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Tkay Maidza returns with raucous energy by way of “Syrup”

Chase McMullenApril 8, 2021

Tkay Maidza didn't come to play. She doesn't even have the time for it. The Zimbabwe-born, Australia-raised artist continues to rise on the back of a recent sl...

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Westside Gunn links up with Mach-Hommy to resume an Easter tradition with “EasterGunn Day 4”

Chase McMullenApril 5, 2021

It's always a good day when Griselda and Dump Gawds connect. In fact, it's been far too long, as when respective head honchos Westside Gunn and Mach-Hommy rele...

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Half Waif has a miniature existential crisis within “Take Away the Ache”

Chase McMullenMarch 31, 2021

Quite apparently, Nandi Rose, better known as Half Waif, did not come to play in 2021. Having just released one of 2020's best - and most underrated - albums, ...

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Album Review: IU – LILAC

Chase McMullenMarch 31, 2021

What a difference four years can make. When Korean superstar IU, real name Lee Ji-Eun, released her last studio album Palette in 2017, she was somewhat on the ...

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Joel Wells shares eerie and gripping new track “Gaslight”

Chase McMullenMarch 29, 2021

Plenty of artists, inevitably, are compared to Thom Yorke. Yet, it's the rare musician that merits the connection. Joel Wells certainly counts among the proud ...

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Album Review: Evanescence – The Bitter Truth

Chase McMullenMarch 26, 2021

Nothing really went as predicted for Evanescence. When their 2003 debut album Fallen arrived, buoyed by the world beating single “Bring Me To Life”, it fell in...

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Marlowe drop the swaggering “One Of The Last”, the latest from Mello Music Group’s Bushido comp (BPM Premiere)

Chase McMullenMarch 25, 2021

Mello Music Group has been around for a decade now. It means a lot. In an industry - not to mention a genre - in which success, by any means, tends to be value...

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IU releases expansive new album Lilac, shares glorious video for title track

Chase McMullenMarch 25, 2021

It's been a long road, but IU has finally returned with her fifth album Lilac. To be fair, she's released EPs and singles in the meantime, but it's been (inhal...

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Album Review: Joaquín Cornejo – Las Frutas EP

Chase McMullenMarch 25, 2021

Ecuadorian sound artist and producer Joaquín Cornejo is here to make you feel better. Or, at least, to make you feel it. What is 'it' you might ask? If you’re...

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John Grant shares Cate Le Bon produced single “Boy from Michigan”, announces new album

Chase McMullenMarch 24, 2021

John Grant has today shared plans for his fifth studio album. Titled Boy from Michigan, it's due out June 25th via Bella Union. Of note, and particular interes...

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