3 min

Zak's Top Five Film Composers

DJ Jimmy Neutron here, I wanted to take the time to talk about some of my favorite film composers/artists. On my show, “Adventures through Music,” live on WOCR, I often play film scores and/or instrumentals from films like Transformers and Inside Out. In addition to films, I also play soundtracks from popular TV shows, such as HBO’S A Game of Thrones. Below I will list my top five composers, along with background information regarding some of their most famous film scores a

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Apr 3, 2018
4 min

Kidz Bop Review Restrospective Part 1

If you’re reading this than it’s already too late. I, The Infamous Oryan, have gone out of my way to listen to all base Kidz Bop albums and will attempt to rank all based on the ways they make me feel. I will not analyze them. My personal feelings to the songs they cover will affect my personal enjoyment, mainly because, if I didn’t like the song performed by professionals trying to appeal to me, I’m sure some kids trying to appeal to people outside of my demographic. I’

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Apr 2, 2018
3 min

Epic Ways to Become a Music Critic

1. Always say the Beatles are overrated No one listens to the Beatles anymore. So just say what we are all thinking, they’re overrated. Let’s be clear, never directly insult the Beatles, and always go for the passive insults. Stuff like, “oh Ringo wasn’t the best drummer,” “John could be very hypocritical in his lyrics,” “George only wrote two songs and they were arguably the most listenable,” and “Paul is dead.” Acknowledging the Beatles are overrated is the "realizing

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Mar 26, 2018
6 min

Jack White: Boarding House Reach: A hyperbolic review

When the first single for this album dropped I remember sitting on my couch laying around from a hospital visit thinking how tired I was from dealing with doctors and health procedures and damn dirty needles, so my first thought of seeing a new Jack White album was more along the terms of “oh neat” rather than the overly inflated “EVERYBODY SHUT UP, OUR LORD AND SAVOIR OF MODERN MUSIC HAS SOMETHING TO SAY!” that I typically give to artist I just so happen to enjoy. If th

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Mar 19, 2018
3 min

Marty Callner: MTV's Unsung Hero

MTV has seen a decline in its pursuit of its original goal. Founded in 1981 MTV set out to play music videos and only music videos. MTV had aimed to become a television version of radio. Often calling upon VJ’s or video jockeys for their programming. In fact, they were so committed to the idea of 24/7 music videos that the literal first video ever played on MTV was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles. This new format of music television was so unique that no one was

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Mar 19, 2018
2 min

Guns n Roses- Chinese Democracy Review

There’s a lot of controversial albums in the world; Death Magnetic by Metallica, Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A., Nevermind the Bollocks by The Sex Pistols. But they all pale in comparison to Chinese Democracy. An album of Dr. Pepper promotions, crazy chicken men, and Martin Luther King Jr. recordings. Beginning in 1997 but not being released until 2008, Chinese Democracy features Axl Rose as the sole founding member to return from their previous release The Spaghetti Incide

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