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(09/24/18 12:00pm)
At first listen, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of “I Love It,” the new track from Kanye West and Lil Pump. The track was released Sept. 7 alongside its music video at the inaugural Pornhub Awards, where West served as the creative director after reiterating his long–running enjoyment of adult entertainment. The song has blown up on social media through memes on Twitter and Facebook, receiving over 76 million views in its first week on YouTube. The video features West and Lil Pump wearing giant rectangular body suits as they follow a lady down a hallway lined with statues. With a vapid, misogynistic chorus of “You’re such a f***ing h**, I love it,” similarly superficial verses, and simplistic production, its success might seem confusing at first. Why exactly did “I Love It” end up being the first hip hop hit of Fall 2018, debuting at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100?
(09/19/18 3:28am)
This article is part of 34th Street's Philadelphia, Curated issue. Click here to see more of our favorite spots from all over the city.
(09/17/18 11:58pm)
After Penn Football thumped Bucknell 34–17 this past Saturday, students continued the celebrations and merriment nearby at Shoemaker Green at the annual fall music festival, jointly hosted by SPEC, Penn Traditions, Penn Athletics, and the Class Boards. Skimmerfest had all the goods: a free concert, free food, and free giveaways.
(09/13/18 6:41pm)
Iconic Philly music venue Electric Factory has been sold to The Bowery Presents in a move announced Wednesday, September 12th. The Bowery Presents is a New York-based concert holder and promoter. The space has temporarily been named North Seventh, but the venue company is holding an open renaming contest for the former Electric Factory, promising tickets to all shows through 2020 as a reward.
(09/15/18 12:00pm)
Picture this: you rushed out the door this morning and a block away from your destination, you pat your pockets and realize you forgot your headphones. What do you do? Well, the answer is quite straightforward: find a spot that has some music playing for everyone. There’s something ideal about having background sounds to keep one company through the exasperating essays, the cluttered coffee chats, and the droll dinner discussions. Still, it has to be a mix of good tracks and various genres; heavy metal probably doesn’t sound like a great idea to most people. A few campus locations are particularly better than others at providing an optimal sonic atmosphere for the student populace. Here are three of them:
(09/16/18 12:00pm)
I turned off my phone, tied back my hair, and rolled up my sleeves. Propping up my elbows, I arranged my hands into the familiar position had now become muscle memory. My fingers grazed over the sea of plastic packaging, filing through every album until one interrupted my steady flow of sorting.
(09/12/18 12:00pm)
For much of 2018, it seemed as if hip hop was in a funk—artist after artist dropped albums with huge expectations that ended up falling short. From the sonic travesty that was Migos’ Culture II in January, to another snooze–fest courtesy of J. Cole with K.O.D., to Drake’s mediocre Scorpion, there has been little to celebrate in the rap sphere. Outside of Kendrick Lamar’s Black Panther: The Album and Kids See Ghosts’ self–titled debut, there was minimal critical acclaim for emcees.
(09/12/18 12:00pm)
I first heard Mitski when she opened for Lorde at the Wells Fargo Center last April, but that’s not when I fell in love her. I remember thinking, as the Lorde cult member that I am, that if the composer of my young adult life chose this artist, she must be pretty good. So that’s what I thought as I waited for Mitski to come out two hours before the headliner. I heard the set, but didn’t think much of it. Unfortunately, between the noise of people crowding into the stadium, my excitement for Lorde herself, and my unfamiliarity with Mitski, I ended up going home and forgetting about her.
(09/12/18 11:00am)
I’ve never held a copy of the Village Voice in my hands. I’ve never lived in Greenwich Village, or New York at all. In fact, I never had much of a direct relationship with the counterculture alt–weekly at all, and the little I did know about it was secondhand information from my former–hippie father. Nonetheless, my heart felt an unexpected twisting ache when the paper announced last week that it would no longer publish new material.
(09/07/18 12:00pm)
Icons are everywhere, but they all started somewhere. From Noam Chomsky to Elon Musk, to Elizabeth Banks and Tory Burch, Penn has famous alumni in every field—business, politics, athletics, you name it. That includes famous artists who have made their mark in the music industry, topping Billboard charts for years with lasting hits. While non–exhaustive by any means, here's a ranking of the five most iconic songs by Penn alums:
(09/06/18 12:00pm)
Nine Track Mind, Charlie Puth’s 2016 album, launched him into success. And I hated it. “We Don’t Talk Anymore,” “Marvin Gaye,” and worst of all ”One Call Away” were so similar in their gushy, fuckboy–turned–spoke–word–poet vibe that they made me reject Puth altogether as an artist. Not to mention, in perhaps the greatest offense of all, Nine Track Mind had twelve tracks.
(09/07/18 12:00pm)
Everything Is Love is the nine–track finale to the trilogy of the Carters’ albums about adultery and apology. It’s full of mentions of the couple’s wealth, their love, and their race, and is a bold new direction for two mega–stars (or one mega–star and Jay).
(09/06/18 12:00pm)
This article contains spoilers for HBO’s limited series “Sharp Objects.”
(09/05/18 12:00pm)
When I saw the initial lineup release for the Budweiser Made in America Festival back in June, I was disappointed. Although I've always been a hip hop fan, I had never followed either of the announced headliners, Post Malone and Nicki Minaj, and nobody else stood out to me. It didn't help that there had been drama back in July on whether or not the festival would even remain in its current location after 2018 with Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney eventually reaching an agreement with the Roc Nation label to keep it in the city. As far as I was concerned, there was no reason for me to go. That changed a few weeks ago, when Kendrick Lamar was added to the lineup. I immediately grabbed a ticket to see the best rapper alive. Fast forward through a Saturday morning of day parties, and my friends and I were on our way to the Ben Franklin Parkway. Even with Kendrick on the list, I had average expectations—little did I know I was going to be blown away.
(09/04/18 12:00pm)
Logic is a hip–hop enigma; he stormed into the rap game with a ferocity back at the beginning of the decade, blowing up with songs such as “All I Do” from the Young Sinatra mixtape trilogy. With a rapid–fire flow, slick wordplay, and an empowering swagger, the rapper seem poised to grab the rap throne. His debut album, Under Pressure, received critical acclaim for its biographical storytelling, and he followed that up with a decent concept record in the form of The Incredible True Story. However, Logic then began to release music of a more uneven quality, ranging between the utterly vapid on songs such as “Super Mario World” to the incredibly impactful nature of “1–800–273–8255.” Now, he’s dropped “The Return” and brought everything full circle.
(09/01/18 1:00pm)
Philly has a chip on its shoulder. That’s what frontman Dan Cousart of local rock band RFA said when asked to describe the DIY scene of this city. You can hear it in Hop Along’s scratchy vocals or in the meandering twang of Kurt Vile or in the adolescent anxiety of Modern Baseball. Maybe it’s got something to do with an inferiority complex from being so close to New York, but the heart of Philadelphia rock is undeniably punk.
(08/30/18 12:00pm)
Ariana Grande has been making music for about five years, and for a career so short, her list of hits is impressive. From “Love Me Harder” and “Bang Bang” to “Side to Side” and “No Tears Left to Cry,” her music has been defined by an R&B and pop–dominated sound.
(09/07/18 4:00am)
“There’s some fly Asian shit out there, but no one can tangibly give you an example,” says Sean Miyashiro, the founder of 88rising, a management and media production company that intends to fix just that. In fact, on September 28th, this rapidly expanding label is coming to Philadelphia with artists like Rich Brian, Joji, Higher Brothers, Keith Ape, and more.
(08/29/18 1:04am)
Monday night's VMAs served as a resounding triumph for the much–maligned awards show. With outstanding performances by artists such as Juice WRLD, Jessie Reyez, and Hayley Kiyoko and deserving victories for a number of Latinx performers, there was plenty of positivity in the pop culture sphere.
(08/08/18 4:00am)
The line of over a thousand Rex Orange County die–hards surrounded the block outside Union Transfer on August 2nd, over an hour before he was set to come onstage. Teenagers dressed in bright yellow, flower–power styles, equipped with Juuls and plastic bottles filled with anything but water, kept their noses to their phones as they snapchatted what might be the pinnacle of their summer.
