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Chicago born bedroom pop artist Claud Mintz, who makes music as Claud, started out self-releasing songs to SoundCloud and honing their dreamy, homegrown sound as an introverted teen. Upon arriving at Syracuse University, Claud (who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns) made a new best friend in Josh Mehling, forming the dream pop duo Toast…
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Nashville may be an embarrassment of riches when it comes to music, but R&B artist JMR is one of its crown jewels. Releasing his debut EP Ritual as JMR on Republic Records in 2015, Joshua Michael Robinson received praise from SPIN and a multitude of digital press outlets. 2016 saw a Jai Wolf collaboration…