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4 min read 2022-05-25 01:37:17

Kendrick Lamar turns away from it all on Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

For 1855 days, Kendrick has been going through something. On his new album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar returns to the

7 min read 2022-05-11 22:37:59

HOMESHAKE is on the road again. The project, born from the head of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Peter Sagar, is back on tour after a long

3 min read 2022-04-29 22:48:45

As I made my way to Wonder Ballroom, the first thing that I noticed was the insanely long line. The second, was that the line continued fully around

4 min read 2022-04-29 02:33:14

Photo by: Eric Einweiler Thao Nguyen has been playing music for a long time. Her unique and heartfelt sound is undoubtedly the work of someone with

7 min read 2022-04-27 01:00:00

I discovered Quinn Christopherson’s sound alongside the low hum of a buzzing Doug Fir crowd. This was 2019: a “before Covid” time when drinks

3 min read 2022-04-21 02:48:20

Crystal Ballroom played host to a swarm of eerie voices Saturday night. A sold-out crowd had been waiting months in anticipation of Boy Harsher’s

4 min read 2022-04-15 22:11:44

A friend once described a great book to me as “maddeningly good,” which is a level of praise I often think about–a rarefied strata if artistic

2 min read 2022-04-13 03:30:49

At Home With My Candles, the third full-length album by eclectically esoteric and long-time local project Half Shadow, is a lush collection of poetic

3 min read 2022-04-12 11:00:00

Margaritas Podridas Photo by Starly Lou Riggs Photo by Starly Lou RiggsPhoto by Starly Lou RiggsPhoto by Starly Lou Riggs Photo by Starly Lou

2 min read 2022-04-11 03:32:12

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7 min read 2022-03-30 22:27:30

Imagine a shop where somewhere among the collection of things, there might be that one thing you were looking for all along. On Hawthorne and 34th,

4 min read 2022-03-22 04:34:21

Coming into a weeklong music festival with so many performers spread across so many venues, it can be tough to know where to start. That’s why

11 min read 2022-03-18 22:02:50

To say that Mega Ran is one of the most prolific rappers in the game would be true, but it wouldn’t do him justice. To say that he’s the king of

2 min read 2022-03-17 01:30:12

HELP’s full-length debut (the highly anticipated follow-up to their self-titled EP of 2019) 2053, is here with a vengeance. Recorded at the Map

7 min read 2022-03-16 00:18:17

Another year, another 365 days spent languid in the void of existence as the world crashes around us. But even with all the L’s we’ve been