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Twenty One Pilots – Vessel
Taking their name from the number of pilots who died in the classic American play, All My Sons (Arthur Miller), Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun stir up what’s been aptly labeled, “schizoid pop”, referring
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Holiday Memories Q&A with Serapicos
Meet Gabriel Serapicos. His 15-song opus, Serapicos Is A Town, has been called “a wry, witty, and imaginative indie rock debut from a promising young pop composer”. Esteemed Brazilian music blog Societeperrier.com recently compared
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TuneCrush: Gospel Gossip “Atlantic Blue”
Gospel Gossip’s style of dreamy pop sounds serve up a melodic blend of garage and shoegaze style. Guitars, drums, and vocals smash together at times in an orgy of distortion and reverb on their
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TuneCrush: Tunde Olaniran “Brown Boy”
Tunde Olaniran’s musical persona has always seemed to have a punk attitude with sass, but this video is his best combination of it yet. The Flint, Michigan-raised Olaniran takes hip-hop experimentation and infuses a
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Video: The Clutters “Run”
A woman so troubled from her past that she runs away from it, only to face it again later in life. This time, she knows she can’t run away. So she beats the living
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Video: JCK DVY “Like That”
New video up from Jack Davey’s new solo EP, LO-F! Side B. The video is directed by Nai Vasha. Enjoy the rock flavor, far from the slick beats of her work with JDavey
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Holiday Memories Q&A with Frances & The Foundation
The band, Frances & The Foundation calls themselves a “vulnerability-driven Pop-Rock 3-piece” band. I’m hearing echoes of Pat Benatar and Laura Branigan as I listen to the group’s lead vocalist and guitarist, Samantha Frances
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TuneCrush: Wazu “Councillor”
Dark-wave duo, Wazu, releases their new CD, Robobo, this Wednesday, October 31. It’s a fitting date for its melancholy yet dance-able sound. In the track, “Councillor”, you’ll hear why people have been comparing them
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Post Show: The Kickback @ The Prophet Bar (Dallas, TX)
I love it when a band comes to the stage with all cylinders firing right from the start and that’s exactly what Chicago-based band The Kickback did on Saturday night, October 27th at The
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Video: Outasight ft. Chiddy Bang “Shine”
Well, as pop as this song is, it also features Outasight doing more rapping than I’ve heard him do in a while. He looks more “connected” in this video compared to what was happening
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A talk with Dudley Saunders about ‘Monsters’
Dudley Saunders is an activist, journalist, performance artist, and musician. The Kentucky-native, now Los Angeles-based artist has often been compared to Jeff Buckley and Chris Issak with a Joni Mitchell influence in his vocals.
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TuneCrush: Sleeper Agent “That’s My Baby”
This is my second favorite track from Sleeper Agent’s full-length debut on RCA Records, Celabrasion. They’s just released a video for that has no real explanation and I’ve watched several times now. Enjoy, “That’s
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The Sea and Cake – Runner
Runner brings dreamy sounds like a reminiscing of last summer; I’ve always loved that about The Sea and Cake. Twelve discs in, the band keeps experimenting and staying fresh while maintaining a unique sound
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Tom Tom Club – Downtown Rockers
Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth bring Tom Tom Club on CD/LP for the first time in twelve years and the grooves are simply catchy with an ‘everybody-dance-and-sing’ feel. This is a party record for
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TuneCrush: St. Spirit “Something Terrible”
I’ve written about Sam Robson’s work before on the site and his multi-tracking “solo” A capella project has been a major play of my summer, so I decided to check out his band, St.
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