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Album Review: The Aces – Gold Star Baby

Mary Chiney·August 15, 2025

The Aces have always thrived in the tension between suburbia’s small-town glare and the glitter of self-invention. Raised...

Ray Finlayson·August 13, 2025

The past few years have been some searching ones for Alexandra Levy (aka Ada Lea). Years spent touring...

Mary Chiney·August 12, 2025

By the time JID slipped into the Dreamville fold in 2017, two underground projects in, he was already...

Chase McMullen·August 11, 2025

Raise your hand if you wish DJ Premier would lock in more often. One can’t fairly say work...

John Wohlmacher·August 8, 2025

Memories are fascinating. We base most of our life on the perception of what occurred behind the present...

John Amen·August 6, 2025

The Armed’s early albums, notably 2015’s Untitled, explored a punk/hardcore meld and leaned toward math-y/prog-y instrumental breaks. With...

Allen Hale·July 31, 2025

Drag City has long been home to present-day troubadours chronicling the dusty crevices of America’s physical and psychic...

John Amen·July 30, 2025

Ryan Davis is of the proliferative bent, his lyrical MO part of a long and important legacy: Dylan,...

Ray Finlayson·July 29, 2025

Vines makes music that is made for misty days. It’s always just a little bit in the distance,...

Mary Chiney·July 28, 2025

More than 25 years after it was first whispered about in fan circles and record label hallways, the...