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VIDEO REVIEWMaryleigh Roohan "Oh Brother"

With nothing more than three and a half minutes, some bluesy guitar, and some starkly emotive lyrics, Maryleigh Roohan effortlessly sets our hearts a smolder with her new track and video for her song “Oh Brother.” A lost relationship is perhaps the most oft employed musical theme; it is inherent in...

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VIDEO REVIEWIdgy Dean "The Indian Squirrel Dance"

There is a lot left to the imagination when you hear a song entitled “The Indian Squirrel Dance” — you don’t even have to listen to conjure up the jungle drumming, fringe flying, and Earth romping that Idgy Dean unapologetically displays in her new video. The single will appear on her first full...

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LIVE REVIEWSt. Lucia w/ Robert DeLong @ SLO Brew San Luis Obispo, CA

It has been a good minute since I’ve seen a decent show at San Luis Obispo’s premier music venue, SLO Brew. But alas, St. Lucia and opener Robert DeLong came to save the concert drought that this venue has been suffering for quite some time . The line down Garden St. featured many a college student...

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EP ReviewLittle May S/T EP

What do you get when the members of Mumford and Sons are swapped out for three equally rocking women? You get something like the Australian folk rock trio known as Little May, who have a self titled debut EP, out yesterday via Capitol Records, that packs in some major feels. Rife with angelic...

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LIVE REVIEWBombay Bicycle Club @ The Wiltern L.A.

The only thing that can really mend the wound of a lost Dodgers game in L.A. is a damn good concert. That might explain why there was a line around the block for hours leading up to Bombay Bicycle Club's set at the Wiltern on Friday, even with the first round...

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VIDEO REVIEWYoung Tongue "Cat Calls"

There is a lot of momentum behind Austin band Young Tongue. Formerly known as The Baker Family, the band has transitioned to a sound that depends heavily on prog rock energy tinged with jarring varietals of guitar and percussion. The band recently released a video for “Cat Calls,” one such that...

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TRACK REVIEWG “Outer Space” (feat. Genevieve)

Hearing Genevieve Schatz’s voice in an actual song again has brought me nothing but pure joy. Since the disbandment of Company of Thieves, I have had to live off of the series of Instagram videos from the artist now known as Genevieve to get my fix of the vocal wonder. But, alas, Genevieve has been...

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LIVE REVIEWFirst City Music Festival, Monterey CA

The weekend of August 23 and 24th was a big weekend for music in California. LA’s FYF fest garnered most of the attention with its headliners The Strokes and Phoenix, along with other acts like HAIM and Built to Spill. In the eleventh year since its conception, the festival has grown to be one of...

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LIVE REVIEWTokyo Police Club, Portugal. The Man, Grouplove @Avila Beach Resort, San Luis Obispo, CA

There was really no better venue to host the third stop of the 13th annual Honda Civic Tour than at the Avila Beach Resort- which is not actually in San Luis Obispo, as Tokyo Police Club so duly noted, but close enough to settle any confusions about its actual location. Nonetheless, this...

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LIVE REVIEWHAIM @ The Wiltern, L.A.

After appearing at almost every music festival that summer had to offer this year, HAIM returned to Los Angeles for two nights of homecoming shows that were destined to be nothing short of a kick ass homage to the city that made them who they are. Lots of L.A. love was being thrown around for their...

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VIDEO REVIEWBear in Heaven "Time Between"

After only a few seconds of watching Bear in Heaven’s new video for their song “Time Between,” I was immediately reminded of an old Smashing Pumpkins song called “We Only Come Out at Night.” Much like that track has always conjured up images of underground dwellers emerging from unseen pockets of...

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EP REVIEWMy Brightest Diamond "None More Than You"

My Brightest Diamond shot by Bernd Preimi “Slow…….slow……slowin’ down;” this is how you must approach My Brightest Diamond’s new EP None More Than You. And just so there's no confusion, those are the very first words vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Shara Worden utters on the EP, ushering us into...

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