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PLAYING DETROITEarth Engine's Debut EP

What. The. Hell. Is. This? Rarely do I say this about music. Perhaps I'm a bit jaded, but while all of us lovers were kissing on Valentine's Day, Detroit-based Earth Engine dropped their self-titled debut EP, a beautifully confused collection nearly five years in the making. Earth Engine's EP is a...

Jerilyn Jordan

TRACK REVIEW - Gallant "Weight in Gold"

Art lives on heartbreak. I was first introduced to Gallant, the young soaring R and B star when I saw him perform at the Westway earlier this summer. I can be socially anxious, and the tight-packed, beer-drenched crowd wasn't helping. Until he began performing, and then everything was okay. His music...

Sophie Saint Thomas

TRACK REVIEWDMA's "So We Know"

When DMA's signed to Australian indie label I OH YOU this February, the Newtown trio was so freshly minted that they hadn't even played a show yet. That isn't to say they were totally green--all three members (Tommy O', Matt Mason, and Johnny Took) had gigged extensively with previous bands--and...

Carena Liptak