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Dreams, Driving, and Getting High Inspired Suzanne Vallie on Debut LP 'Love Lives Where Rules Die'

During one particular trip to this abyss, she heard a voice commanding her, "I'm going to give...

Annie White

PLAYING DETROITSarkis Mixes Motown and Funk with L.A Sunshine on 'Tangerine'

Gabe Smith has wandered far from his small hometown of Waterford, Michigan, but hasn’t forgotten the role that his neighboring city of Detroit had in shaping him as an artist and songwriter. After moving to LA in 2014, Smith spent two-and-a-half years touring on the John Lennon Educational Tour...

Sara Barron

INTERVIEWTaylor Grey on Debut LP Space Case

California dreamer Taylor Grey may not be old enough to legally drink yet, but she is more mature and graceful than anyone I ever went to college with. She selflessly helped raise money for victims of the recent hurricanes by reaching out through her social media channels. And she's also super...

Jamila Aboushaca

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EP REVIEWLee Triffon "Different Sun"

Lee Triffon's latest EP "Different Sun" is provided us with the much-needed chill we need to add back into 2016.

Nicole Ortiz

VIDEO PREMIERESnow Angel "Trampoline of Emotion"

End your Friday by celebrating girl power with Snow Angel's latest release, "Trampoline of Emotion," off their upcoming full-length.

Sophie Saint Thomas

TRACK REVIEWBRAEVES "Bitter Sea"

Equal parts love letter and break-up song, the track illustrates a bittersweet goodbye to a personified New York City.

Ysabella Monton

VIDEO REVIEWLana Del Rey "Freak"

The flower princess of pop nihilism, Lana Del Rey, returned this week with another installment of her haunting visual diaries with the video for "Freak" from 2015's Honeymoon, featuring none other than the sensual prince of sardonicism Father John Misty. Lana leads us on a disturbingly enchanting...

Jerilyn Jordan

LIVE REVIEWCardiknox @ Baby's All Right

Thursday, January 14 saw Cardiknox opening for The Knocks at Baby's All Right, making for a poptastic, dance-worthy night. They took the stage with an energy that didn't leave until the last song was done, and I have a feeling it probably followed them to the merch table, too. The show had a...

Nicole Ortiz

ALBUM REVIEWThe Great Escape "The Great Escape"

I have spent my last few years trying to dissect New York City. And while I was learning that a train schedule isn’t as accurate as it ought to be, I was engulfed in the music culture that the city is notoriously known for. The sheer amount of bands that come out of New York is incredible, so...

Jamila Aboushaca

ALBUM REVIEWCold Beat "Over Me"

As far as I'm concerned, Hannah Lew--though she plays the bass--is first and foremost a vocal magician. Admittedly that's because of her work with Grass Widow, the wondrously spooky San Francisco female trio that operates as a kind of tapestry, weaving all three of its members voices together. The...

Carena Liptak

ALBUM REVIEWMorgan Delt "Morgan Delt"

"I think we've become stuck in time and everything is going to happen all at once from now on," Morgan Delt has commented, regarding the resurgence of sixties and seventies influences in the impressive amount of psychedelic- music coming out today. It's an interesting phenomenon, one that gets more...

Carena Liptak