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Day For Night Artist Spotlight: Mykki Blanco

Posted on December 9, 2016 by
amazing wonder that is Mykki Blanco is shrouded into its own world. ...
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Day For Night Artist Spotlight: Kaskade

Posted on December 8, 2016 by
Growing up in Chicago and then moving to Salt Lake City, Ryan Gary Raddon developed his own sense of music, playing at...
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Day for Night Artist Spotlight: Run The Jewels

Posted on December 7, 2016 by
As solo artists Killer Mike and El-P tout impressive resumes, but...
As solo artists Killer Mike and El-P tout impressive resumes, but together they make a pretty dynamic duo. Run The Jewels released their first album in 2013, and though the project never penetrated the mainstream it received acclaim from Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and XXL. The duo released their sophomore album, Run The Jewels 2, in 2014. The...
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Day For Night Artist Spotlight: Ariel Pink

Posted on December 6, 2016 by
The king of cassette culture Ariel Marcus Rosenberg, better known as Ariel Pink, has been...
king of cassette culture Ariel Marcus Rosenberg, better known as Ariel Pink, has been making music since he was 10 years old.   Known for his self-recorded music, he has been releasing music since the mid-to-late nineties. Yet, it was in 1999 when he signed onto the Paw Tracks Label that he released The Doldrums....
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J. Cole To Release New Album Next Week

Posted on December 5, 2016 by
J. Cole is set to release his 4th studio album next week, titled 4 Your...
J. Cole is set to release his 4th studio album next week, titled 4 Your Eyez Only on December 9. The album seems to have 10 songs as of now and he has even released a documentary on the making of the album titled Eyez, which can be seen on TIDAL here . The date of the release will mark two years since his...
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Day For Night Artist Spotlight: Aphex Twin

Posted on December 4, 2016 by
Richard David James, better known as Aphex Twin, sometimes stylized as AFX is a electronic...
Richard David James, better known as Aphex Twin, sometimes stylized as AFX is a electronic musician and composer that is known for his riveting and "idiosyncratic" work in electronic music such as acid techno and IDM. These accomplishments alone have garnered James with high critical praise, and made him a legend in the genre, James was born  August 18, 1971 in Limerick, Ireland. He accredits...
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Day For Night Artist Spotlight: Thundercat

Posted on December 4, 2016 by
Stephen Bruner (born October 19, 1984), also known by his stage name Thundercat is a...
Stephen Bruner (born October 19, 1984), also known by his stage name Thundercat is a world renowned performer, and artist, but also is heavily praised for his unique, and creative music style. Bruner  hails from Los Angeles California, and was born into a family of musicians. Bruner began playing the bass in his early childhood, and by the age of 15 he had a...
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Day For Night artist spotlight: RZA

Posted on December 4, 2016 by
In the history of Hip-Hop, there are a few individuals that elevate their craft, change...
In the history of Hip-Hop, there are a few individuals that elevate their craft, change the sound of their culture, and eventually become legendary. One of these individuals include hip-hop producer, artist, screen writer, and director, Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known as RZA.   Originating from the also legendary hip-hop group "The Wu-Tang Clan", Robert diggs...
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Day For Night Artist Spotlight: Kam Franklin

Posted on December 3, 2016 by
Kamerra Franklin (born June 7, 1987) better known as Kam Franklin, is a...
Kamerra Franklin (born June 7, 1987) better known as Kam Franklin, is a Houston hometown hero of sorts. Franklin is widely known as the lead singer for the Houston Gulf Coast Soul Group, The Suffers. Franklin got her start backing up world renowned musicians, as well as dancing for them. Franklin is known for her "soulful mezzo-soprano vocals," as well as...
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Day For Night Artist Spotlight: Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Posted on December 3, 2016 by
Unknown Mortal Orchestra is an American and New Zealand rock band...
Unknown Mortal Orchestra is an American and New Zealand rock band composed of Singer, and guitarist Ruban Nielson, bassist Jake Portrait, keyboardist Quincy McCrary, and drummer Amber Baker. This new age band came together when  Ruban Nielson released the track "Ffunny Ffrends" on his  Bandcamp profile with no information on who uploaded the song. Within a day of...
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Day For Night Artist Spotlight: Blood Orange

Posted on December 3, 2016 by
Devonté (Dev) Hynes better known as Blood Orange, is a 30 years old artist, producer,...
Devonté (Dev) Hynes better known as Blood Orange, is a 30 years old artist, producer, songwriter, and composer based out of New York City. Hynes was born December 23rd, 1985 in London, but eventually moved to America (New York) as his career started to balloon in the year 2007. Hynes initially started his music journey in the group Test Icicles where he was noted...
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Album Review: BTS’s Wings

Posted on December 2, 2016 by
South Korean boy group BTS has released their second studio album...
South Korean boy group BTS has released their second studio album Wings. Since their debut back in 2013, the group, whose name in Korean, Bangtan Sonyeondan, can be translated to “Bulletproof Boy Scouts” or simply “Bangtan Boys,” has been gaining traction in the K-Pop charts and now even in U.S. music charts. Released on Oct. 10, Wings recently broke the record in the U.S. Billboard 200...
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Day for Night Artist Spotlight: Fat Tony

Posted on December 2, 2016 by
Fat Tony hails from UH's back yard. The Third Ward native and...
Fat Tony hails from UH's back yard. The Third Ward native and UH alumnus earned enormous buzz early in his career, winning hardware at three straight Houston Press Music Awards in 2008, '09, and '10. Fresh off the release of 2010's RADARGAB, he worked with OG Ron C to put out the remixed SCREWDARGAB in 2011. It was a storybook...
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Day for Night Artist Spotlight: Nick Murphy (Chet Faker)

Posted on December 2, 2016 by
Known for his songs "Talk is Cheap" and "1998",  Australian native...
Known for his songs "Talk is Cheap" and "1998",  Australian native Nick Murphy, also known as Chet Faker, set the internet in a frenzy back in 2011 with his electronic, slightly more lazy version of Blackstreet's "No Diggity". His unique take on music quickly caught people's attention and within a year he released his debut EP Thinking in Textures in 2012 followed by a collaborative album with Flume on...
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Day For Night Artist Spotlight: ODESZA

Posted on December 1, 2016 by
ODESZA is a duo made up of Harrison Mills (aka CatacombKid) and Clayton Knight (aka...
ODESZA is a duo made up of Harrison Mills (aka CatacombKid) and Clayton Knight (aka BeachesBeaches). They met at Western Washington University and although they had met during their freshman year, they didn’t start recording music together until they were seniors in 2012. Knight was classically trained in piano as a child and took up the guitar later in life. Today, the duo creates electronic...