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Before even listening to this I suspected I would hate it solely because of their name, but Merry Christmas’ Meredith Bites The Earth is pretty Continue Reading

What is it about tragic, doomed romances that makes them such irresistible reading? Especially in this day and age? We know, at long last, that Continue Reading

“Plague! We’re in the middle of a fucking plague! And you behave like this!” – Larry Kramer The action in Larry Kramer’s play The Normal Continue Reading

Singer/guitarist Paul Spring and drummer Homer Steinweiss first met in 2005 on a Minnesota farm and soon began working on a long-distance folk project between Continue Reading

On her fourth studio album, 2016’s Tropix, São Paulo-based singer-songwriter Céu showed a more minimalist and sharply electronic side of herself, largely eschewing the acoustic Continue Reading

The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in reissues of deep, spiritual jazz recordings from late the 1960s and early 1970s, allowing Continue Reading

Lake Street Dive/Cuddle Magic/Okkervil River members, Bridget Kearney and Benjamin Lazar Davis’ Still Flying has been received with wide critical acclaim since its release earlier Continue Reading

When I first met and spoke with the alto saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa over a dozen years ago, he was still an up-and-comer, recently Continue Reading

Minneapolis music scene veterans Ryan & Pony will release their debut album, Mochi Mochi, on 25 September via Chicago’s Pravda Records. The Ryan in question Continue Reading

Wesley Dean’s “Magik” is just the summertime pick-me-up that’s been prescribed. In uncertain times, the buoyant sway of the feel-good, love-heavy track certainly feels magical. Continue Reading

Toronto’s GRAE looks back on past relationships on her new indie-pop cut Ex Lovers. It’s about those same streets filled with the same faces while holding Continue Reading

It was a whopping 16 years ago that The Slow Painters originally formed but it’s only this summer that they’ll release their debut album. Inspired Continue Reading

Following last month’s ‘Ink’, Stevie Wolf has unveiled his Chapped Lips EP. Through seven tracks, he explores themes of bravery and vulnerability to love and Continue Reading

DJ, producer, and singer-songwriter Cann Zeka just dropped his debut track, “Mirror Mirror,” a deeply meaningful track in which he shares his own fight between Continue Reading

Since Trevor James Tillery last appeared on these pages, he released the ‘Resolve_EP’ and has since been working on a new self-produced project with his Continue Reading

Australian duo Runaway Belles is a promising name in the indie-folk space. The Weekend is their most recent tune and it gives the listener an Continue Reading

On William Wild’s recently released major-label debut, ‘Push Ups’, the Knoxville-based artist journey’s through a period of existential crisis and a shift in perspective. This Continue Reading