Monthly Archives: June 2018
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From Australia, artist Juvahn Victoria embraces hi-tech production effects, including Autotune, on these dark, sexy and often exotic-sounding songs whose spare, reductive arrangements mirror cutting-edge pop. The artist ...
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Searing guitar licks, buzzsaw riffs, chesty vocal swagger—these Tulsa boys have cracked the code of country rock. Though there’s nothing new here, it’s all done well enough to prove ...
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Massachusetts-based trio are a tight unit whose brand of amiable pop-rock is captured here in clean, crisp recordings. Each song, whether it’s the slightly campy “Always Been Summer” ...
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A singer, dancer and actor by training, artist C3 (aka Curtis Charity) holds a wild card–his eccentricity–and he plays that card heavily on electro-dance songs like “HOT,” an ...
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Unlike its predecessor (Every Open Eye), the second studio album by Chvrches focuses more on Lauren Mayberry as the primary vocalist and less on vocal contributions from Martin Doherty. ...
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Epitaph Records has announced that Thrice has joined its roster. Formed in 1998, the Orange County-based four-piece is widely regarded as one of the most ...
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Rock on the Range returned to MAPFRE stadium in Columbus, Ohio again this May, for its 12th consecutive year. As has become custom for my ...
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To kick off June in the Bay Area, Comedy Central’s annual festival returned to San Francisco’s Civic Center, bringing another 3-day event chock-full of comedy, ...
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Material: Morty Shallman is a storyteller. His songs are sequential chapters from a self-made genre that he has labeled “Literary Pop.” His new album, Pop ...
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Folk Alliance Region-West (FAR-West) has announced the recipients of its Best of the West Awards for 2018. This year’s honorees are trend-setting producer and singer-songwriter Wendy ...
