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ML Buch Continues to Defy Description on "Well bucket" and "Working it out"
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PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2023
You know an artist is striking previously unstruck nerves when any attempts to contextualize their music lands you on descriptions like "mi...
Brian Jordan Alvarez's "Sitting" Is a Wonderful Thing to Listen To
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PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2023
It's kinda like a nap. It's kinda like something else but it is actually just "Sitting" by TJ Mack (Brian Jordan Alvarez). You may recogni...
James Blonde's 'Chameleon' Is Buoyant and Breezy
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PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2023
Just as Niagara alt-rock trio James Blonde has three members, so too does their sophomore studio album Chameleon have three sides to it — t...
Tinashe Sounds Steps Away from Heaven on 'BB/ANG3L'
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PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2023
Much has been made about the creative freedom Tinashe reclaimed since exiting her record deal with RCA, and following 2021's coming out par...
The Alchemist, MIKE and Wiki Conjure Effortless Chemistry on 'Faith Is a Rock'
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PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2023
Faith Is a Rock is one of the most flat-out beautiful rap albums I've heard in ages. With the Alchemist on production — continuing an extre...
Hillsboro's Self-Titled Debut Is a Sparking Live Wire
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PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2023
It's not everyday that a band shows up in your inbox with a debut album that sounds so fully formed. I don't know what I was expecting when...
Faye Webster Is in No Rush on the Beautiful "Lifetime"
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PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2023
Faye Webster's music tends to find a molasses-slow groove — sun-warmed and droopy eyed, the kind that you could sorta just vibe on for hour...
Crumb and Melody's Echo Chamber Feel the Gentle Sting of Memory on "Le Temple Volant"
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PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2023
There's something so comfortable to me about a collaboration between Crumb and Melody's Echo Chamber, maybe because many of my university d...