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Album Review: Skullcrusher – Skullcrusher EP

Emma Bauchner·July 28, 2020

Skullcrusher is the project of Helen Ballentine, an LA-based art student turned singer-songwriter. Her self-titled EP—the first release...

See the young blonde woman, wearing a nightgown of white lace. Wistfully, she strolls through a misty meadow....

Emma Bauchner·July 24, 2020

Shirley Collins is 85 years old. The fact that she is still recording is remarkable enough on its...

There’s something incredibly straightforward about Chicago trio Dehd. Their songs fly with the crow on the most direct...

Rob Hakimian·July 23, 2020

Nicolas Jaar is having an extremely fruitful 2020. Telas is his third full-length released this year, after the...

Todd Dedman·July 23, 2020

To call LA hardcore punks Entry’s brilliantly violent and cathartic record Detriment a full-length debut would be something...

The tumultuous story behind The Chicks (fka The Dixie Chicks) is well-known by now, but suffice it to...

In a way, it feels right that Lianne La Havas’ new record is titled Lianne La Havas. While...

Michael Cyrs·July 20, 2020

Protomartyr frontman Joe Casey must read quite a lot. On the band’s 2014 track “Maidenhead” he retold a...

Tim Sentz·July 20, 2020

This is not an Illuminati Hotties album. This isn’t an Illuminati Hotties review, even. This is about Sarah...