Tag Archives: Post Malone
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Outside Lands: Post Malone, Weezer and 6 more Sunday highlights
Post Malone performs at Outside Lands in San Francisco on Aug. 7, 2022. Onome Uyovbievbo and Matt Pang/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — At Outside Lands past, Sunday’s headlining slot has often been reserved for a legacy act. Producers went the other way this year with Post Malone. From the moment the…
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REVIEW: Post Malone favors style over substance on ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’
Post Malone, “Twelve Carat Toothache.” Twelve Carat Toothache by Post Malone is an appropriately titled album that seems to focus on the whiny ramblings of a wealthy singer oozing with glitz. The album, his fourth, is all style, no substance. It would be dismissive to write off the problems of someone…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Young Thug shows his hand on ‘Punk’
It’s kind of wild that Punk is only the second album from Young Thug, considering his prolific output of 19 mixtapes. The rapper had expressed a desire to embrace a significant shift in tone on the follow-up to 2019’s So Much Fun. He sought to embody what he referred to as “real rap”…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Big Sean tackles the collective experience of his home on ‘Detroit 2’
The city of Detroit personified as “the struggling artist” feels apt—especially when considering the number of incredibly talented and influential artists who have come from the Motor City that have faced hardships themselves. Big Sean addressed the topic in 2012 with Detroit and now follows that mixtape with full-length album Detroit…
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DEVELOPING: San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose ban large gatherings; BottleRock still on
SXSW. Courtesy. UPDATED 3:00 P.M. SUNDAY, MARCH 15 — California governor Gavin Newsom announced at a press conference Sunday that all bars, clubs, wineries, and brewpubs in California will be closed in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. Restaurants can say open, he says, but their capacity…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Ozzy Osbourne makes a human statement with ‘Ordinary Man’
Cultural phenomenon Ozzy Osbourne is a hard man to pin down. Is he the originator of the look and feel of heavy metal? A guy who managed to be in the right place at the right time? A doddering madman, deteriorated by decades of drug excess? Ordinary Man Ozzy…
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Kyle Kohner’s 20 best hip-hop albums of 2019
Our list of the 20 best hip-hop albums of 2019 includes Danny Brown, Post Malone, ECCO2K, Tinashe, Little Simz, Malibu Ken, DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, slowthai, Maxo Kream, Billy Woods & Kenny Segal, Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats, Clipping., YBN Cordae, Kate Tempest, Quelle Chris, Denzel Curry, Injury Reserve,…
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REVIEW: Post Malone channels agony, ecstasy at Oakland Arena
Post Malone performs at Oakland Arena in Oakland on Nov. 14, 2019. Adam Pardee/Staff. OAKLAND — A sellout crowd at Oakland Arena underscored the meteoric success of Post Malone, who performed Thursday with his signature zeal. Boasting hundreds of millions of streams on Spotify and widespread, multi-generational name recognition, Austin…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Bon Iver enters a fourth season of eclectic spontaneity on ‘i, i’
Though often lauded as a trailblazing hip-hop producer or an indie folk visionary, Justin Vernon is reluctant to take credit for Bon Iver. His songwriting chops are remarkable, but the ingenuity brought to the table by his collaborators gives his work a distinct flavor. That’s apparent on i, i,…
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Quick takes: Post Malone cements his place with ‘Stoney’
Post Malone, “Stoney.” Since bursting onto the scene with his 2015 hit, “White Iverson,” Post Malone has been grinding to cement his spot in today’s music scene. Releasing various singles and even a mixtape in May, Malone has fought to avoid being written off. Now, even with huge names like…
