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Album Review: Sylvan Esso – Free Love

Jeremy J. FisetteSeptember 29, 2020

The first thing you hear on Free Love, the new album from electronic pop duo Sylvan Esso, is a stuttering tone. It’s almost like the aural equivalent of a puff...

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Album Review: Sarah Davachi – Cantus, Descant

Jeremy J. FisetteSeptember 23, 2020

Drone music is the rare genre that, when successful, seems to make very much out of very little. Think of some of the heavier hitters of the genre; Stars of th...

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Live Review: Perfume Genius at The Palace Theater, Los Angeles – September 19, 2020

Jeremy J. FisetteSeptember 20, 2020

Decked out in a wide brown suit and a tank top, Mike Hadreas (aka Perfume Genius) looked right at home on the stage for his livestream concert on September 19 ...

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Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 12 – Raphaelle Standell-Preston of Braids and Blue Hawaii

Jeremy J. FisetteSeptember 16, 2020

In this episode, we get to meet Raphaelle Standell-Preston. Raphaelle is best-known as the singer and guitarist for the band Braids, but she also has a more da...

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Album Review: Throwing Muses – Sun Racket

Jeremy J. FisetteSeptember 8, 2020

Singer-songwriter-guitarist Kristin Hersh has said repeatedly over the course of her several decades in music that songs essentially arrive to her, entering he...

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Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 11 – Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses

Jeremy J. FisetteSeptember 2, 2020

Meet Our Makers Episode 11 is the first episode in association with Beats Per Minute. Previous guests include Alan Sparhawk & Mimi Parker of Low, Larkin Gr...

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Album Review: Angel Olsen – Whole New Mess

Jeremy J. FisetteAugust 28, 2020

Over the past decade, Angel Olsen has enjoyed quite a meteoric rise in the indie world, both in terms of her audience and the scope of her sound. She first tur...

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Album Review: The Killers – Imploding the Mirage

Jeremy J. FisetteAugust 24, 2020

The success of a band like The Killers has always been a little bewildering. On one hand, they have always been an arena-ready pop rock band with sharp hooks, ...

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Album Review: Trevor Powers – Capricorn

Jeremy J. FisetteAugust 4, 2020

Immediately upon pressing play, it’s clear that Capricorn is not your average album from a well-known singer-songwriter. Trevor Powers used to release dreamy, ...

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Album Review: Courtney Marie Andrews – Old Flowers

Jeremy J. FisetteJuly 29, 2020

From the very first seconds of Courtney Marie Andrews’ new album, Old Flowers, you get a perfect glimpse of the mood and style of the album. Soft, swaying coun...

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