REVIEW: Killer Mike – “R.A.P. Music”
From the get-go, it’s clear that R.A.P. Music isn’t a slouching ambassador of what rap should be. Maybe it’s fellow MC El-P’s distinctive…
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GOING LIVE: Ty Segall, White Fence
The highlight of a chaotic mess of a Saturday night in Toronto – “Who the hell moshes to folk rock?”. Garage punks do and The Horseshoe…
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REVIEW: Silversun Pickups – “Neck Of The Woods”
Neck of the Woods is the third album from L.A.’s Silversun Pickups, and the most recent since 2009’s Swoon, which featured their first…
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REVIEW: mewithoutYou – “Ten Stories”
In three long years, mewithoutYou emancipated themselves from a detachment – where personal issues rotted thoughts and transformed…
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GOING LIVE: Casey Veggies
Contrary to belief, L.A. pride Casey Veggies is an MC that’s well on his way. The former co-founder of the way too popular collective Odd…
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TRACK/MP3: Melody’s Echo Chamber – “Crystallized”
Recorded and mixed in Perth and at her grandparents’ beach house in Cavalière, “Crystallized” is the debut recording for Parisian psych…
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REVIEW: DZ Deathrays – “Bloodstreams”
Even when trapped in a cage with style and bravado, work ethic will always prevail and it’s the direct explanation as to why DZ Deathrays…
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INTERVIEW: Daytrader
Stuck somewhere in between semi-conscious labels writers have thrown at them, New York outfit Daytrader are a group simply focused…
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GOING LIVE: A Wilhelm Scream, Belvedere
A foreign language of sorts to those south of the border, Canadian punk rock used to be a dominant breed, one that invented and reinvented…
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BLARE’s 5 Best New Artists (May 2012)
It’s hard to ignore the classics, but it’s worse to overlook the rising stars. May’s picks spotlight emerging acts changing garage rock, pop…
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