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Album Review: Red Velvet – Queendom

JT Early·August 20, 2021

When the word ‘comeback’ is used in K-Pop, it typically means a group is returning with new music...

Chase McMullen·August 19, 2021

If one were to haplessly try to restrict Pink Siifu to a ‘style’, it might as well be...

Rob Hakimian·August 19, 2021

Nas has never gone away. Since landing in 1994 with Illmatic and immediately leaving an undeniable imprint on...

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...