The Internet emerged out of the Odd Future collective in 2011, and with their R&B sound and charisma, they’ve effectively stood out among more than a dozen projects associated with the volatile hip-hop group. Much of the credit for their recent evolution goes to songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Steve Lacy, who joined the Internet as […]
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R&B artist Jordanna on burning down the patriarchy, then getting a manicure
Current musical obsessions of pop R&B artist Jordanna, violinist and composer Lucy Little, and Reader music editor Philip Montoro
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The Pitchfork Music Festival announces its second wave of acts for 2018
Reader intern Rachel Yang returns to the Violet Hour to see who will join the 14 previously announced performers at this summer’s Pitchfork Music Festival.
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He appears tonight at the Stony Island Arts Bank.
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A new show from ComedySportz mixes social media and musical improv
The Social Musical, a new show from ComedySportz, hits high and low notes with its mix of social media and musical improv.
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Can the Billboard Twitter Real-Time Charts separate signal from noise?
Billboard and Twitter go halves on a baby.
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Paramore against the trolls and psychopaths
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“#SELFIE” makes a thoroughly engineered attempt at memedom
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Flosstradamus live from the Internet
Local trap duo previews their upcoming NYE gig via live stream.
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Don Jon and Chloe in the Afternoon: Rare movies that successfully illustrate habitual action
How movies get us into a habit
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