Julianna Hurtado

Julianna Hurtado is from Dallas, Texas. She grew up rooting for the Texas Rangers and the Mavericks. Now, she also roots for the Baltimore Orioles, her new home team, as well as the New York Knicks. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Individualized Study from the Gallatin School at New York University, where she studied creative writing and psychology. While still acquiring her Bachelor's at NYU, she began working as a content creator for TickPick, covering music news, concert tours, concert reviews, and more. She continued her education at Hunter College, where she was a Fiction candidate in the creative writing M.F.A. Since graduation, alongside working on two novels, she has committed to writing content for the TickPick Blog. She enjoys writing about theater, Latin music, and when her favorite artists (Kendrick Lamar, Vampire Weekend, Adrienne Lenker) go on tour. Her favorite concert experience was Jack White at Pier 17 in Baltimore, right after attending the Orioles game just across from the Inner Harbor.

Escape Music Fest Moves to Governor’s Island Beach Club

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Now that all phases of the lineup have been released, ticket holders and festival organizers are getting pumped for the first ever  Escape Music Fest, set to take place on October 11th & 12th. Fans will get to be in front of some of the best acts in the indie, pop, and electronic genres, such as Moby, … Read more

Summer Music Festivals: Are the Lineups Worth The Money?

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By now we know all of the big music festivals that hit the US every spring and summer. They all have long, strange names–like Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Lollapalooza. As the ticket prices for the biggest and best music festivals in the country continue to rise, we couldn’t help but stop and ask ourselves: Are these … Read more

Jack White Drops “Would You Fight For My Love” Music Video

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Jack White has released a new music video for the unrequited love ballad off of Lazaretto, “Would You Fight For My Love”.  The video for this haunting blues anthem is shot entirely in a blue color scheme, and features a brooding Jack White (clad with a new haircut) sitting at a bar.  The video begins with a mysterious woman … Read more

Ariana Grande Drops New Song “Best Mistake” feat. Big Sean

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Ariana Grande dropped a new single from her upcoming record My Everything. The song, titled “Best Mistake”, features rapper Big Sean. This is the third collaboration between Grande and Big Sean, with “Problem” and “Right There” being the first two. By mid-morning, “Best Mistake” had already reached the number one spot on iTunes Top 10, giving … Read more

Chance The Rapper Releases Cover of “Wonderful Everyday”

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Chance The Rapper has released a cover of “Wonderful Everyday”, the theme song from the beloved kid’s TV show Arthur. Along with being backed by his band “The Social Experiment, the track features a few vocal cameos, including Wyclef Jean, Francis & The Lights, and Jessie Ware. Earlier this summer at both Sasquatch! and Governor’s Ball … Read more

Karen O’s New Album “Crush Songs” | New Song and Tracklist

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Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be releasing her debut solo album on September 9th via Julian Casablancas record label Cult Records. The record, titled Crush Songs, is a collection of songs written during a time of romantic uncertainty.  From Fever to Tell to Mosquito, this singer/songwriter has led one of the biggest bands in the experimental rock … Read more

Queen News | Band Confirms Two New Albums & Unreleased Content

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Guitarist Brian May has just confirmed that a new Queen album is heading our way. Titled Queen Forever, it will be a compilation record including new material. What exactly is new material, you ask? Well, it’s previously unreleased tracks sung by Freddie Mercury. That’s what. May says the songs were originally recorded in the 1980s, … Read more

From Rap Battles to Rap God, Eminem is Still On Top

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UPDATE: Will Eminem Tour in 2015? Find out here! When I think back on my young adolescence, my memory is colored by awkward first kisses, braces, and laboriously learning all of the words to “Cleaning out my Closet”, “Lose Yourself”, and “Without Me” by Eminem. Oh, was that just me? I think not. You’d be … Read more

Drake’s “Draft Day” | Lauryn Hill, J-Law, and Johnny Manziel

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Tuesday night, Drake released a new song titled “Draft Days”, a song fitting to the occasion of the upcoming NFL Draft and Drake’s blossoming bromance with Johnny Manziel (did you know about Manziel’s tattoo of the rapper’s OVO logo?). But since he dropped the song, fans and critics are speculating as to who a few … Read more

Jack White New Album and Single “High Ball Stepper”

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Remember when Jack White dropped his debut solo album Blunderbuss and everyone went crazy over it? Yeah, we haven’t forgotten either. The mysterious, dark, and subtle charm of Jack White is something that none of us understand, but what everyone wants more of. We’ve seen his name everywhere since the lineups of the biggest summer music festivals have … Read more

Skrillex Surprise Album Release, App, and “Mothership” Tour

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Electronic music producer and mastermind Skrillex has been mysteriously absent from the EDM scene this past year, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been hard at work. Earlier this week, Skrillex announced his upcoming tour, curiously named “The Mothership Tour”. But it gets weirder (and better). This past Friday, Skrillex released an app called “Alien … Read more