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Mitski saves herself: Becoming the Cowboy
September 11, 2018
“My God, I’m so lonely.” The first lines of “Nobody,” the lead single off Be the Cowboy, Mitski’s latest release, where alone, behind a piano, she pours out her soul and spills our secrets. That’s how it usually works with Mitski. She stretches her own vulnerabilities through songwriting often described as diarylike, though her words […]
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Hawaiian Shirts and Indie Rock
September 4, 2018
An intimidating line of teenagers in streetwear, sporting tracksuits and rare sneakers, curved around Santa Ana’s The Observatory, slowly moving through security as they removed cellphones and forgotten chains from their pockets, staring at a group of teens in Hawaiian shirts as they bypassed the line for security and entered the venue with no hesitation. […]
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Defining bedroom pop: Clairo’s catapult to fame
August 20, 2018
It starts with a screen. But before that, a bedroom. Scotch-taped posters plastered on the walls and a thumbtacked string of lights; the familiar objects of Claire Cottril’s space which would soon be recorded and uploaded online as the minimal setting for her spur-of-the-moment music video, “Pretty Girl.” Almost twenty million views later, those posters, […]
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Animal Collective’s return to the introspective world of Sung Tongs
August 8, 2018
“There’s a place I know where we can go,” whispered David Portner, otherwise known as Avey Tare, into two conjoined microphones, strumming alongside childhood friend and bandmate, Noah Lennox, nicknamed Panda Bear, and along with Tare, one-half of Animal Collective. Where that place may be Tare never fully answers in the lyrics of “Good Lovin […]
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra shines at The Observatory
July 31, 2018
Out of the darkness, Unknown Mortal Orchestra emerged as silhouettes, backlit by pillars of purple light, concealed rather than illuminated, hiding from the hundreds of eyes staring up at them. Yet loneliness found its way onto stage as frontman Ruban Nielson’s voice echoed throughout the crowded Santa Ana Observatory, making everyone feel alone if for […]
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The buzzing sound of Internet’s Hive Mind
July 31, 2018
Fronted by Odd Future members Syd Bennet and Matt Martians, The Internet has slowly been building up a reputation for themselves in the hip-hop underground, and quite frankly, for good reason. While some of their previous work has been difficult to get into, their 2015 release, Ego Death, was excellent and established them as one of […]
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Hidden Gem: The End of Comedy by Drugdealer
July 23, 2018
We live in a world of endless comedy, one in which—all jokes aside—L.A. based musician, Drugdealer, is trading acid trips for real life. It’s been a longtime coming for Michael Collins, the man with many monikers, known as Run DMT, Salvia Plath and half of Silk Rhodes. But with Drugdealer, Collins is here to stay. […]
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Welcoming Triton Eye
July 23, 2018
Welcome To The Real World comes to us from Triton Eye, a seven-piece outlet from San Diego. The group formed back in 2014 and have been slowly making a name for themselves in the San Diego college music scene. After making their mark at venues like Whisky-A-Go-Go among others, the group is now releasing their debut […]
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Snail Mail Delivers at the Bootleg
July 10, 2018
Baltimore-based indie rock band Snail Mail has become one of the most buzzed about bands of 2018, with singer/guitarist Lindsey Jordan putting forth some of the most passionate and wise music I’ve heard in years, and all at the age of 19. They are in the middle of a full US tour right now, and […]
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