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Staff Picks

  • Latest, Staff Picks
    April 23, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Slayyyter, Moby, and Peter Frampton

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Slayyyter "YES GODDD" The breakout star of Coachella 2026. I'm absolutely sold on Slayyyter. Associate Editor Ruby Risch Moby "Natural Blues" ...
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    April 16, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Hyphen, Al Green, and Angine de Poitrine

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Hyphen "Go Back" "We built this country too, so why the fuck should we go back?" #immigrantstrong Associate Editor Ruby Risch ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    April 9, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Des Rocs, Neil Diamond, Paul McCartney and More

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Des Rocs "MMC" Having recently caught this guy's set while on a trip to San Francisco, I haven't stopped listening to ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    April 2, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With ABBA, Kendrick Lamar, Crashing Wayward, and Bev Rage & the Drinks

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood ABBA "King Kong Song" An uncharacteristic, glitter rock monster of a song from the Swedish pop titans. It just stomps! Associate ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    March 26, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Dropkick Murphys, Miley Cyrus, Gino Vannelli

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Dropkick Murphys "Citizen I.C.E." Boston punks the Dropkicks have always been on the right side of history. This song speaks for ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    March 19, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Courtney Love & Ginger, The Proclaimers, Meth Wax, Jacob the Horse

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Courtney Love with Ginger Wildheart "Honour" The meeting of minds that occurred when the frankly brilliant Ginger Wildheart worked with Courtney ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    March 12, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With WILLOW, Essa Almarzouq, Truth Tribunal, Machine Girl, and Blaze Foley

    Associate Editor Ruby Risch WILLOW "Female Energy, Part 2" International Women's Day was this past Sunday, but come to think of it, every day is ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    March 5, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Scarlet Fantastic, Metric, Emperor X, Kenny Rankin

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Scarlet Fantastic "No Memory" An '80s banger from British dance-pop duo Scarlet Fantastic. They didn't do much else, and split in ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    February 26, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with Little Angels, U2, Sugarcubes, Agent Orange, and Of Monsters and Men

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Little Angels "I Ain't Gonna Cry" A magnificent power ballad from British hard rockers the Little Angels. At the time of ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    February 19, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with All Saints, J.Cole, Gary Numan, Powered by Rainbows, and Gesaffelstein

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood All Saints "Pure Shores" Genuinely, I thought this song was called "The Beach," because it's so tied into the 2000 Danny ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    February 12, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Deicide, Bobby Hebb, Tom Morello, Primadonis and Alien Nose Job

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Deicide "Satan Spawn, The Caco Daemon" Gloriously nasty, gnarly, and frankly terrifying death metal from Deicide's landmark Legion opus. Associate Editor ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    February 5, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with Bruce Springsteen, A$AP Rocky, Christian Death, Kerbdog, RIO KOSTA

    Operations Manager Robin Rose Bruce Springsteen "Streets of Minneapolis" "Trump's federal thugs beat up on, His face and his chest Then we heard the gunshots, And ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    January 29, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with Marvin Gaye, Buffalo Springfield, Djo, and Dub War

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Dub War "Strike It" I remember seeing this reggae-metal band live in the '90s and they were incredible. Intense, heavy as ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    January 22, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Olivia Dean, Rage Against the Machine, The Pandoras, and Snocaps

    Associate Editor Ruby Risch Olivia Dean “Let Alone The One You Love” The Art of Loving on repeat. Hard to choose just one. Operations Manager Robin ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    January 8, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with Leftfield, Bassvictim, Edwin Starr, and Three Dog Night

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Leftfield feat. John Lydon "Open Up" Sex Pistols/PIL man Lydon broke boundaries in the '90s by teaming up with electronic group ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    January 1, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with the B-52's, Sylvie Vartan, John Lennon, and the Velvet Underground

    Associate Editor Ruby Risch The B-52's "Legal Tender" I was about eight when my brothers and I wound up in an empty dive with our ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    December 25, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with Wizzard, Otis Redding, Six13, and Bleachers

    HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE! Senior Editor Brett Callwood Wizzard "I Wish it Could Be Christmas Everyday" A glitter rock Xmas standard. Turn it up! Associate Editor ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    December 11, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, The Rolling Stones, Linda Ronstadt, and Silver

    Associate Editor Ruby Risch Linda Ronstadt "Blue Bayou" I love Linda. Then again, who doesn't? Senior Editor Brett Callwood Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine "The Only ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    December 4, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with Hazel O'Connor, The Replacements, Bloodhound Gang, and Briston Maroney

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Hazel O'Connor "Eighth Day What's the best part of this British '80s banger? Is it the insistent, anthemic, epic chorus, or ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    November 27, 2025
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with The Living Tombstone, The Great Kat, The Strokes, and Bassvictim

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood The Living Tombstone "Everything is Fine" My son turned 14 this week, so I'm choosing a TLT song as it's a ...
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