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Mountains Like Wax brighten our day with “Blueside” and answer our questions (BPM Premiere)

Brody KennySeptember 18, 2020

Calls for gratitude, especially in music, can feel less supportive and more grating. How often does a "keep your chin up" song actually turn a bad mood around?...

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Album Review: Fontaines D.C. – A Hero’s Death

Brody KennyJuly 31, 2020

A Hero’s Death is Fontaines D.C.’s followup to last year’s Dogrel, one of the best post-punk debuts in recent memory, but it feels like they want to shake off ...

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Q&A: Southern folkster Earleine delivers spellbinding debut EP and answers our questions (BPM Premiere)

Brody KennyJuly 24, 2020

Perhaps more than albums, EPs let you really into an artist's worldview. On Earleine, the first release from Earleine, Durham-via-Nashville artist Ashley Wrigh...

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Q&A: Superdestroyer is anonymous but completely relatable on “I Don’t Even Know Who I’m Supposed to be Anymore” (BPM Premiere)

Brody KennyJuly 9, 2020

Hailing from Columbus, Ohio, Superdestroyer might not be making his identity known, but that doesn't keep his music from hitting universal emotional nerves. In...

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Sun Cycles beams down a vibrant electropop sound on “Make Believe” and answers our questions (BPM Premiere)

Brody KennyJuly 9, 2020

Coming from Montclair, New Jersey by way of Omaha, Nebraska, Jessica Hottman makes music as Sun Cycles that could've emerged from a club or radio playlist, cir...

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Joey Joesph’s self-titled album is a retro-fueled delight (BPM Premiere)

Brody KennyJuly 3, 2020

Joey Cook - alias: Joey Joesph - knows how to mine the past while still sounding fresh. The Cincinnati artist makes fuzzed-out and trippy numbers that could s...

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Album Review: Mong Tong 夢東 – Mystery 秘神

Brody KennyJuly 1, 2020

Hailing from Taipei, Taiwan, Mong Tong 夢東 call themselves “a sample-based psychedelic trio”. The sampling and vocal duties are attributed to “仝,” while human s...

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Album Review: No Age – Goons Be Gone

Brody KennyJune 5, 2020

No Age's setup might seem restrictive, but it’s also been their most freeing quality. While the guitar-and-drum setup is not exclusively theirs, for more than ...

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Album Review: Diet Cig – Do You Wonder About Me?

Brody KennyMay 6, 2020

Diet Cig make music to nod along to. Their rhythms and riffs aren’t that engrossing, but their lyrics might as well be branded #relatable. They fit in nicely w...

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Album Review: Shabazz Palaces – The Don of Diamond Dreams

Brody KennyApril 27, 2020

Shabazz Palaces often sound like they’re trying to be futuristic while also remain rooted in tradition. It’s like the rap equivalent of steampunk. Their first ...

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