The Weeknd: “Twenty Eight”

From an artist who swims so deftly through the drug addled and salacious, "Twenty Eight" is a bucket of ice water. The song details The Weeknd (the stage name of Abel Tesfaye) and a loss of innocence, of sorts,...

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“D.D.”

Echoes of Silence, acts as a fitting conclusion to the trilogy Abel Tesfaye began back in March of this year. Combining the sunless atmospherics of Balloons and Thursday's disillusioned self-consciousness with ...
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The Weeknd

"What You Need"from the mixtape House of Balloons2011The Weeknd. Is that just some hip omission of the "e" in "end"? Is it a statement on the minimalism that defines the group's sleek R&B sound? "We don't need ...
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The Weeknd

"Wicked Games"from the mixtape House of Balloons2011There's a flood of new acts out there lauded with the "buzz band" tag—we feel, at times, too freely. We've decided to sort through the rubble for you and high...