Category: Music
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The Singles Bar: Ryann Ross – Irish Exit
There’s something beautifully haunting about Ryann Ross‘ “Irish Exit.” Its acoustic luminescence carves out a stunning and blinding sketch about love and scorn. “You don’t have to love me, if you won’t,” she sings, her voice charred and gritty. Drums thump; piano flutters, and Ross stands amidst a furiously and dangerously cold landscape. A frigid
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Video Killed the Radio Star: Neon Sines – Adeline
We all know how I feel about Neon Sines‘ latest song “Adeline” (psssst, I love it!), and we now have a video! Directed by Kenny Cash and Laura Cash, the visual splashes the audience with bursts of color—like you’d find in one of those Creepy Crawlers playsets from the ’90s—as it follows the duo becoming
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The Singles Bar: Niko Moon – Rich Man
No matter where life takes us, there’s no straining the roots out of our blood. With his new song “Rich Man,” Niko Moon recenters himself on the things that actually matter in life—people and moments. Life is fleeting, so we’d better enjoy it while it lasts. “I’d be a rich man without a dollar to
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Record Revue: Deblois – Cut and Run
When you hear Deblois rip into the title track, you get the very clear sense she’s lived so much life. Her voice is perfectly imperfect and world-weary, excavated from the earth, but it carries a special kind of warmth. There’s a coarseness to it, too, that shakes you and won’t let go. Deblois sketches her
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The Singles Bar: Allison Leah – I Didn’t Know I Was Growing Up
“Time is slipping through my fingers,” sings Allison Leah with raw delicacy. “And I’ve been wishing it away.” That’s the real tragedy of human nature, isn’t it? As they say: youth is wasted on the young. We never know what we need or how to get what we want. We simply bumble our way through
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Throwback Thursday: Hannah Montana’s ‘The Best of Both Worlds’ still a banger, 20 years later
In a past life, I worked the Speedway attraction at Disney World. I was 22, right out of college, and needing a holiday following a four-year acting intensive at West Virginia University. I didn’t know what I wanted out of life, but I knew I needed to be there. I grew up in the era
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The Singles Bar: Wax Owls – Freckle
The one constant in life: human relationships are damn complicated. Indie folk band Wax Owls sculpt their song “Freckle” with this deep, rich understanding that existence is a series of intricate puzzle pieces that take time to properly fit together. “It used to be healthy to stay,” they sing. Their vocal adornments are profounding (and
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Song Premiere: Brand New Heartache – Precious Days
To cherish life’s goodness, we have to endure the bad. Brand New Heartache (comprised of husband-wife duo Eleese and Matthew Meschery) learn that hard truth inside their new song, “Precious Days.” Evidenced by their live video (below), the song exudes an intoxicating warmth and gallop that’s akin to a horse reaching the horizon. “It took
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The Singles Bar: Emily Vu – Attention
Emily Vu is about to get your undivided attention. Her new song “Attention” feels like a song you’d grind to at a dirty, invitation-only dance club down a back alley in NYC (complementary). Synths cry against a dark and deceptively somber backdrop, as Vu’s voice seductively slithers along a melody that’s like sweat dripping down
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The Singles Bar: Dagny – Closet Disco Queen
Dagny takes a cue from Madonna for her brand new song, “Closet Disco Queen.” The spiritual successor of “Vogue” and “Express Yourself,” Dagny’s dance-floor confetti explosion turns the synths up to 100 and lets the sweltering heat sweep you away. Bodies grind; sweat glistens; and the night stretches on forever. “I’m gonna dance my heart
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The Singles Bar: Adam Mac – Hate to See Me Coming
Country music has always been so gay. Look at rhinestone-studded nudie suits for crying out loud! While The Cowgays are taking over the scene, trio member Adam Mac continues his firestorm of solo music. His new song, “Hate to See Me Coming,” sees him reclaiming a genre he grew up loving but never saw himself
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Record Revue: Kacey Musgraves – Middle of Nowhere
If you remember, Kacey Musgraves first became a meme following the 2013 CMA Awards. During Miranda Lambert‘s acceptance speech for Female Vocalist of the Year, the camera panned to Musgraves, whose natural resting face caused quite a stir. That ignited perceived bad blood between the two for 13 years, and the duet partners confirm suspicions
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Thrill Me: The Bride!
If you’re queer, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! likely smacked you squarely across the face. It did to me at least. This week’s Thrill Me playlist unsurprisingly centers on, well, The Bride (Jessie Buckley), and features bold and dark songs. Some brim with unfettered feminine/trans/queer rage. Others are musically somber, dimly lit, and carry significant, throbbing
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Video Killed the Radio Star: Love, BB – Solitaire
Take a stroll down a dark alley to the local jazz club. It’s filled with smoke, and the dim light casts eerie shadows over the crowd. That’s what Love, BB (comprised of Brooke Backman and songwriter/producer Michael Leviton) beckon you to do with their new music video, “Solitaire.” Its classic film noir aesthetic is not
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Thrill Me: Send Help
As India Ramey sings in the title track to her new album: “Welcome to my villain era!” It’s true. The past week has been a whirlwind of WTF and sadness. But like a phoenix rising from the ashes, I’m here. I have my health. I have my cats. And I have friends who care. That’s
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