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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

BurntXOrange

Music

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PorchFire Records: Redefining The Status Quo

November 15, 2018

PorchFire Records was founded on a whim, with a vague desire to do something cool, but without a concrete plan. In September of 2017, co-founder Ally Brown pitched an idea that has lead to a video series, small following in Austin’s music scene and managing up-and-coming artist TC Superstar.

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The Rise of the Surprise Album

November 14, 2018

In the modern landscape of music, it seems as if a new album is dropped out of thin air every week – whether we like it or not.

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Alamo Drafthouse Reinvents a Queen Concert

November 13, 2018

Accompanying the release of box-office hit “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the Alamo Drafthouse held a Queen music video dance party, allowing audience members to attend a concert that is impossible to go to.

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Pop Music’s Identity Crisis

November 6, 2018

What happened to pop music? In the streaming age, pop music has taken the backseat and faded into irrelevance. It’s turning into a dying effort. Pop icons have been changing their theme and sound through the years in an attempt to stay in the spotlight. It has stopped working.

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The Unseen Side of Lo-fi Hip-Hop

November 6, 2018

Lo-fi hip-hop has become a online phenomenon for students trying to focus on their studies, but there is another side to this genre that you might not see from your “chill lo-fi beats to study/relax to” radio.

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Concert Review: Mallrat

October 31, 2018

As hundreds of music lovers piled in Stubb’s, they were welcomed by the bashfully kind opener of the evening, Mallrat.

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Wallows Return to Austin for ACL

October 22, 2018

The California trio graced the American Express stage early Saturday afternoon for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, just hours behind the legend himself, Paul McCartney, eviscerated the same grounds.The easy-listening  band sat down with ORANGE Magazine fresh off the ACL stage following one of their idols.