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Post Malone performing at the Veld Music Festival back in 2016. THE COME UP SHOW/FLICKR VIA CC BY 2.0

Post Malone set to headline Back to the Brook on Friday

Joseph Konig September 17, 2017
Post Malone is coming to Stony Brook for the annual fall concert, Back to the Brook, and students could not see the hip hop artist at a more perfect time in his career than right now.
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Taylor Swifts upcoming album Reputation, on a UPS truck.  TORBAKHOPPER/FLICKR VIA CC BY-ND 2.0

Look what you made Taylor Swift do

Nick Zararis September 17, 2017
If “Look What You Made Me Do” is any indicator of what is to come, Swift is likely to keep breaking Billboard records and the haters are likely to keep hating.
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SB Live, a Stony Brook music group performed at the Tabler Arts Center Gala on March 30. ARACELY JIMENEZ/STATESMAN FILE

SB Live ends the semester in their pajamas

David Pepa December 11, 2016
Although students were studying for final exams, they decided to relieve some stress by watching SB Live perform their End of the Semester Gig on Dec. 8 in Student Activities Center Ballroom A.
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Life of Pablo is a testimony to Kanyes rise to hip-hop stardom

Life of Pablo is a testimony to Kanye’s rise to hip-hop stardom

Kunal Kohli February 25, 2016
After several delays, name changes and additions to the track list, we finally get into the psyche of Kanye West with his seventh album, “The Life of Pablo."
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Nick Rigas, above, and ex-guitarist Phil Gigante opened their biggest show yet at The Loft in Poughkeepsie, New York for Ontario-based band The Flatliners. PHOTO CREDIT: RICHARD DIFRISCO

Student bands swag out Stony Brook

Rena Thomas February 2, 2016
The hidden gem that is Stony Brook’s music scene is unifying the voice of the students, pulling together artists and fans alike.
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PHOTO CREDIT : INCASE

Tyler, the Creator’s “Cherry Bomb” Bombs

Kunal Kohli April 15, 2015
Tyler, the Creator's career is marred with chaos. He is politically incorrect and follows no rules but his own. His latest album, "Cherry Bomb," is a testament to it.
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Big Seans Dark Sky Paradise shows that he can hang with the big boys

Big Sean’s “Dark Sky Paradise” shows that he can hang with the big boys

Kunal Kohli February 25, 2015
Big Sean has evolved. He is no longer the butt-obsessed, young artist yelling ad-libs or leaning on featured artists to get record sales.
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CONCERT SERIES: Kanye West

Adam Merkle April 30, 2012
n this segment of the Concert Series Vault we will be reflecting on a show that we as Stony Brook students would have had the opportunity of attending....if were were apart of the university just a mere seven years ago.
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