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John DeNicola explores emotional connection during quarantine in video for adaptation of “Hungry Eyes” (BPM Premiere)

Joshua PickardJuly 17, 2020

John DeNicola has spent the last few decades traveling a particularly complicated and winding road. His career as a celebrated songsmith has taken him from the...

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The Collect Pond douse memories of work in a lo-fi fuzz-pop tenacity on “Washing Dishes” (BPM Premiere)

Joshua PickardJuly 15, 2020

Danny Moffat created his first album on a 4-track recorder in Bellingham, Washington when he was just 15 years old. And in the years since, he's followed his w...

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Skegss take a day trip with psychedelic worms in the video for “Under the Thunder”

Joshua PickardJune 24, 2020

Hailing from Byron Bay in Australia, surf-rock trio Skegss has just shared a new song called "Under the Thunder" via Loma Vista Recordings. It follows on from ...

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On Deck: Fran Lobo

Joshua PickardJune 24, 2020

London-based artist Fran Lobo is a musical polyglot, working through the complicated threads of her creativity as a singer, songwriter, producer, DJ, choral com...

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William Basinski and Preston Wendel collaborate as Sparkle Division, share new song “Oh Henry!”

Joshua PickardJune 19, 2020

William Basinski and Preston Wendel are aligning their musical and personal interests as Sparkle Division, creating a vivid fusion of lounge, avant jazz, and g...

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Ilja Alexander conducts a mini dream-pop orchestra on uplifting ballad “Butterfly” (BPM Premiere)

Joshua PickardJune 12, 2020

London-based dream-pop purveyor Ilja Alexander lays claim to the influence of some heavy hitting bands, such as The Beach Boys, Burt Bacharach, and Electric Li...

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JOBS offer a disorienting collage of avant-garde sounds on cross-genre experiment “Brian” (BPM Premiere)

Joshua PickardJune 8, 2020

It all began in a tiny closet in Manhattan and involved music students making noise under the moniker of Killer BOB. Adrift in idiosyncratic rhythms and fractur...

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Shimmy-Disc founder Kramer molds an indie-folk grace under the moniker of Let It Come Down with “Vicky”

Joshua PickardJune 5, 2020

Joyful Noise Recordings recently announced that renowned producer, composer, musician, and Shimmy-Disc label founder Kramer would be their 2020 Artist-In-Resi...

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Devin Balram employs gauzy indie-pop movements to express personal conviction on “Belief” (BPM Premiere)

Joshua PickardJune 3, 2020

Devin Balram isn’t concerned with emotional frivolities. His gaze is turned inward, toward the deeper parts of his heart. That’s where the good stuff is, anywa...

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Cassette Culture: May 2020

Joshua PickardJune 3, 2020

Cassette Culture is a monthly column dedicated to exploring the various artists that inhabit the expansive cassette market. Drawing from bands and labels aroun...

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