Category: Music
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The Singles Bar: Nick Gill – Another Me
From the opening chord, you prepare yourself for a somber, reflective ballad. Nick Gill wanders through a self-described “sloppy dark period in my life” with his new song, “Another Me.” Its shiny percussion and sweet melody deceive you into a state of complacency, but Gill rattles you awake in the chorus. “Why the hell would…
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Video Killed the Radio Star: Tiger La Flor – HOLLYWOODLAND
From the torch-ballad arrangement to the visual aesthetic, Tiger La Flor‘s “HOLLYWOODLAND” song/video feels ripped out of the ’70s. The vocals tease Lana Del Rey influence, but Flor scorches the earth in her very own way. “Love cookin’ up trouble,” she whispers with feathered intensity. “It’s hard to find a man…” she later laments over…
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The Singles Bar: J. Killen – Cold Winds
Life is all about endings. A job ends. A friendship ends. The world ends. With his new song “Cold Winds,” Americana tunesmith J. Killen searches his heart for what it all means. A sucker punch of endings sent him careening, so he put pen to paper to exorcise those feelings of brokenness. What resulted was…
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Record Revue: Nogonomas! – Work EP
Nogonomas!‘s “Sorry” falls like fresh teardrops upon a polished hardwood floor. Crystalline shapes tumble, crash, and scatter. It’s the kind of career-defining song that showcases an artist’s sterling talents. “Didn’t have a whole lot of options / I wished for love / I guess I wished for this / Should have listened when the grifter…
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The Singles Bar: PEPALK – Bad People
Sometimes, life’s messiness sprouts from the moment, as fleeting as it may be. That’s the core of PEPTALK’s new song, “Bad People,” shimmering with the wisdom only deeply personal experience can bring. “I ended up crying in a hotel room in my head” throbs inside bombastic drums. Yet, there’s a slickness buried within the mix…
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The Singles Bar: Dylan Taylor – Apple Pie Fries
Dylan Taylor‘s new song “Apple Pie Fries” certainly lives up to its title. It’s literally like taking that first bite of freshly baked apple pie. There’s nothing like that tender warmth igniting you from within. Taylor’s voice is the whipped cream on top, and the bubbling guitars are the crisp, yet mouth-melting, crust. The song…
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Video Killed the Radio Star: Joe Rian – Think Yer in Luv
There’s nothing like falling in love. It’s like the rush of jumping from an airplane. With his new song, “Think Yer in Luv,” Americana singer-songwriter Joe Rian burns rubber over dusty Willie Nelson guitars and a rollicking drum so hot it’ll burn your fingerprints off. The accompanying animated video features impressive visuals that punctuate the…
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The Singles Bar: goodkitty – The Right Kind
You ever have those crushes while you’re already in a relationship? goodkitty expresses that anxiety over the romantic divide. Her feelings are clearly reciprocated, but neither party can do anything about it. “The Right Kind” is fuzzy rock with thrashing, dirty guitars driving singer Katie Colt’s reedy, unwavering vocal. She breaks her heart over and…
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The Singles Bar: Maddie Regent – Schoolbags
Maddie Regent laments lost childhood innocence with her new song. “Schoolbags” is both haunting and ethereal, as she struggles with the current state of society and the things she won’t be able to give her kids one day. Instruments flutter like a flock of birds in formation heading South for the winter. Through layers of…
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The Singles Bar: The Cedar Shakers – Dance with Me
The Cedar Shakers send flames from their fingertips with their new song. “Dance with Me” is that first spark from a campfire, just as it breaks into the cool night air and brightens up the woodlands. Guitars and other strings vibrate with a giddy-up gallop that drives the vocals further and further to the edge.…
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The Singles Bar: Tristan Tritt – Living the Dream
Tristan Tritt tries to understand a generation that’s constantly circling the drain with his new song. “Living the Dream” finds him cherishing the here and now, such as the creek down by the house. It’s equally anthemic and vulnerable. “Oh, say can you see, is this living the dream,” Tritt sings in the hook. It’s…
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The Singles Bar: Tom Sless – Country Butter
There’s nothing like the summer heat. It just does something to the body and mind. “Hot like dew in a copper summer, meltin’ hearts into country butter,” sings Tom Sless in his new song “Country Butter.” Thumping drums drive like a convertible with its top down, roaring down back roads. The melody and caramel-smooth guitars…
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The Singles Bar: Luna Keller – Temporary Disarray
B-Sides & Badlands favorite Luna Keller considers that she doesn’t have all the answers to life’s constant barrage of questions. “Temporary Disarray” is a carousel listening experience, as Keller bobs up and in time to the melody’s fluidity. “Come closer, I’ll bite,” she sings. Banjo, guitar, and drums cast a warm ambient glow that’s both…
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The Singles Bar: Eric Richard – Borrowed Time
“I don’t mind the pain,” crows Eric Richard, drenching his song “Borrowed Time” with a sweltering mid-summer rasp. As all artists can recognize, the price of making art is a mighty one. Richard contemplates the blood, sweat, and tears he’s funneled into songwriting over the years. For better or worse, he discovers catharsis but also…
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The Singles Bar: KYTES – Epa
KYTES creates a rain stick of sonic waves with their new song, “Epa.” The band โ consisting of childhood friends Michael Spieler, Kerim Oฬke, and Timothy Lush โ crack open the wonderfully profound summer banger about identity with a marimba polyrhythm so addicting that it certainly sets a feel-good vibe. “Late at night a whisper…
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