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Listen: Bright Eyes ‘Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was’

Lauren Khalfayan September 2, 2020

Some acts hold a special place in you heart for the sake of nostalgia and nostalgia alone. You grow up and grow out of the

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Decolonise Fest will create space for punx of color online this year

Grace Eire September 1, 2020

With real-life, in-person festivals still indefinitely canceled, organizers are coming to these new terms and switching to online streaming instead. Starting today and going through

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Quarantine delusions with Public Body

Erin Christie August 31, 2020

Photo by Chiara Gambuto You can count the total number of releases from Brighton’s Public Body on one hand, and still, they’ve managed to acquire my

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Watch: Ho99o9’s ‘Children of the Void’ documentary

Erin Christie August 28, 2020

On Wednesday, August 26th, hardcore hip-hop duo Ho99o9 (Horror) premiered a short documentary/stream of consciousness/montage of unreleased footage and music videos called Horror: Children of

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Lola Pistola’s Lizard EP is precisely and wildly felt

Grace Eire August 27, 2020

Lola Pistola’s Lizard EP, out today, is the first thing since quarantine that really brought longing for live music back for me in a visceral, close-to-home way.

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Listen: Red Ribbon “Document/The Taker”

Lauren Khalfayan August 26, 2020

Swirling down a dark digital drain, Red Ribbon (songwriter Emma Danner) pulls us into her universe (and her opinions on it) with her latest tracks

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The Lemon Twigs’ ‘Songs for the General Public’ is a chaotic rollercoaster of emotions

Aricka Moultry-Davis August 26, 2020

The Lemon Twigs, brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario, released their new album, For the General Public, and I feel like my ears have been blessed.

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Welcome to Virgo Season: rigorous love

Grace Eire August 25, 2020

Virgo Season officially began this past Saturday and we’ll be here until September 22. Get ready for the energy of their sometimes tough and rigidly

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Premiere: The Love-In “Keep Your Mouth Shut”

Aricka Moultry-Davis August 25, 2020

Photo by Eden Lauren Nashville based rock and roll band, the Love-In, is premiering the video for their second single “Keep Your Mouth Shut” off

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Sex & Drug, Love Cult Takes to Rock n’ Roll! A review of CREEM Magazine’s documentary

Ryan Drag August 24, 2020

Photo by Charlie Auringer “Are we on? We guttah start the record.”   Since the dawn of large brained mammals, a pure mixture of love and

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Nyssa is born to be blue and wild on ‘Girls Like Me’

Clayton Pacelli August 24, 2020

Time moves slowly in a small town, so slowly that sometimes its passage is marked only by the changes in season and the rotation of

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L.A. Witch expand their sound with clear-eyed confidence on ‘Play With Fire’

Clayton Pacelli August 21, 2020

L.A. Witch is a cool band. Having established themselves as purveyors of rhythmic, reverb heavy rock n roll steeped in heady noir, the Los Angeles

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Fair Visions’ EP ‘A Way Out’ offers a new way to escape

Virginia Croft August 20, 2020

Painting a perfect picture of feeling left out, Fair Visions’ EP A Way Out pairs cheerful synths with the familiar feeling of watching everyone else

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Playlist: crowd friendly songs that don’t suck

Lauren Khalfayan August 19, 2020

Whether you’re quarantined with your family or have to put on music in a shared space whose audience is not your target demo, here’s a

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Premiere: ZZZWalk’s “White Line Fever” stereophonic video + audio – some outlaws are cosmic!

Ryan Drag August 18, 2020

“Them bleeding gum Comanche…do they still dance in Moonlight?” – Holy Spirit “Beats me? Dust Bowls light my eyes, pure strings.” – RD “I like

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Pen Pals with (Brooklyn) Steele

Lauren Khalfayan August 17, 2020

Pen Pals is a new series where we chat snail mail with some of our favorite artists. A favorite in the New York music scene

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Choose your own adventure with Kairos Creature Club

Lauren Khalfayan August 14, 2020

Photo by Tenny Rudolph When I first came across Bandersnatch, the Netflix choose-your-own-adventure film, I became somewhat obsessed. It was anti-instinctual as I had to actively

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Tkay Maidza’s ‘Last Year Was Weird, Volume 2’: a journey of growth and confidence

Aricka Moultry-Davis August 12, 2020

Zimbabwean born, Australian singer-songwriter Tkay Maidza is back with her new hip-hop, r&b infused EP, Last Year Was Weird, Volume 2. Growth and versatility are

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Pure Adult’s “Mise En Scène” video makes its own reality

Grace Eire August 11, 2020

Pure Adult (Bianca Abarca and Jeremy Snyder) were just beginning to ramp up some real Brooklyn hype right before the world kinda ended. Their shows

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What to wear to the social distanced gig

Lauren Khalfayan August 10, 2020

The future of live music as we know it hangs in the balance. While no one needs a repeat of The Chainsmokers train-wreck that happened

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Loyal Lobos’ ‘Everlasting’ is a rebellion against sexual trauma and cultural expectations

Grace Eire August 7, 2020

Photo by Diego-Trenas Andrea Silva grew up in Colombia singing Shubert at funerals as a kid. There wasn’t a lot of radio playing around the house,

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breathe.’s “Grace” delivers a moment of triumphant catharsis

Jake Abrams August 6, 2020

Sydney-based Electronic Soul duo, breathe., have released the music video for their latest single, “Grace,” out via Silk. On “Grace,” the band’s fourth single since

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Jordana’s EP ‘Something to Say’ is confident and quirky

Aricka Moultry-Davis August 5, 2020

Singer-songwriter Jordana Nye has released her latest EP Something to Say and let me tell you she had a lot to say in those sixteen

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Cold Beaches’ ‘Drifter’ is a personal portrait of the artistic experience

Clayton Pacelli August 3, 2020

Some of Chicago’s most famous features are the city’s stunning array of engineered beaches that stretch along 28 miles of pristine parkland on the shores

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Appreciate the grey in Fontaines D.C.’s ‘A Hero’s Death’

Grace Eire July 31, 2020

Last year at a dive bar in lower Manhattan I watched a group of college girls drinking in the corner booth absolutely lose it when

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Black Marble sparkles in synth pop tribute to Robert Palmer’s “Johnny and Mary”

Charis Forrester July 30, 2020

Black Marble aka Chris Stewart pays tribute to Robert Palmer on I Must Be Living Twice, an EP of synth pop covers that include Lives

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Alt Citizen x CREEM magazine: exclusive advance screening of ‘CREEM: America’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll Magazine’

Lauren Khalfayan July 29, 2020

While we’re nostalgic for a present that no longer exists, why not trade that in a time in the past that offers escapism, context for

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Premiere: Twisty Cats’ “Alien” is a weird and wild ride

Amanda Lang July 24, 2020

Photo by Adriana Iris Boatwright The video for Atlanta Indie band Twisty Cats’ latest single “Alien” has a very 1980’s Barbarella vibe to it. Which works

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Dehd’s ‘Flower of Devotion’ is a skillful balance of cheerfulness and despair

Aricka Moultry-Davis July 23, 2020

Indie Rock trio Dehd, have released their third full length album, Flower of Devotion. The album was recorded last year in Chicago and released just

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Tkay Maidza’s new video for “Don’t Call Again” is contemporary art

Aricka Moultry-Davis July 22, 2020

Zimbabwean born Australian singer-songwriter and rapper, Tkay Maidza, released the new video for “Don’t Call Again”ft. Kari Faux.  In the video (co-directed by Tkay with

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Protomartyr’s ‘Ultimate Success Today’ is a dark reflection of a future that is already here

Charis Forrester July 21, 2020

Just as the world is in a state of uncertainty, Joe Casey especially feels this way. In the 5th album release from Detroit’s Protomartyr (originally

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The fraught politics of wide-spread circulation: a deep dive into the work of Arthur Jafa, director of Kanye West’s “Wash Us in the Blood”

Clara Galperin July 16, 2020

At the end of last month a coalition of 13 museums responding to the world-wide uprising against racism and police brutality came together to live-stream,

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