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PLAYING CINCYPop Empire Talk "Novena," Finding Their Sound and Incense

Cincinnati trio Pop Empire recently dropped their nine-track album, Novena. The indie-rock outfit will head out on a supporting tour this month. Novena marks the 10-year-old group's first full-length album since 2014's Future Blues and the first album with the group's current lineup - founding...

Victoria Moorwood

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ALBUM REVIEWKishi Bashi "Sonderlust"

The music we've come to expect from Kishi Bashi has a certain flair for the ethereal, the magical, and the adventurous. His latest album Sonderlust isn't a deviation from this; rather, it jumps right into the style and sound that embodies this talented musician.

Nicole Ortiz

PLAYING DETROITZoos of Berlin "Instant Evening"

Instant Evening is a mystifying abstraction and a perilously purifying journey that renounces gravity in the same breath from which it praises it.

Jerilyn Jordan

EP REVIEWEx Reyes "Do Something"

Let Ex Reyes' new EP "Do Something" transport you away from the hellish landscape of America, at least temporarily.

Nicole Ortiz

ALBUM REVIEWCool Company "Slice of Paradise"

Slice of Paradise itself is a deviation from the more poppy side of what the band had been putting out so far, and it instead focuses on laid-back tracks that meld together in a seamless blend and is sprinkled throughout with multiple interludes.

Nicole Ortiz

ALBUM REVIEWRegina Spektor "Remember Us to Life"

A peek into the intimate yet upbeat new album from Regina Spektor, "Remember Us to Life," her first since 2012. Review by AudioFemme.

Nicole Ortiz

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PLAYING DETROITAnna Ash "Floodlights"

But beyond genre displacement, the record is a grand achievement in story telling, quietly exposing the deepest layers of epidermis with a tender honesty that doesn’t require categorization, only reflection.

Jerilyn Jordan

PLAYING DETROITOhtis "Runnin'"

The return of Adam Pressley (Prussia, Jamaican Queens) and Sam Swinson's beloved project, Ohtis, is really good news.

Jerilyn Jordan

PLAYING DETROITMountains and Rainbows "Particles"

Particles is salty and dry, thirst inducing and never quenching. It is that very thirst that makes Mountains and Rainbows' long awaited exploration of chaos so surprisingly satisfying. It's a high without the hangover.

Jerilyn Jordan

ALBUM REVIEWSam Smith "In the Lonely Hour"

British crooner Sam Smith finally released his debut album, “In the Lonely Hour”, on May 26 with Capitol Records. After a year prepping for his debut with his critically acclaimed EP “Nirvana” and features on hit songs with Disclosure and Naughty Boy on top of touring even before his album was...

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ALBUM REVIEWAngel Olsen "Burn Your Fire For No Witness"

Angel Olsen's newest album Burn Your Fire For No Witness maintains the great sense of self that Olsen is famous for, while layering a stronger instrumentation and self-awareness over her gorgeous crooning.

Alexandra Freeman