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Spirit of the Beehive – “Entertainment, Death”

Philadelphia-based band Spirit of the Beehive's newest album "Entertainment, Death" is a glitched out odyssey.  Their first project as a three-piece, this LP marks a departure from the band's typical sound into something much more experimental.  Spirit of the Beehive...

Water District – “Neo Emo”

Water District – “Neo Emo”

It’s “High Tide” for Water District’s new EP: “Neo Emo"   According to the Sleep Health Foundation, “We dream most vividly during Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep.” Up-and-coming LA band, Water District thinks differently. As heard on the opening track of their...

SWMRS’ Flame Keeps Burning with Berkeley’s on Fire

SWMRS’ Flame Keeps Burning with Berkeley’s on Fire

If there’s one thing to be said about SWMRS, it’s that they’ve got an abundance of punk spirit. Their fourth album, Berkeley’s on Fire, is brimming with energy. In comparison with their last album, Drive North, which was wrought with teenage angst, Berkeley's on Fire...

Sunflower Bean’s Message Falls Flat with King of Dudes

Sunflower Bean’s Message Falls Flat with King of Dudes

With three EPs and two albums, Sunflower Bean is no stranger to the music world. The New York trio has gained notoriety in the alternative rock scene with songs like “Easier Said," and even performed at 2017 Desert Daze and will perform at this year’s Governors Ball...

Soy Pablo: boy pablo’s insecurities in love

Soy Pablo: boy pablo’s insecurities in love

Recall a time when feelings you had for a special someone weren’t reciprocated. Putting your all into a relationship knowing it’s over. Reminiscing on those bygone memories of the past, wondering if anyone remember it with as much fondness as you do. These are the...

Panda Bear Finds a New Direction with Buoys

Panda Bear Finds a New Direction with Buoys

Whether as a member of Animal Collective or a solo artist, Panda Bear works at the nexus of collaboration and isolation. It’s a tricky spot to pin down. With Animal Collective, it’s seen in the communal production and heard in the lyrics. With Panda Bear, it’s...

14 Years of Prospect Hummer

14 Years of Prospect Hummer

14 years ago, Animal Collective and Vashti Bunyan met in London and recorded an EP about 14 minutes long. At the time, Animal Collective had just released 2004’s Sung Tongs, another change in sound for them, and British folk legend Bunyan had only recorded one album:...

The unbound past and future of Waxahatchee

The unbound past and future of Waxahatchee

Waxahatchee has made a name of itself--or herself, rather. Though the name belongs to a river in Alabama, Katie Crutchfield has made something new of it, which she continues to do with her unconfined musical project as Waxahatchee. But Crutchfield wasn’t always known...

Blood Orange finds his voice with Negro Swan

Blood Orange finds his voice with Negro Swan

Blood Orange loves voices. Singing, talking, whispering. Fragments of conversation, monologues, prayers. Anything. Because it’s not the voice itself, but rather the emotions behind it. Attitudes, fears, desires revealed through the slightest vocal inflection. Accents...

Mitski saves herself: Becoming the Cowboy

Mitski saves herself: Becoming the Cowboy

“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...