Tag Archives: Aurora
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The 67 best albums of 2022: 40-31
The best albums of 2022 include Orville Peck, Bruce Springsteen, … And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Ozzy Osbourne, Phoenix, Eddie Vedder, Aurora, Death Cab for Cutie, Skillet and Halestorm. We’re now well into our countdown of our list of the best albums of 2022.…
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Album Review: Aurora grounded in humanity on ‘The Gods We Can Touch’
Aurora, “The Gods We Can Touch.” Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora Aksnes had the concept for her new album, The Gods We Can Touch, within days of finishing its predecessor. When we spoke to her in 2019, she even gave us a clue: “It’s just about the fact that everything matters—those…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Breaking Benjamin reimagines the past on acoustic ‘Aurora’
Pennsylvania rockers Breaking Benjamin looked to flip the script ahead of the release of their seventh album, Aurora. The band tapped into its ample back catalog to rework nine prior tracks, as well as penning one new tune, for an all-acoustic release. Ben Burnley and company also recruited the help…
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PLAYLIST: Behind the scenes with Roman Gokhman’s year in interviews
Roman Gokhman writes about his favorite interviews of the year: Cautious Clay, Rhett Miller, Suzannah Powell, Joseph, Aurora, Joy Williams, SHAED, K.Flay, Hozier, Ivory Layne, Yoke Lore, Lumineers, Just Loud, Josh Malerman, the Dandy Warhols and JR JR. As RIFF has continued to grow, my free time has continued…
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The 50 best albums of 2019: 40-31
Clockwise from top left: Aurora, Billy Strings, Honeyblood, Bon Iver, Sum-41, Tool, Opeth, 100 gecs, Subhumans and Lizzo. Welcome back to RIFF’s year-end album roundup! If you’re joining us just now, start with part one. Our album review staff is pretty musically diverse, which might explain why Opeth, Bon…
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Outside Lands: Twenty One Pilots, The Lumineers and 10 others we loved on Friday
Twenty One Pilots perform at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco during the Outside Lands Music Festival on Aug. 9, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello, Holly Horn and Roman Gokhman. SAN FRANCISCO — The annual Outside Lands Music Festival kicked off Friday with Twenty One Pilots, The Lumineers and dozens…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Aurora experiments further on ‘A Different Kind of Human’
Aurora, ‘A Different Kind of Human’ Aurora is no stranger to experimentation, but her third album, A Different Kind of Human (Step II), takes far more chances than her previous work. The Norwegian art-pop singer-songwriter takes a more imaginative approach, and it works. Each song’s distinct sound flourishes within the thematic…
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REVIEW: Aurora brings her ‘Queendom’ to L.A.’s Fonda Theatre
Aurora performs at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on Feb. 20, 2019. Photos: Julia Kovaleva. LOS ANGELES — Norwegian luminary Aurora dazzled at a sold-out show at Fonda Theater on Wednesday with a spectrum of emotions through her exuberant brand of art-pop. Aurora Aksnes and her band supercharged her music, from the…
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Photos: Ian Young’s Top 16 concerts of 2016
Photos: Ian Young By all accounts 2016 was a shitty year. But amid the chaos were much needed distractions in the form of live music. This year I traveled to Iceland, Chicago, Indio, Los Angeles and Seattle to attend 110 shows and eight festivals, watching and photographing more than 250 bands. Here’s…