Music is so heavily programmed these days, you can almost hear the tick of the clock in every studio minute. Breaths are erased, vocals go through auto-tune until they sound like something from the lab, and each tiny blip and glitch is taken straight to the editing room for interrogation. Australian outsider-art musician, Hurb Jephasun,
Sure, if you really think about it, everything… comes crashing down. Houses deteriorate, promises go out of date and everything you swore could last forever is short-lived. Map of the Woulds “Only For Today” hangs that bleak concept with music that would rather get you on your feet then quietly reflect on the brevity of
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It’s one thing to talk about a big game, and another to have one to talk. Hip-hop has explored that dichotomy, with varying levels of success: from fiery masterpieces to a man showing off how much his watch cost for the 47th time. Lil Mike’s “Talk Heavy” takes a more personal approach to that age-old
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Have you ever listened to a record that feels so close yet distant at the same time? Like there’s a certain pull to it, like something just draws you in without ever letting you get too comfortable. That’s exactly how Small Talk in Stereo leaves you feeling. And it makes sense coming from a band
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Listen, when a band of raging UK indie rockers decides, “you know what, let’s turn it down,” you either get a boring filler track or something truly special. The Entitled Sons, a Somerset-based indie group of brothers, have given up their usual festival set of energetic anthems for something a bit more personal on their
Life these days wears you out. What better way to escape the grind than to sing about it? “Bumblebees” is a German indie-folk song about a very simple fantasy: be free from the noise, reacquaint yourself with nature, be with the people you love, and live happily ever after. In other words, it’s a hippy
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You can dismiss the song before you’ve heard it as another nostalgic trip, or you can find out if the artist can convince you the old machine is still working. Maybe Love’s A Crime by Down Town Mystic sits somewhere in the middle of the two camps, and I mean that as a compliment. DownTown
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