Ali Breland | The Daily Texan

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On-the-rise indie rappers to perform at SXSW

Here are five on-the-rise acts in rap that you should definitely see at SXSW this year.

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Ali Breland &
Elijah Watson
Neiliyo releases bold, lyrically-focused EP

If music were represented by places, Neiliyo’s latest EP would be the Montauk Yacht Club meets ’80s South Beach.

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Ali Breland
Tyler, The Creator heralds new incarnation of hip-hop

With his new album Goblin, the Odd Future frontman managed to do what few had done before: strike legitimate fear into people.

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Ali Breland
Winter Arts Preview: Music

Life & Arts writers give their picks for this season's best released and upcomming albums.

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Eli Watson,
Chris Nguyen,
Ali Breland,
Elizabeth Hinojos &
Anjli Mehta
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis collaborate in sold-out tour

The hip-hop duo's intriguing artistic style ensures that the two will go far.

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Ali Breland
'Small Demons' website catalogues details in books

The general idea is to extract and then aggregate all of the details of a novel that exist in real life.

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Ali Breland
Adidas 'largest marketing campaign in history' brand hip-hop

While the sneaker industry has been historically linked to urban sub-culture, few have been as direct as Adidas.

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Ali Breland
Childish Gambino offers off-beat rap album

With piercing poignancy and unparalleled punchline delivery, Childish Gambino doesn’t occupy a conventional place in rap.

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Ali Breland
Detroit band uses music to tackle serious, silly issues

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.'s dual capitalist sentiment reflects dual musical style.

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Ali Breland
Design work on hold for creative force behind Tycho

New album Dive is the closest listeners will ever get to lounging around on an intergalactic space beach.

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Ali Breland

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Q&A: The War on Drugs (Blogs)

The War on Drugs makes fairly listenable music that has the potential to be pretty revalent in its own time.

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Ali Breland
Q&A: Brittany Bosco (Blogs)

The Daily Texan spoke with Bosco when she visted Austin for SXSW.

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Ali Breland

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