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A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### SoulfulTone - Insecure A gentle, honest self-reminder--featuring a silk smooth instrumental--that there's no time limit on becoming the person you aspire to be. More from SoulfulTone Follow on Instagram Video by brutalist.001 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkjtmoYBYCk ### Dream The Heavy - Flame A … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 03.29.24
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Westinghouse Atom Smasher - Green Angel From the rustic piano flourishes to the plaintive guitar licks, everything about this song evokes "lonely cabin flickering by torchlight" imagery, even when the distorted melodic squeals come in. More from Westinghouse Atom Smasher … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 03.22.24
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Luwidakid - Obsession Melodic flows float echoing around a zonked-out headspace created by drifting, aqueous tones and kitchen-sink percussion. More from Luwidakid Follow on Instagram Video by Blossom Media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfQ58bHPJE0 ### G.R. Zombie - Palo Santo (feat. XOMBIEMANE) A screwed-down … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 03.15.24
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Pink Gin Marimbas - Thank You, Space Brother A little homespun ditty draped in rings of flanged guitar and chintzy toybox Casio. Like a song for your imaginary friend. More from Pink Gin Marimbas ### Manny Dibiachi - Matter of … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 03.08.24
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot today ### Brodie Casanova - Worth Ya While An infectiously sunny beat--it sounds like a chipmunk doing the Milly Rock--buoys Brodie while he tunes out negative influences with music, video games, and the roar of an Italy-bound plane taking off. More from Brodie … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 02.23.24
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Aysie - Dreamy Lover Aysie's yearning vocals, both sung and rapped, float above stutter-stop percussion and pillowy synths; a fitting listen for this Valentine's Day week. More from Aysie Follow on Instagram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5POjpgEEu74 ### Stay Another Season - Justify Your … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 02.16.24
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot today ### I Swallow Ghosts - John Cena Later Skyscraping riffs? Check. Belted vocals with British affectation on vowel sounds? Check. Punny song title shielding raw, bruised emotion? Check. The emo trifecta, completed. More from I Swallow Ghosts Follow on Instagram and Facebook … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 02.09.24
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Adam's Purse - Birdie Shoegazey rocker in which melancholy guitars cry out like alien birds taking off from a fuzzy purple tree branch. More from Adam's Purse Follow on Instagram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihzg4aB20qY ### Neen Fleezy - Werewolf (Christmas Gift) What do … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 02.02.2024
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Fedd The God - Antisocial (ft. Lil Gnar) Boosted video game synths blare like lasers, and each of Fedd's bars is doubled by an unhinged shout. Lil Gnar stops by, wearing chains so cold that they froze his arteries. More … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 01.26.24
A few words about a few local tracks that hit the spot this week ### Memory Front - Raptor Raw, industrial poetics--"You told me how they flood the cylinders/Until the pistons can't breathe anymore"--carry the listener through passages both wrenching and resplendent. More from Memory Front Follow on Instagram and Facebook ### Requiem Witch and … Continue reading Weekly Wrap-Up 01.12.24
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