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Album Review: Dawn Richard – Second Line

JT EarlyMay 5, 2021

The descriptor 'cutting-edge' ironically feels outdated, but sometimes it feels appropriate to use, especially regarding Dawn Richard and her new solo studio a...

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A Gaggle of Elephants: In Conversation with Son Lux’s Rafiq Bhatia and Ian Chang

JT EarlyApril 21, 2021

Alternative experimental trio Son Lux are as unafraid to look into the hopeless abysses of the world as they are ambitious. It’s this fearlessness that has cul...

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Album Review: Son Lux – Tomorrows III

JT EarlyApril 20, 2021

It’s bittersweet reaching the denouement of a series – especially one that has proven as rewarding and emotional as Son Lux’s Tomorrows trilogy. Finales are fr...

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Album Review: Wendy – Like Water

JT EarlyApril 8, 2021

Despite how arduous the process can be, there is beauty and triumph in allowing time for recovery and healing – and this is embodied by K-pop singer Wendy on h...

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Overcoats enlist Tennis to explore how heartbreak disrupts progress on the moody “The Hardest Part”

JT EarlyApril 7, 2021

The Brooklyn-based indie-pop pair Overcoats have teamed up with their colleagues Tennis for “The Hardest Part”, which is out now via Loma Vista. Overcoats say:...

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Album Review: Ben Howard – Collections From The Whiteout

JT EarlyMarch 31, 2021

Contrasts can be as jarring and brutal as life itself – and singer-songwriter Ben Howard is an excellent study in such transformations. From his summery 2011 d...

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CLC’s Sorn embraces liberation on her uplifting “Run”

JT EarlyMarch 26, 2021

It was September when we heard from K-Pop group CLC with their badass track “Helicopter”, but March has now brought not only a new song “Another Level” (for th...

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Red Velvet’s Wendy to make solo debut with first mini-album Like Water

JT EarlyMarch 23, 2021

SM Entertainment, to much anticipation and excitement from fans, has officially announced member of K-pop group Red Velvet Wendy's solo debut and mini-album tit...

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Milly explore the catharsis of forgiveness on “Birds Fly Free”

JT EarlyMarch 12, 2021

LA-based band Milly have released their second single “Birds Fly Free”, following on from last month's "Denial". Both songs are off their upcoming EP Wish Goes...

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BLACKPINK’s Rosé explores humility and heartbreak on her debut solo tracks “On The Ground” and “Gone”

JT EarlyMarch 12, 2021

After being anticipated for years, Rosé – member of the massively successful girl-group BLACKPINK – has arrived with her debut solo project, R, which features ...

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