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Album Review: $quib – Erring

John Amen·July 6, 2026

Broadband internet, easy access to DIY recording technology, video-game soundtracking, and the ubiquity of stimuli – in the...

Mary Chiney·July 3, 2026

For more than a decade, an Ibeyi song meant two things you could count on: Naomi Diaz behind...

It encroaches on us all. It’s somewhat astonishing how the time has flown since 1996’s Trailer Park. Those...

John Amen·June 30, 2026

With their first two LPs, SML – Anna Butterss (bass), Jeremiah Chiu (synthesizers), Josh Johnson (saxophone), Booker Stardrum...

Ray Finlayson·June 29, 2026

Lennie Rayen is exactly where she wants to be. The Ontario-based musician has spent the past years quietly...

For some 25 years on the scene, Eric D. Johnson, who operates under the Fruit Bats moniker, couldn’t...

Chase McMullen·June 24, 2026

Time was, YG didn’t just seem destined to be one of the more prominent West Coast stars of...

Mary Chiney·June 23, 2026

Key Glock has never been a rapper who promises growth. He promises consistency, which is a different thing...

There’s a strange duality in sadness. On one hand, we all want to find a modicum of happiness...

Ray Finlayson·June 17, 2026

“I didn’t walk into Tolerance with a character to portray. I would decide that a song felt good...