Throughout most of my life I have sung, mostly sacred music in choruses, and some opera. Singing has offered the opportunity to convert emotion into harmony, a warm, joyous energy.…
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Of flagrant dissent, a branch, from which swings a pot of leaves, Fragrant, even pleasant in this way of taking in ray, combining Magnifying, extinguishing, and lighting, complying with color…
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Driven Out embraces a timeless indie rock swagger on their assured “Inspired by You”. Interplay here feels fantastic for there is a joy to the way they interact with each…
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The Partridge Family — a real (fake) musical act with a real (fake) tour bus — had an actual hit record in 1970 with I Think I Love You, and fifty one years later…
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A truly decadent exploration of dance music’s delightfully sleazy underbelly comes into view on Ladonna Rama’s plastic sheen and gleam of “Animals Unreleased”. The remixes here extenuate elements of disco,…
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Balearic beats employed with a tropical flair, Ewreckage explores irresistible hooks with such hope on “Ruby”. Joyous to its core there is a blissfulness to the work, the way the…
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Serious Matters holds nothing back on the post-hardcore fury of “Glitches”. Volume is an absolute must and a given, for every single detail adds to the heady brew of the…
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Music To Think To makes music for this very moment in time with “Any Kinda Bright Side”. A thoughtful retrospective takes on the grisly year that was 2020, there is…
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Meader explores the shadows on the late-night reflections of “Presque Vu”. The whole of the collection drapes itself in a dark beautiful cadence, with the atmosphere well-attuned to the nimbleness…
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Christopher Dallman retains the sultry style of Lucinda Williams’ intensely felt “Essence” updating it with a futuristic glow. The whole of the track retains that initial yearning, even the careful…
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There it is the orange blossom field There are bones here buried bones I made it out in tears To find we in pairs There were no windows…
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Her Familiar delivers a wild, intense trip with their self-titled debut. A whole slew of genres enters into the fray, from hardcore to post-rock to indie rock to ambient to…
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Neria features a timeless, classic cadence on the soulful “Embrace”. She sidesteps trendiness for something transcendental. Lyrics explore the existential, the fleeting relationships, the yearning for more, there is a…
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