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Channeling an earnest, dark, indie pop sound and garnering fast-growing buzz (and millions of streams) online, teen artist Charlotte Lawrence has only been making music in the public eye for a couple of years now, but, already, feels like an essential current artist to watch. Since the release of her debut EP, Young, last year, as well…
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It’s been an exciting year for Charleston folk and Americana husband and wife duo and longtime site favorite Shovels & Rope, who, in addition to releasing a stellar new album, By Blood, have notably also released a children’s book and a unique concert film, Shovels & Rope: The Movie, all in 2019. Out in support, the duo…
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Guyanese born, Brooklyn based singer-songwriter Juke Ross has been a fast growing fixture of the folky, singer-songwriter scene in recent years, drawing acclaim for his debut EP, Grey, in 2017, as well as a stellar array of subsequent singles, leading up to the imminent release of his first full-length. Soulful, worldly, pop accessible, and genre-bending, Ross is…
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Hardcore vocalist turned folk punk singer-songwriter Frank Turner and his backing band The Sleeping Souls are no strangers to Music City, making at least one stop in town for several years running, before slowing down to craft last year’s great seventh album, Be More Kind, and returning last fall in support. After a swift and fantastic followup, this summer’s No Man’s…
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After a few year absence from Nashville (and from making new music), beloved, long-running Omaha emo and post-hardcore outfit Cursive reemerged last year with a new record and a return to Music City, wowing us with a performance last fall at The Basement East. Clearly feeling the creative juices once more, the rockers wasted no time…
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One of the most celebrated musical artists of the last four decades, and one of England’s most essential exports, rocker Elvis Costello came up in the ’70s as part of London’s pub rock scene, releasing a trio of excellent early LPs at the end of the decade which positioned him as an influential and beloved figure…
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Worldly, genre-bending, and socially conscious India born and Austin-based hip hop artist Abhi the Nomad was, until very recently, not allowed to tour due to visa restrictions, despite becoming a buzzworthy rising talent in the alternative hip hop scene in recent years. Thankfully, that situation has changed, and with an environmentally conscious new effort in tow, Modern…
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One of the most buzzworthy new acts to emerge from the indie scene in the past few years, LA (by way of Brooklyn) cosmic alt/indie pop trio Dreamers shot to acclaim with their 2016 debut This Album Does Not Exist, and just dropped an incredibly worthy followup, Launch Fly Land, earlier this year. Currently out in support, the group…
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Over a decade into their existence, New Jersey indie punks Titus Andronicus have cemented their status as one of the hardest working, most interesting bands in the underground scene through years of nonstop touring and albums that constantly improve, evolve, and push boundaries. Fans of ambitious concepts and clearly willing to put painstaking effort into crafting compelling, different…
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The live alias of Bay Area raised, LA based multi-instrumentalist Melina Duterte, Jay Som (a name apparently chosen at random via an online baby name generator) started as an outlet for Duterte to craft her obsessively DIY, hyper-personal, intimate, and eclectic bedroom pop, though the young singer, now just 25, has been playing music in some form or…