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Album Review: Ka – A Martyr’s Reward

Tim Sentz·August 18, 2021

Some time between the release of last year’s Descendants of Cain and now, Brownsville’s sincerest firefighting-rapper Ka decided...

Ray Finlayson·August 18, 2021

After a couple of releases under her previous moniker as Multa Nox, the Oakland-based artist Sally Decker is...

Tim Sentz·August 17, 2021

The bewildering eyesore that adorns the cover of Oakland songwriter Still Woozy’s debut album, If This Isn’t Nice,...

Seb Grech·August 17, 2021

There is something uniquely satisfying about the notion of bedroom-studio crafted music. For an industry known for its...

JT Early·August 16, 2021

Home can be comforting, familiar and the source of beautiful memories. Conversely, it can also be stifling, insidious...

Ray Finlayson·August 16, 2021

Humble and meek music is hard to champion, but it’s certainly easy to mindlessly enjoy. When an artist...

Chase McMullen·August 13, 2021

There was a time when Boldy James’ output was as deliberate as his patient flow. Following his first...

Carlo Thomas·August 13, 2021

Kansas City-based musician Liam Kazar makes several references to shoes and walking on his debut album Due North,...

Rob Hakimian·August 12, 2021

London-based duo IDER‘s 2019 debut album was called Emotional Education; an appropriate title for a record packed with...

Conor Lochrie·August 11, 2021

I have this one friend – we’ll call him Jock – whom I class as a ‘once-in-a-while’ friend....