Neil MacAlister
New Music Friday
July 14, 2017By: Edna Batengas and Neil MacAlister [embed]https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/5LHmaVOxQa9Id0vL10Lyl7[/embed] “Praying” – Kesha Edna Batengas: Kesha, is that you? This definitely doesn't seem like the Kesha that we’re typically used to, but I love this fresh voice. Oh, and all those notes she’s hitting: kinda reminds me a little bit of Demi Lovato. Such a deep song with great vocals, welcome back, girl! She’s stronger and louder than ever. Neil MacAlister: It's so nice to see Kesha releasing music again, she's gone through an unbelievable amount of shit lately and this song just sounds victorious. Shoutout to Kesha. “Get Low” – Zedd, Liam…
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New Music Friday
July 7, 2017By: Edna Batengas, Sera Akdogan, Neil MacAlister [embed]https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/31r5tDLTh35lvjiM4WU5rG[/embed] “Cash Out” – Calvin Harris, ScHoolboy Q, PARTYNEXTDOOR, D.R.A.M. Edna Batengas: Even though I was certainly not even a thought in my parents’ minds in 1975, from the get go I was…
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Album Reviews
July 5, 2017By Sera Akdogan and Neil MacAlister Pretty Girls Like Trap Music by 2 Chainz It’s easy to reduce 2 Chainz to a party rapper making turn-up ratchet hits and coasting on punchlines, but over the past few years his music…
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New Music Friday
June 30, 2017By: Edna Batengas, Sarah Kwan, and Neil MacAlister [embed]https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/4g0uuLxT4MuKC24tLoFJmH[/embed] “Don’t Quit” – DJ Khaled, Calvin Harris, Travis Scott, Jeremih Edna Batengas: Very funky vibes, sounds like disco jams my mum would be listening to. I mean, the lyrics are kinda…
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Album Reviews
June 27, 2017By:Tiffany Chang and Neil MacAlister Witness by Katy Perry It’s been four years since Katy Perry has released new music and she’s making an explosive return to the spotlight with her latest studio album, Witness. The pop icon is known…
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New Music Friday
June 23, 2017By: Ana Maria Mejia Morales, Sera Akdogan, and Neil MacAlister [embed]https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/6H6otCauxY4ycKwmN65mcl[/embed] “Night Call” – Steve Aoki, Lil Yachty, Migos Ana Maria Mejia Morales: This song makes me wanna shoot myself in the face. Growling and grunting should not be considered an art…
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Album reviews
June 20, 2017By: Tessa Perkins and Neil MacAlister The Road Ahead is Golden by Jon and Roy With an optimistic title, Jon and Roy’s seventh album continues their whimsical brand of indie folk-rock with a bit more realism than their previous works.…
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New Music Friday
June 16, 2017By: Edna Batengas, Ana Maria Mejia Morales, Sera Akdogan, and Neil MacAlister [embed]https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/6H6otCauxY4ycKwmN65mcl[/embed] “2U” – David Guetta, Justin Bieber Edna Batengas: Wow, David Guetta, haven't heard that name in a while. It’s been way too long. Glad to see such talented…
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Smino, a name you probably don’t know, but won’t forget
June 7, 2017By: Neil MacAlister In recent years, Chicago’s rap scene has come to join the ranks of New York, LA, and Atlanta for generating scores of remarkable artists. Two of 2016’s most acclaimed albums (and two of my personal favourites) came…
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Album reviews
June 5, 2017By: Neil MacAlister and Ivan Premovic Teenage Emotions by Lil Yachty Review by Neil MacAlister Lil Yachty is a divisive figure in hip hop, a herald of the poorly-labelled ‘mumble rap’ trend, a threat to the old sensibilities of “real”…
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