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Dive Headfirst Into Loma’s Mesmerizing Sophomore LP Don’t Shy Away

sngalbums: Photo by Bryan C. Parker Originally appeared on Grimy Goods.  “Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth,” Pablo Picasso told The Arts reporter Marius de Zayas in 1923. More recently, in the spring of 2018, Loma revealed their own untruth at the Bootleg as part of a tour for their eponymous debut album. Even more lies await on … Continue reading Dive Headfirst Into Loma’s Mesmerizing Sophomore LP Don’t Shy Away

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Revel in Synths on Tupper Werewolf’s Flavour Country

sngalbums: It has been almost exactly a year since Tupper Werewolf released an EP packed to the brim with intrigue. The Glaswegian artist also known as Gordon Barr is comfortable in great halls of synthesizers, each one seemingly more festive than the last. There is color everywhere, and not only in a figurative sense; browsing all of his discography on Bandcamp, each piece of art … Continue reading Revel in Synths on Tupper Werewolf’s Flavour Country

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Revel in Synths on Tupper Werewolf’s Flavour Country

It has been almost exactly a year since Tupper Werewolf released an EP packed to the brim with intrigue. The Glaswegian artist also known as Gordon Barr is comfortable in great halls of synthesizers, each one seemingly more festive than the last. There is color everywhere, and not only in a figurative sense; browsing all of his discography on Bandcamp, each piece of art incorporates … Continue reading Revel in Synths on Tupper Werewolf’s Flavour Country

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Best Albums of 2020: #11–35, pt 2

PART TWO ordered alphabetically Madeline Kenney Sucker’s Lunch Carpark Records · Madeline Kenney – Sucker Madeline Kenney | SnG coverage | order Sucker’s Lunch | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Soundcloud | Bandcamp — KNIGHTSTOWN Soul Liberties KNIGHTSTOWN · Ochre Eyes KNIGHTSTOWN | SnG coverage | listen to Soul Liberties | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Soundcloud | Bandcamp — … Continue reading Best Albums of 2020: #11–35, pt 2

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Best Albums of 2020: #11–35, pt 1

PART 1 ordered alphabetically — Adeline Hotel Solid Love Adeline Hotel · Solid Love Adeline Hotel | SnG coverage | order Solid Love | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Soundcloud | Bandcamp — Winston C.W. Good Guess Good Guess by Winston C.W. Winston C.W. | SnG coverage | order Good Guess | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Soundcloud | Bandcamp — Dive Index … Continue reading Best Albums of 2020: #11–35, pt 1

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Scott Orr’s Worried Mind is a peaceful welcome for winter

sngalbums: Originally appeared on the 405.  The newest release on earnest Ontario label Other Songs is a fitting welcome for winter. I felt lucky to finally experience it myself when I left the desert to visit the midwest this past weekend. Snow fell for an hour in Minneapolis on my final day in the city; the neighborhood where I was staying was quiet save for … Continue reading Scott Orr’s Worried Mind is a peaceful welcome for winter

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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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Caroline Polachek Feels Everything on Pang

sngalbums: 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, … Continue reading Caroline Polachek Feels Everything on Pang

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Julia Jacklin and Christian Lee Hutson Brought Their Tour to a Bittersweet End at the El Rey

sngshows: Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. Photos by María Quintana.  For the past few weeks, Julia Jacklin and Christian Lee Hutson have been living like Peaches and Herb. The pair first met at Jacklin’s 2017 Bootleg performance, where Hutson opened for the Australian songwriter. They became fast friends and have made the most of their time together again on her North American tour, sharing stages, goofing … Continue reading Julia Jacklin and Christian Lee Hutson Brought Their Tour to a Bittersweet End at the El Rey

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

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 throughout … Continue reading The Tree Act is an Environmental Triumph (and so much more)

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