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Eagle Johnson looks forward to disarmament on fuzzed-out rocker “The Last Gun” (BPM Premiere)

Joshua PickardJune 3, 2021

Eagle Johnson’s route to Tennessee was a long and winding one, filled with stints both in jail and in a state-run mental health facility. Dealing with a self-d...

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Moral Pleasures explore nostalgia and regret on dream-pop gem “Goth” (BPM Premiere)

Joshua PickardMay 20, 2021

Ryan McKinley has always looked at the world a little differently than those around him. From his time in Toronto punkers Pkew Pkew Pkew to his current dream-p...

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Cloudland explore the comforts of companionship on uplifting “St. Elmo” (BPM Premiere)

Joshua PickardMay 18, 2021

Nestled in the mountains of Northwest Georgia, Cloudland Canyon State Park is home to breathtaking gorges, waterfalls, and countless miles of gorgeous trails j...

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King Ropes rage against idiocy and inaction on the caustic “Halfway Did” (BPM Premiere)

Joshua PickardMay 12, 2021

Lo-fi Americana/psych outfit King Ropes evoke the striking and expansive landscapes of their native Montana, offering up a homebrew of caustic folk yarns and ch...

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Jorja Chalmers peers into the void of conformity in the devastating video for “Bring Me Down”

Joshua PickardMay 7, 2021

It’s time for Jorja Chalmers to step fully into the spotlight. The London musician, who has toured with Bryan Ferry as his keyboardist-saxophonist and with Take...

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Lydia Ainsworth searches for meaning in the pop movements of “Cosmic Dust”

Joshua PickardMay 5, 2021

Toronto singer, songwriter, and producer Lydia Ainsworth has never ascribed to the usual process of creation -- her music is filled with curious rhythmic struc...

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Juliet Quick announces new EP and shares devastatingly beautiful new single “Circles”

Joshua PickardJanuary 28, 2021

Juliet Quick wants to place as little space between herself and her audience as possible. The Brooklyn-based songwriter specializes in earnest, plainspoken bea...

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Adeline Hotel offers ambient acoustics on twin singles “Reliable Feelings” and “Homemade Lemonade”

Joshua PickardJanuary 28, 2021

Created by Dan Knishkowy, Adeline Hotel is the avenue through which the New York musician explores varying veins of experimental folk and hazy pop infrastructu...

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Atria looks at the realities of faith through an avant-pop lens on “Lucky” (BPM Premiere)

Joshua PickardJanuary 21, 2021

There is a considerable history built into the foundations of Travis Atria’s music. From 2004-2013, he wandered through psychedelia and soul and a variety of ot...

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Album Review: Pom Poko – Cheater

Joshua PickardJanuary 21, 2021

There is a sense of miraculous deconstruction in the work of Norwegian foursome Pom Poko – a drive to pull down the support structures of their influences and ...

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