Music Review: The Weeknd, “Starboy”

Music Review: The Weeknd, “Starboy”

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Canadian R&B singer/songwriter, The Weeknd, is back with his third studio album, Starboy. Hot off the heels of his mega-successful sophomore album, Beauty Behind the Madness (2015), which made the once homeless musician a household name and earned him numerous awards, Starboy is The Weeknd coming to terms with his celebrity status. For Starboy, fame is loneliness and paranoia, filled with failed relationships and designer drugs, all wrapped into the luxe setting of an exclusive nightclub or a dark, elegant penthouse.

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Throwback Thursday: Led Zeppelin Release their Debut Album

Throwback Thursday: Led Zeppelin Release their Debut Album

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48 years ago, Led Zeppelin’s debut album, Led Zeppelin, was released in the United States by Atlantic Records. The album, which brought us “Good Times Bad Times,” peaked at No. 10 on Billboard. Critical reception to the album was lukewarm, but was a commercial success due to the band’s hard-rock sound which was gradually being adopted by the American and British counterculture. In 2004, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and is currently ranked at #29 on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”

Powered by Blackfire: Onkyo LS7200 3D Soundbar System

Powered by Blackfire: Onkyo LS7200 3D Soundbar System

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This past November, Japanese electronics manufacturer, Onkyo, unveiled the LS7200 3D Soundbar System featuring FireConnect by Blackfire Research, as part of their growing Envision Cinema product family. The LS7200 is a three-piece, 5.1.2 surround sound system, made up of a slim, 53mm wall-mountable soundbar, a wireless subwoofer, and an AV center control unit, which includes four HDMI inputs to connect all your media devices, such as Blu-Ray players, streaming boxes, and video game consoles.

The three-piece LS7200 offers key advantages over other soundbar systems:  not only does it use FireConnect to perfect multiroom distribution of wireless audio to FireConnect-compatible wireless speakers, the LS7200 will support Spotify, Connect, TuneIn, and Tidal, so you’ll have all your favorite music right at your fingertips. Onkyo’s “AccuEQ Room Acoustic Calibration tailors sound to individual spaces, adjusting essential speaker conditions such as output level, distance, and crossover” (eu.onkyo.com), so you’ll always experience incredible sound in any room or configuration.

Inside the 53mm soundbar, “you’ll find two speakers drivers for each left, right and centre channel as well single height speakers to create 3D sound effects via Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. The LS7200 also boasts a Surround Enhancer mode that creates ‘virtual rear speakers’ to help give the illusion sound is coming from behind you” (pocket-lint.com). Additionally, the LS7200 offers object-based sound for movies, as well as a deeply satisfying stereo performance with a choice of network audio options.

Whether streaming music throughout your home or watching your favorite movie in surround sound, Onkyo LS7200 3D Soundbar System is the perfect addition to your wireless home entertainment system. The LS7200 will be available starting in January 2017.

For more information, check out this Onkyo Press Release, and news from Techradar and Pocket-Lint:

Onkyo Press Release

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Music Review: Miranda Lambert, “The Weight of These Wings”

Music Review: Miranda Lambert, “The Weight of These Wings”

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Grammy-winning Country star, Miranda Lambert, has released her first album since her high profile split from husband and fellow Country Music artist, Blake Shelton. Lambert’s sixth studio album, “The Weight of These Wings”, takes the listener on an impressive, 24-track, two-disc journey from heartbreak to new beginnings. Starting off strong, yet vulnerable in “Runnin’ Just in Case,” the album’s opening anthem skillfully weaves Lambert’s Southern charm and a steady marching drum beat, ending in Lambert’s proclamation that “There’s freedom in a broken heart,” setting a high bar for the album as whole, which it certainly exceeds.

 

 

Throwback Thursday: Prince Makes his Solo Performance Debut

Throwback Thursday: Prince Makes his Solo Performance Debut

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On this day in 1979, funk-pop pioneer, Prince, made his solo performance debut in his hometown of Minneapolis, MN. The concert took place at the historic Capri Theatre and a single ticket cost $4.75 at the door. Prince was only 20 years old and already signed with Warner Bros. However, executives from the label that attended the show told Prince he needed more time to further develop his music. In October of that same year, Prince released the album, Prince, containing hits “Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?” and “I Wanna Be Your Lover.” The album went Platinum.