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Staff Picks

  • Latest, Staff Picks
    May 21, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Wolfsbane, Holst, The Pretty Reckless, and Buffalo Springfield

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Wolfsbane "Kathy Wilson" 1991 started with me and my mate Paul going to see MC Hammer, but by the summer of ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    May 14, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks with Hot Chocolate, IQ, Andy & Joy Clark, and Grandmas House

    Associate Editor Ruby Risch Hot Chocolate "Emma" It's haunting, and that first "Darling I love you" hits like no other. Operations Manager Robin Rose IQ ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    April 30, 2026
    by Music Connection

    Staff Picks With Lily Allen, Buddy, and Emmett Skyy

    Senior Editor Brett Callwood Lily Allen "Nonmonogamummy" I attended one of Lily Allen's recent Orpheum shows, and it was a powerful, heartbreaking experience. "Nonmonogamummy" is ...
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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    April 23, 2026
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    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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  • Latest, Staff Picks
    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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