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Noah's Beat Box
Close up on an old-school boom box – silver finish, round speaker screens, tape deck in the center.

Hip Hop at Fifty

By Noah Springer • January 9th, 2024

After stepping back from the contemporary, Noah reflects a bit more on the different eras of hip hop and what they mean to him.

Rookie of the Year
Lana Del Rey perches atop a piano, microphone in hand. A man in a baby blue suit tickles the ivories.

Lana Del(’s) Rey

By Matt Marrone • January 4th, 2024

The spirit of the Newport Folk Festival is all about the music, from the morning sets to the closers, not all about Lana.

First Quest: The Music

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • December 11th, 2023

There is always some new relic to haul up from the pits of the earth.

Casting Deep Meteo

Grails Scores the Theater of the Mind

By Levi Rubeck • December 8th, 2023

More than curtains cut for mood or ambience, Anches en Maat begs the listener to simmer in their own headspace for a while.

Beyond Structures
A photo of World's End Girlfriend playing live, with a guitar in hands and surrounded by keyboards and a projection of trees

World’s End Girlfriend Composes Requiems For The End of Days

By Khee Hoon Chan • December 7th, 2023

The music of World’s End Girlfriend, thankfully, resists the dichotomy of heightened emotional stakes versus the subdued lull of post-rock. Thus his melodies hardly, if ever, collapse under their immensity.

Past Presence

Jenny from Thebes Review

By Dr. Emily Price • December 5th, 2023

Jenny from Thebes is trying harder than maybe any previous album to create a specific place, but it still feels unmoored, somewhere between Greece and Austin.

Noise Complaint
The drummer for Few Left Standing peers cheekily at the camera while playing at a 2000 house show.

On the Outside Looking Into Christian Hardcore

By Ben Sailer • November 29th, 2023

Ben wonders what happened to all the Christian hardcore bands that once dominated VFW basements and Hot Topic shelves, and lands on a conclusion that reveals his own ignorance.

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