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Album Review: Onyx – Onyx 4 Life

Chase McMullenApril 13, 2021

Despite it all, Onyx have yet to truly get their full due. Of course, they’re revered in head circles, but these are the guys who gave 50 Cent essentially his...

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Album Review: The Snuts – W.L.

Conor LochrieApril 13, 2021

In 2007, a wee band from Dundee, Scotland, burst onto the scene, seemingly from nowhere: full of insouciance and swagger, their debut album Hats Off to the Bus...

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Album Review: Spirit of the Beehive – ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH

Harrison Suits BaerApril 12, 2021

The portrayal of hell in Dante’s Inferno is probably the most enduring depiction of that concept – a prison pit divided into concentric rings to which sinners ...

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Album Review: Skullcrusher – Storm in Summer EP

Rob HakimianApril 12, 2021

Last year, Helen Ballentine aka Skullcrusher released her self-titled debut EP, a collection of four hushed acoustic stunners. They were written in her bedroom...

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Album Review: MF Tomlinson – Strange Time

John AmenApril 9, 2021

In early 2020, when most people in the Western world were still blissfully maneuvering their pre-Covid lives, MF Tomlinson released the presciently titled Las...

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Album Review: Mello Music Group – Bushido [Compilation]

Tim SentzApril 9, 2021

Arizona-based hip-hop label Mello Music Group have been at the forefront of developing talent for over a decade now. They’ve been the starting point for many o...

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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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Album Review: Iglooghost – Lei Line Eon

Jasper WIllemsApril 8, 2021

"No no limits, we'll reach for the sky / No valley too deep, no mountain too high" Dutch dance act 2 Unlimited once proclaimed. Almost three decades later, thi...

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Album Review: Ryley Walker – Course in Fable

Josh SandApril 7, 2021

Ryley Walker has deftly weaved together dual reputations as a singer/songwriter and prolifically-collaborating guitarist. His newest album, Course in Fable, sh...

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Album Review: Esther Rose – How Many Times

Conor LochrieApril 7, 2021

The title of Esther Rose’s third album, How Many Times, is expanded on in the first song; “How many times will you break my heart?” she asks in the chorus. Per...

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