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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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Rory Butler explores the consequences of our digital obsessions through the folk-pop ramble of “That Side of the World” (BPM Premiere)

Joshua PickardMay 29, 2020

Scottish singer-songwriter Rory Butler has been surrounded by music all his life – and it began in the recording studio that his parents ran in their home in E...

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Anacarina revels in glistening pop acoustics on new EP One of Your Forevers (BPM Premiere)

Joshua PickardMay 28, 2020

Growing up in The Woodlands, Texas, Anacarina Acuna (or just Anacarina) escapes into the landscapes of her songs as way of working out the details of her own ex...

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Zoon reconstructs WHOOP-Szo’s folksome “Cut Your Hair” into an ambient wonder (BPM Premiere)

Joshua PickardMay 25, 2020

Under the alias of Zoon, Daniel Monkman is able to travel into the depths of his personal experiences as a member of the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation. Born and rai...

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Julia Logan develops a crystalline folk grace on debut single “To Be True”

Joshua PickardMay 22, 2020

Julia Logan split her childhood years between the Swedish archipelago and the Southern coast of California, both offering watery associations and environments w...

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Heartour races through neon-streaked electro-pop landscapes on R U IN (BPM Premiere)

Joshua PickardMay 21, 2020

Growing up in a small town in Connecticut, Jason Young spent his formative years in the shadow of the glitz and chaos of New York City, a place of riotous nois...

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Sara Marie Barron explores the line between fantasy and reality in luxurious jazz-pop soundscapes on “Up All Night” (BPM Premiere)

Joshua PickardMay 21, 2020

Some things we can’t help but embrace – some innate talent that allows us to see ourselves in a different light, a way to step outside the noise of our lives to...

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Album Review: The Magnetic Fields – Quickies

Joshua PickardMay 21, 2020

Stephin Merritt has forged a career balancing precocious wit with pop theatricality. As the frontman for The Magnetic Fields for more than 30 years, he’s had p...

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