Arts & Entertainment
PONTIN | Let’s Take Disco Seriously
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Disco thrived on a disruption of the status quo and a total refusal of the value system that prevailed at the time it was created.
Arts & Entertainment
Cornell Concert Commission to Host Indie Rock Band Hippo Campus
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Hippo Campus is also known for their support of the #MeToo movement, having donated to the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota in 2018 via a merchandise drive.
Arts & Entertainment
Marsupial Lion Invigorates the Ithaca Music Scene
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Marsupial Lion fills the gap between overly chill bedroom pop and new age alternative, harnessing a sound that feels as genuine as it is unique.
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88rising — It’s Time to Rise to the Occasion
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The relationship between Asian Americans and Black Americans is complicated, with anti-Blackness and a lack of support for Black movements historically existing within the Asian American community.
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TEST SPIN | HAIM’s ‘Women in Music Pt. III’ and Summer 2020
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It’s refreshing — almost encouraging — to have our challenges be acknowledged and know that our frustrations are not unique.
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TEST SPIN | Black Empowerment in Future’s ‘High Off Life’
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Future did what he had to in order to survive, yet it has now come to grant him immense standing as a figure of authority.
Arts & Entertainment
We Need More Than a Black Square
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When you actively profit from Black trends and Black ideas, solidarity isn’t enough.
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KYLE Fills in for A Boogie Wit da Hoodie
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A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie will no longer be headlining the second day of the Virtual Music Festival “due to health reasons.”
Arts & Entertainment
No Idle Hands: Mourning and Memorializing Through Music
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“There are so many things I’m disappointed and sad that didn’t happen because of a virus. The list is too long to name honestly.” Over the phone, she pauses in quiet remembrance of the commencements, weddings and events that never came to pass. “But this suffering isn’t being wasted. And I can show I have hope through music.”
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GUEST ROOM | Virtual Slope Day Demonstrates Why Funding Needs Transparency
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The Virtual Music Festival exemplifies how important it is for the Cornell administration to be more transparent about funding and allocation, especially in these uncertain times.