Year: 2019
Page: 15
Kick off your Monday with Coog Radio contributors’ favorite new releases from Friday, January 18th. Fever 333, Toro y Moi, PINK MEXICO, and Sofi Tukker this playlist is the perfect remedy and motivation for a new week. The title of this sensational playlist is inspired by “YA WOO COUGAR FOOTBALL!” Stemming from a subreddit complaining about parking on […]
Kehlani, “Nights Like This” It’s been a busy past few months for hip-hop/R&B artist Kehlani; from announcing her pregnancy, to releasing a single and music -video making her one of the top streamed female artists. Kehlani has been in the public eye from an early age, from being on America’s Got Talent as a teenager, to […]
William Congreve was right when he wrote: “Heaven has no rage, like love to hatred turned. Nor hell a fury, like a woman scorned.” A song about sweet love gone bad, the Amsterdam based singer, RIMON teams up with Yavez Anthonio to deliver stunning visuals – playing the femme fatale as she sings about heartbreak, […]
Recently, I’ve felt nostalgia towards the songs that frequently played when I was a kid; those same songs which connect me, my childhood, and family—more specifically, the songs that remind me of the most festive times growing up. Being that the whole holiday season happened a few weeks ago, I was able to spend time […]
Gesaffelstein fed the XO Crew with “Lost in the Fire” featuring the Weeknd, and boy they did not disappoint. Gesaffelstein and Abel seem to have flawless chemistry as they’re three for three with their singles including “I Was Never There” and “Hurt You” off of My Dear Melancholy. Gesaffelstein sound fits the style of writing as his production […]
Spring Semester 2019 is officially here! Kick it off with Coog Radio contributors’ favorite new releases from Friday, January 11th. Apink, The Candescents, Billie Eilish, and Wifisfuneral set off our first #ywnm of the spring semester! This playlist is the perfect remedy and motivation for a new week. The title of this sensational playlist is inspired by […]
This year marks the 50th anniversary of what some would consider the greatest music festival of all time- Woodstock. The almost mythical event took place over three days in August 1969, and it attracted nearly 400,000 people to an upstate New York farm.
Carlie Hanson. Credit: Jaxon Dobbins For most people looking back at being 18 is like looking at a younger, though very similar, version of ourselves. We were just getting out of high school and working on getting into colleges, likely still at our parent’s homes. The story is a bit different for musician Carlie Hanson. But […]
Day 1 of Lights All Night brought it, between the girls on roller skates with bubble guns, the acrobats flying from half moons suspended in the air, the go-go dancers, the lights, and the amazing performers it proved to be simply magical. Day 2 did not disappoint either. Expanding on the mesmerizing visuals, interesting vendors, intriguing […]
It was 1967 and the infamously eccentric Andy Warhol had claimed to have given up painting to devote his time towards a career in film and music (though he would later resume art before ultimately delving into photography). He dominated the American “pop art” movement and was notorious for being a person unlike anyone else. […]
Between the girls on roller skates with bubble guns, the acrobats flying from half moons suspended in the air, the go-go dancers, the lights, and the amazing performers, Lights All Night proved to be simply magical. Continue reading for the full experience as reported by Coog Radio’s Tiffany Noviski Neufeld, Parnia Razinobakht, and Quenton Redding. […]
Banish your case of the Mondays with Coog Radio contributors’ favorite new releases from Friday, January 4th. Lizzo, Bring Me the Horizon, Black Pistol Fire, and 3Lau kick off our first #ywnm of 2019! This playlist is the perfect remedy and motivation for a new week. The title of this sensational playlist is inspired by “YA WOO COUGAR FOOTBALL!” Stemming […]
Toro Y Moi, also known as Chaz Bear from Columbia, South Carolina is one of the pioneers for the genre named Chillwave that reigned from 2008-2011. He announced that he will be releasing his seventh studio, Outer Peace album January 18th, 2019. This album will feature Abra, Wet, and Instupendo. He released his lead groovy […]
Dumplin’ Dolly Parton inspires and strengthens the characters in the 2018 Netflix movie Dumplin, produced and starred in by Jennifer Aniston. Based off the 2015 novel written by Julie Murphy, the film stormed the internet and social media with body positive and female empowering accolades in under a month with tweets like: These messages illuminate the […]
Rap is indubitably one of the most misunderstood and slandered genres of music. With many people refusing to move past the profanity and raw lyricism to understand an artist’s intent, rap songs that contain beautiful poetry and make important statements are often lost or renounced. The seemingly lazy approach that society takes toward listening to […]
I left my house, 30 minutes later than I had originally planned, but I made it just in time to catch the first opening act Miears. Miears was phenomenal. She played a few songs from her album, Who Will Save You?. Her melodic voice piercing through the crowd, her fingers knowingly stroke her white Rolland […]
Hip-Hop Journalism: From Print to Internet & Soulja Boy’s Influence
Stephanie Onyejekwe
January 24, 2019
I just wanted to start this article by saying thank you to Complex, XXL, and to those that are no longer with us, such as the Vibe, Word Up!, and The Source, for pushing hip-hop journalism. During the early to mid-late 2000s if you wanted to know the inside scoop with your favorite Hip-Hop/Rap artist […]