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Album Reviews, Zines

Adeline Hotel embraces contradiction and nostalgia on Away Together

Photo Credit: Chris Bernabeo Originally appeared on the 405; view archived article here.  As Dan Knishkowy, aka Adeline Hotel, explains in his new record, life is filled with contradictions. Called Away Together, it is his third solo LP, though he has lent a hand on a few other recent releases such as Ian Wayne’s A Place Where Nothing Matters and Lung Cycles’ self-titled album. Knishkowy’s … Continue reading Adeline Hotel embraces contradiction and nostalgia on Away Together

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Celebrate All Things Floral With Valley Maker at Resident on December 11

sngalbums: Photo Credit: Kiersten Miller Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. Austin Crane, aka Seattle’s Valley Maker, is currently on tour, with a stop in LA planned for December 11th. He is on the road supporting his recent LP, Rhododenron, a floral release in more ways than one. Images of flowers and growth appear throughout the album, which itself is named after a genus of woody … Continue reading Celebrate All Things Floral With Valley Maker at Resident on December 11

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Sadness and self-reflection fuel Loyal Lobos’ new EP

Originally appeared on the 405, view archived article here.  Andrea Silva is not quite a lone wolf, but her new EP oozes with solitude and melancholy. She creates music under the moniker Loyal Lobos and is currently based in Los Angeles after departing her home country of Colombia several years ago. It was the demise of a relationship that sent her couch surfing and into … Continue reading Sadness and self-reflection fuel Loyal Lobos’ new EP

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Celebrate All Things Floral With Valley Maker at Resident on December 11

Photo Credit: Kiersten Miller Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. Austin Crane, aka Seattle’s Valley Maker, is currently on tour, with a stop in LA planned for December 11th. He is on the road supporting his recent LP, Rhododendron, a floral release in more ways than one. Images of flowers and growth appear throughout the album, which itself is named after a genus of woody plants … Continue reading Celebrate All Things Floral With Valley Maker at Resident on December 11

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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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Album Reviews, Zines

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

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 the … Continue reading Scott Orr’s Worried Mind is a peaceful welcome for winter

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On the ancestral lands of the Chinook, Chinnuk Wawa, and Tillamook tribes, Katherine Paul dances with spirits. The music video for “Indians Never Die” was filmed on those grounds and add to the unseen beauty of Black Belt Eagle Scout. She initially released the album last fall, and had said of this song in particular:  “It’s a call out to colonizers and those who don’t respect the … Continue reading

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