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Hungover with Violents and Monica Martin’s LP

This is the album everyone needs. I’ve been saying it all year, since its release last April: Awake and Pretty Much Sober is impossible to dislike. Violents is a project helmed by Jeremy Larson where he writes and produces music with an invited guest vocalist; previous projects include Stacy King (Eisley, Sucre), Olga Yagolnikov (Kye Kye), and singer-songwriter Annie Williams. In this iteration Larson teamed … Continue reading Hungover with Violents and Monica Martin’s LP

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vōx Envelopes the Pico-Union Project with Illuminating Performance

sngshows: Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. Words by me, photos by Emery Becker.  Her name speaks for herself, or rather for all of us. vōx, Latin for “voice” and often band shorthand for “vocals,” doubles as a symbol of unity for the LA artist–her voice is our voice too. It is her chosen instrument, and her new EP, I Was Born, is resplendent in vocoder … Continue reading vōx Envelopes the Pico-Union Project with Illuminating Performance

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sawdustandgin: Look, ma? The new video for Lowly’s downtempo soundscape is an excerpt of a live performance of the piece (S)kjønn Safari, performed here by Louis Schou-Hansen & Harald Andreas Beharie. It is a mesmerizing piece, erasing lines of formality between dance and movement, just as the song seems to blur genre distinctions. “No Hands” appears on Lowly’s debut LP, Heba, out now on Bella Union.  … Continue reading

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