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DeMarco leads indie rock with new album release

By Peter Zemeske | May 14, 2019

Indie rock’s slacker darling Mac DeMarco returns with a follow-up to 2017’s “This Old Dog” with “Here Comes the Cowboy,” released May 10. The first buzz surrounding the album was the similarity in title to indie rock peer Mitski’s 2018 record...

Ariana Grande’s latest album stuns audiences

By Amy Geldean | February 26, 2019

Pop singer Ariana Grande continues to shine with her angelic voice and lyrics of empowerment in her fifth studio album “thank u, next.” This twelve track album released on Feb. 8 explores Grande’s romantic life as she moves on from one relationship...

"Joy as an Act of Resistance" by the punk group Idles proved to be one of the best albums of the year with its bold lyrics and sound. 

The top ten albums of 2018

By Tyler Neal | December 19, 2018

"Joy as an Act of Resistance" by the punk group Idles proved to be one of the best albums of the year with its bold lyrics and sound. 

Rappers glorify drugs in their music

By Peter Zemeske | November 29, 2018

Drugs and music have typically had a close relationship with one another. This relationship started as early as 1930 when it was depicted in the film “International House,” in which marijuana and jazz are juxtaposed with one another, but may have...

Ariana Grande says ‘thank u, next’ to her exes

By Maddie Barrett | November 8, 2018

Ariana Grande is back with another breathtaking, emotional single, leaving listeners with full hearts and clear minds.“Thank u, Next” is the 28th single Grande has released from 2011 to 2018 and features names of her recent ex-boyfriends. The powerful...

FILE - In this July 13, 2013, file photo, Rapper Mac Miller performs on his Space Migration Tour at Festival Pier in Philadelphia. Ariana Grande has posted a tribute to her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller a week after his death, saying she’s sorry she couldn’t save him. Paramedics declared the 26-year-old Miller dead in his Los Angeles home Sept. 7. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

Mac Miller: A Legacy in Five Songs

By Tyler Neal | September 28, 2018

Mac Miller died on Sept. 7. Unfairly dismissed as a frat boy rapper until far too late in his career, Miller was a talented, thoughtful MC with a playful style that developed into a dreamlike aesthetic.He talked openly about his struggles with mental...

Miller’s album is inconsistent

By Jesse Baalman | September 19, 2016

Rapper Mac Miller returns with a musically inconsistent, but intriguing new album “The Divine Feminine,” released Friday.Miller is back with his newest album since "GO:OD AM," released Sept. 18, 2015.The Pittsburgh native now has something to say...

Mac Miller performs at Convocation Center Saturday

Mac Miller performs at Convocation Center Saturday

By Cory Boston | September 16, 2012

Malcolm James McCormick, known by his stage name "Mac Miller," performs at the Convocation Center on Saturday, Sept. 15, for his Macadelic Tour. The show featured opening performances from YG and Travis Porter. The show amazed the crowd with energy, light...

Fans have 'Macadelic' time at concert

Fans have ‘Macadelic’ time at concert

By Olivia Rajska | September 16, 2012

“DeKalb, are you ready for 100 percent chaos?” said Mac Miller, also known as Malcolm McCormick, as he got the crowd wild at the Convocation Center Saturday. Although there was not a full house for the Macadelic Tour, the crowd sure kept it alive...

Mac Miller brings the noise to the Convo

By Olivia Rajska | September 16, 2012

“DeKalb, are you ready for 100 percent chaos?” said Mac Miller, also known as Malcolm McCormick, who got the crowd wild at the NIU Convocation Center Saturday. Although there was not a full house at the Macadelic Tour, the house sure kept it alive...

'Black and Yellow' meets black and red

‘Black and Yellow’ meets black and red

By Takia Simpson | April 14, 2011

The green carpet was rolled out as Wiz Khalifa performed Wednesday night in the Convocaton Center. Mac Miller, one of Khalifa's artists and a member of his team Taylor Gang, opened the show. Miller, like Khalifa, had no problem with crowd appeal as he...

Wiz Khalifa blazes his way to the Convocation Center

By Chris Krapek and Connor Rice | February 13, 2011

DeKALB | Roll out the green carpet. "Black and Yellow" rapper Wiz Khalifa will perform at the Convocation Center at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13 as part of the Campus Consciousness Green Carpet Tour 2011. "Pretty Polly Productions out of Massachusetts...