Tag Archives: The Weeknd
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REWIND’s best songs of the year so far, including Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar performs during Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 11, 2023. Matt Pang/STAFF. Back in 2018, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I listed my top five or so songs from every year since 1967 in this column. I then went on…
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Our favorite concert photos of 2022, with Dua Lipa, Post Malone, The Weeknd
RIFF photographers’ favorite concert photos in 2022 included these shots of Post Malone, Dua Lipa, The Weeknd, Jaleh, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Lil Uzi Vert, Marina Diamandis, Rico Nasty, Royal Blood, Chris Stapleton, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kid Cudi, Too $hort and Caroline Polachek. We asked our photographers to share…
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The 67 best albums of 2022: 10-1
The best albums of 2022 include Beyoncé, Gang of Youths, Weyes Blood, Rosalía, The Smile, Nas, The Weeknd, Lupe Fiasco, Spoon and Ho99o9. We’re down to the top 10 albums of the year. Before continuing, check out parts one, two, three, four and five. The conclusion includes the guitar-based rock of Gang of Youths…
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The Weeknd dances ‘After Hours ’til Dawn’ at Levi’s Stadium
The Weeknd performs at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on Aug. 27, 2022. Steve Carlson/STAFF. SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Multiplatinum-selling, Grammy-winning superstar The Weeknd performed to a packed Levi’s Stadium Saturday, at one of two California shows on his After Hours til Dawn stadium tour. Supporting both his fourth and fifth…
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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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REVIEW: FKA twigs follows her sun on mixtape ‘Caprisongs’
“Hey, I made you a mixtape,” FKA twigs whispers in the opening interlude to her new mixtape over a very distorted background voice. “Because when I feel you, I feel me/ And when I feel me/ It feels good.” With the click of a tape, the track then morphs…
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REWIND: Five modern-ish songs that aren’t completely awful
Dua Lipa performs at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco March 17, 2017. Gary Chancer/STAFF. The worst part of getting your car stolen is the radio. OK, that’s not true. The worst part is no longer having a car, followed by losing the sentimental and practical items…
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Album Review: The Weeknd drives off into that long good night on ‘Dawn FM’
As we close one chapter and open another in the wake of the new year, The Weeknd delivered his fifth studio album Dawn FM. It comes following the success of 2020’s After Hours and the milestone of headlining the Super Bowl halftime show. The album delivers dreamy and dreary electronic…
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The 14 tours we’re anticipating most in 2022, starring Olivia Rodrigo
Clockwise from top right: Olivia Rodrigo, Shawn Mendes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chris Stapleton, The Weeknd, Dua Lipa, HAIM, Roger Waters, Tyler, The Creator, Billie Eilish, Lorde and John Mayer. After the pandemic canceled concerts in 2020, we crossed out fingers that our favorites would be rescheduled. Slowly, they’re…
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22 albums we’re anticipating in 2022
Row 1: Charli XCX, Camila Cabello, The Weeknd, Khalid, Weezer. Row 2: Janet Jackson, Vince Staples, SPOON, GZA, Sky Ferreira, Row 3: Meg Myers, Rina Sawayama, Eddie Vedder, Black Country, New Road, and My Bloody Valentine. Row 4: Elvis Costello, BROCKHAMPTON, Alt-J, Avril Lavigne, Lykke Li. Not pictured: The…
