Articles by Ashley Hampson

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  FaltyDL

  Heaven Is for Quitters

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2016

  FaltyDL pumps out albums on the regular, hardly taking a breath before the next release comes out. His latest full-length, Heaven Is for Qu...

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  Shlohmo

  Bad Vibes Rarities + Extras

  PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2016

  To celebrate the five-year anniversary of what was arguably his best release to date, lo-fi beat maker Shlohmo (Henry Laufer) is re-releasi...

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  Rituals of Mine

  Devoted

  PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2016

  If you don't recognize the name Rituals of Mine, it's likely because up until recently, the Sacramento duo (Terra Lopez and Dani Fernandez)...

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  Royal Canoe

  Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2016

  Royal Canoe are one of those bands that are nearly impossible to be on the fence about. For those that love them, their musical output is d...

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  COMBAT!

  COMBAT!

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2016

  Mark Nieto has been part of the Los Angeles music scene for the better part of a decade, but it's under the moniker COMBAT! that he's final...

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  Christopher Tignor

  Along a Vanishing Plane

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2016

  Where to start with an artist like Christopher Tignor? He holds a Master's of Computer Science from NYU and a PhD in music composition from...

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  MNDSGN

  Body Wash

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2016

  MNDSGN's Ringgo Ancheta imagined an album on which '80s boogie/soul/funk/jazz influences meshed with the '90s R&B sound, and the result is...

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  WWWINGS

  PHOENIXXX

  PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2016

  Conceived of in post-Soviet countries and born of an interest in reflecting the struggles faced by those in creative fields (with opposing...