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frogi Wants to Topple the Industry’s Boys’ Club With Powerful Bedroom Pop

Originally appeared on Grimy Goods.  LA’s frogi is filled with contrasts but not contradictions. The songwriter and producer recently released a bedroom pop EP titled Introvert. It is restrained and quiet, tied together with a strong motif of love, though probably not the love you’re thinking of. Her stories are nuanced and sensitive, but that is not what defines her. She is a formidable artist, … Continue reading frogi Wants to Topple the Industry’s Boys’ Club With Powerful Bedroom Pop

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Album Reviews, Interviews

Mara Connor Weaves Stories of Heartbreak on No Fun EP

Photo by Chase Leonard  Originally appeared on LADYGUNN.  The new EP from Mara Connor titled No Fun was a long time coming; having been released on April 3 while we are all in self-quarantine, this is starting to feel like the basis of a joke, but in actuality, it’s a much more thoughtful tale. The LA-native is an evocative songwriter with a particular vision, one … Continue reading Mara Connor Weaves Stories of Heartbreak on No Fun EP

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Thundercat Gets Vulnerable on New LP ‘It Is What It Is’ Produced With Flying Lotus and Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, Lil B, and More

Photo by The1point8 Originally appeared on Grimy Goods.  Thundercat has earned a reverence among music lovers and makers alike. The artist né Stephen Bruner released It Is What It Is, his fourth studio album, on April 3; it is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed LP Drunk, which was as adventurous as it was plain goofy. While not completely serious—see: “Dragonball Durag” and “Overseas” featuring … Continue reading Thundercat Gets Vulnerable on New LP ‘It Is What It Is’ Produced With Flying Lotus and Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, Lil B, and More

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Album Reviews, Zines

The Space Wanderer and TTilawok align perfectly as Rymdeko

There are still many things to celebrate despite time feeling like it’s come to a halt. For instance, Postseason Franchise Records has just issued its very first vinyl release; the pressing is the debut EP from the new project of label founders Nicholas Comaratta and TJ Perrin (aka The Space Wanderer and TTilawok, respectively). They named the project and the EP Rymdeko, which translates to … Continue reading The Space Wanderer and TTilawok align perfectly as Rymdeko

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Debut LP From Polartropica is a ‘Dream Come True’

Photo by Olivia Hemaratanatorn Originally appeared on Grimy Goods.  The title of Polartropica’s debut album, due out tomorrow and available to stream below, makes clear where the local artist is in her career. Across the 10 tracks of Dreams Come True, and spanning all the songs, videos, and shows that have come before, Polartropica is bursting at the seams with joy and encouragement. And it … Continue reading Debut LP From Polartropica is a ‘Dream Come True’

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Album Reviews, Zines

Paul Bergmann Finds His Own ‘Paradise’ on New EP

Originally appeared on Grimy Goods.  Paul Bergmann never rests. Last winter, he put out an EP with his full band project, The Fair Moans, and the winter before that he delivered a concise, quiet release under his solo moniker. Even more records have come prior to that, and each has in some way contributed to Bergmann’s experimentation on the guitar, which feels galvanized on his … Continue reading Paul Bergmann Finds His Own ‘Paradise’ on New EP

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Love Guides A. harlana

sngalbums: When did folk music simply become “sad music” to the indie masses? Gently strummed guitars and atmospheric production can achieve a range of emotion; I do love anything that allows me to contemplate the depths of the psyche, but these sounds more often than not come from a positive place. New York songwriter A. harlana, né Juno Roome, writes lullabies about the love he … Continue reading Love Guides A. harlana

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Love Guides A. harlana

When did folk music simply become “sad music” to the indie masses? Gently strummed guitars and atmospheric production can achieve a range of emotion; I do love anything that allows me to contemplate the depths of the psyche, but these sounds more often than not come from a positive place. New York songwriter A. harlana, né Juno Roome, writes lullabies about the love he has … Continue reading Love Guides A. harlana

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Caroline Polachek Feels Everything on Pang

Photo by Nedda Asfari It’s widely noted that my greatest personal nemesis is in fact my own emotions. I feel too much too often, which seems to be what also plagues Caroline Polachek. On her debut solo effort, Pang, she describes the terrible agony of being in love.  Even just the title, Pang, reveals all. The namesake track describes the jolt of lust or love, or … Continue reading Caroline Polachek Feels Everything on Pang

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The Tree Act is an Environmental Triumph (and so much more)

sngalbums: Photo by: Texas Isaiah  This time last year, Nappy Nina was fumbling out the gate. On the opening line of her album, The Tree Act, released in late January, she raps about this “feeling that I might not make it”; then she masks her mortality with unprompted bravado: “test me again and I might not fake it.” It is a snapshot of her attitude … Continue reading The Tree Act is an Environmental Triumph (and so much more)

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