Martina Brady, Author at The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College

Fall Out Boy’s New Sound Is Manic On MANIA

February 9, 2018 Martina Brady Music, Album Review, Rock, Pop

On Jan. 19, pop-rock band Fall Out Boy released MANIA, the group’s third LP since their five-year hiatus following their foray into pop with albums like Save Rock and Roll and American Beauty/American Psycho. Described by the band as a “palette cleanse” from their previous albums, MANIA is a… Read the rest at our website.

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Copyright Lawsuits Plague the Music Industry

January 26, 2018 Martina Brady Music, lawsuit

On Jan. 7, singer/songwriter Lana Del Rey tweeted that she was being sued by English alternative band Radiohead. The lawsuit was for copyright infringement over alleged plagiarism involved with Radiohead’s hit Creep, and Del Rey’s 2017 song from her latest album Get Free, The basis of the lawsuit is… Read the rest at our website.

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Revival Is A Disappointing Mess

January 12, 2018 Martina Brady rap, Music, Album Review, hip hop

Eminem’s ninth studio album Revival has become his eighth studio record to top the charts. Released on Dec. 14, the rap-rock and rap-pop album features artists like Beyonce and Kehlani. Unlike the aggressive, offensive persona in his early albums, this new release exposes the rapper’s softer side, seen in… Read the rest at our website.

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Miami-Based Band Brings ‘60s Sounds Back

November 10, 2017 Martina Brady Music, Local, Album Review

Cannibal Kids is a Miami based indie-pop band consisting of South Florida natives Damian Gutierrez, Dustin Diaz, Luke Faulkingham and Jordon Hernandez. The musical project started in 2014 as an attempt to recreate the surf rock sounds of the 1960s. They describe their sound as alternative rock “with coastal… Read the rest at our website.

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Mystic Joint Organizes Relief Effort For Puerto Rico

October 27, 2017 Martina Brady Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria, Music

Mystic Joint, a vape lounge in Cutler Bay, held a benefit show on Oct. 14 for Puerto Rico after the Island was decimated by Hurricane Maria. The show, which collected $100, featured five local bands: Myster Craig, Common Luck, Ela, Moving In Slow and Luxrem. “The bands came to… Read the rest at our website.

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Hell On Earth Is An Ambient, Somewhat Distant, Album

October 9, 2017 Martina Brady Music, Album Review

Actor/director John Malkovich, composer/producer Eric Alexandrakis, and photographer/director Sandro Miller have partnered together for the electro-ambient record Hell On Earth. The album, the trio’s 6th collaboration, has been described by the music site Spectrum Culture as “a blend of philosophy and electronica that aims to be more than novelty.”… Read the rest at our website.

Photo of Gabriel Garcia and Julian Cabrera, Kendall Campus students

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Kendall Campus Students Ready To Drop Debut EP

September 22, 2017 Martina Brady Student Spotlight, Kendall Campus, Music

Singer Gabriel Garcia and his band, which mixes a pop funk, jazz and R&B infused sound, expects to drop it’s debut EP this winter. Garcia serves as the lead singer of the yet to be named band which also includes drummer Toussaint “Tulu” Lewis, lead guitarist Alvaro Marmolejo, Julian… Read the rest at our website.

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