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Album Review: Ela Minus – acts of rebellion

Chase McMullenOctober 23, 2020

Ela Minus is now. There’s simply no other way to put it. Given its confrontational title, her debut album acts of rebellion isn’t, generally speaking, as overt...

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Album Review: Xzibit, B-Real & Demrick – Serial Killers Presents: Summer of Sam

Chase McMullenOctober 22, 2020

Serial Killers’ greatest blessing is their greatest curse. A supergroup composed of Xzibit, Cypress Hill’s B-Real, and the younger, lesser known Demrick, there...

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LA-based electropop artist and animator Jordi Up Late releases new single “Wasting Away” (BPM Premiere)

Chase McMullenOctober 21, 2020

Creation is, of course, within any artist's nature, but this notion holds perhaps even particularly true for Jordi Up Late. Having attended the Rhode Island Sc...

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Album Review: Tatsuhisa Yamamoto – Ashioto

Chase McMullenOctober 21, 2020

You could be forgiven for not knowing it, but Tatsuhisa Yamamoto has had one hell of a year. Doesn’t that feel nice to hear? At least one of us has. More to th...

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Nilüfer Yanya returns with teasing new single “Crash”, announces EP

Chase McMullenOctober 20, 2020

Even removed from the generations that 2020 feels like, the wait for new material from Nilüfer Yanya since her 2019 debut, Miss Universe, has felt longer than ...

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Album Review: T.I. – The L.I.B.R.A.

Chase McMullenOctober 19, 2020

Let’s face it, T.I. cannot be stopped. The man behind the moniker is responsible for more than his fair share of cultural sins, having been chiefly responsible...

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Rosie Carney announces full album cover of Radiohead’s classic The Bends, listen to her version of “Bones”

Chase McMullenOctober 16, 2020

Yep. None other than Rosie Carney dared to do that. Recording in quarantine, largely on her on her bedroom floor with GarageBand, she covered nothing less than...

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Julie Byrne & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma release one-off collaborative single “Love’s Refrain”

Chase McMullenOctober 15, 2020

Yep, you did indeed read that correctly. None other than Julie Byrne, the sitting Queen of Indie Folk herself, and ambient master Jefre Cantu-Ledesma have reco...

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Luna Shadows delivers relatable mood anthem with “Battery Life” and announces debut album

Chase McMullenOctober 14, 2020

"I want my phone to die for you" - it may indeed be sad that this is such a romantic thought for recent generations, but hey, it is. Surely you can't deny ther...

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Remain in Light at 40: A Celebration of Talking Heads’ landmark album

Rob Hakimian, Carlo Thomas, Kyle Kohner, Ray Finlayson, Chase McMullen, Harrison Suits Baer, John Wohlmacher and Michael CyrsOctober 8, 2020

Today marks 40 years since October 8, 1980, the release date of Talking Heads' era-defining fourth album Remain in Light. It's hard to believe that an album th...

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