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Tame Impala delivers massive news

By Peter Zemeske | February 3, 2019

Psychedelic rock champions Tame Impala announced Jan. 29 their North American tour comprising of 10 performances, including their first headlining set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival April 13 and 20. Among announcing the tour, the band...

Backstreet Boys retain relevance with new album

By Peter Zemeske | January 30, 2019

Backstreet Boys is a group that reminds listeners of the late ’90s so a new Backstreet Boys album might come as a surprise, but the group is back and its latest entry in the music world is “DNA,” released Jan. 25.Backstreet Boys have had a rough...

Spotify allows patrons to mute artists

By Peter Zemeske | January 27, 2019

Music streaming giant Spotify is releasing a new feature which allows users to block artists from appearing in their libraries, playlists and radio stations. However, it won’t block songs the artist is featured on. The feature is currently only available...

Northern Star Entertainment Staff predicts Oscar wins

By Northern Star Entertainment Staff | January 24, 2019

The 91st annual Academy Award nominees were announced Tuesday, and the box office blockbusters of 2018 took the lead in multiple categories. Alfonso Cuarón’s foreign language drama “Roma” and Yorgos Lanthimos’ dark comedy “The Favourite”...

Lil Uzi Vert quits music

By Peter Zemeske | January 23, 2019

Rapper Symere Woods, better known as Lil Uzi Vert, announced Jan. 11 he will quit making music, according to his Instagram account. “I wanna take the time out to say I thank each and every one of my supporters, but I'm done with music,” Woods said...

Original Ghostbusters to return to the big screen in 2020

By Peter Zemeske | January 21, 2019

Jason Reitman tweeted the trailer to the upcoming Ghostbusters sequel on Jan. 16.

Ten albums to look forward to in 2019

By Peter Zemeske | January 13, 2019

As impressive as 2018 was for music, listeners have plenty to look forward to in this new year. It may be hard to follow up a year with releases from Blood Orange, Arctic Monkeys and Travis Scott, but a lot is in store for the next 12 months. Here are...

R. Kelly’s history of abuse exposed in new series

By Peter Zemeske | January 13, 2019

R&B star R. Kelly is the subject of the new Lifetime documentary series, “Surviving R. Kelly.” The six-part series, which aired from Jan. 3 to Jan. 5, contains testimonies about Kelly’s life from family members, friends, victims of sexual assault...

Barack Obama’s favorite songs of 2018 revisited

By Peter Zemeske | January 5, 2019

Former President Barack Obama has once again proven his youthful hip nature by continuing his tradition of sharing a list of his favorite books, movies and songs of the past year. It’s nice to see someone of such stature giving a shoutout to authors,...

Four ways to be a better music listener in 2019

By Peter Zemeske | January 3, 2019

In the age of music streaming, music has been easier to access and listen to than ever. While there may not seem like there are any cons to services like Spotify and Apple Music, there are some hidden byproducts. For one, artist compensation is low compared...

Pitchfork's Midwinter music festival will take place at the Art Institute of Chicago and will house a variety of artists.

Pitchfork festival to disappoint concert goers

By Peter Zemeske | December 21, 2018

Pitchfork's Midwinter music festival will take place at the Art Institute of Chicago and will house a variety of artists.

Animated film does web-slingers justice

By Peter Zemeske | December 17, 2018

“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” is the new animated film in the titular super-hero’s long film franchise directed by Peter Ramsey, Robert Persichetti Jr. and Rodney Rothman and produced by “The Lego Movie” and “21 Jump Street” directors...