LISTEN TO YOUR GRANDPARENTS
It is time to listen to Your Grandparents, but I guarantee this one isn't going to be some "back in my day" story of a track. Meet vocalists Jean Carter…
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Rita Indiana Foretells The End On âMandinga Timesâ
Celebrated Dominican writer and firebrand singer-songwriter Rita Indiana has been thinking about the apocalypse. Reaching renown as an outspoken social critic complicating the conversation around Caribbean identity and an experimentalist…
CHLOE LILAC WANTS YOU TO TAKE RISKS, LIVE HARD, AND BE A BITCH
âTake risks, live hard, and be a bitch.â This is the message of alternative artist Chloe Lilac as she embarks on the next chapter of her career with sophomore album âDOUCHEBAG.â…
MOTHICAâS DEBUT ALBUM BLUE HOUR FINDS SUCCESS WITHOUT A LABEL
This summer might just go down in the books as the summer where artists proved that having a label isn't the only way to get your music to the people…
DIPHA AND CADE COLLAB ON A MEDICINAL RECORD TO TURN UP TO: âDOWNâ
On August 14th, Dipha and Cade dropped a collaborative healing single called "Down." The worldly jam is equal parts party and escape, entrancing you on impact. The light-hearted summer record…
KIRBY: A STORY OF SOUL, STRENGTH, AND EMBRACING THE BEAUTY OF BLACKNESS
   As we move further into 2020 with the wide resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, long-held societal standards and their prejudiced undertones become more and…
LUNA AURA ON DISMANTLING THE SCAM OF THE AMERICAN BEAUTY
The ideal of the âAmerican Beautyâ is arguably the most tried and true cultural scams of the modern age. Though veiled with the facade of male-adoration, the long-accepted norms that…
RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ RECLAIMS SENSITIVITY ON “CRYBABY” AHEAD OF INTROSPECTIVE LP
Sensitivity and its power often get overlooked and at times is mislabeled as a weakness. And while most may attempt to hide it, real strength is found in the confident…
PHOEBE RYAN: IF YOU DIDNâT MISS HER BEFORE YOU WILL NOW
ICYMI, pop songwriter-turned-songstress Phoebe Ryan released a single âICIMYâ (In Case I Miss You) as her album announcement several months back. Please know, sheâs been working on her debut album…
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WHO’S SEDUCING WHO? “LED ASTRAY” BY THUNDER JACKSON
Los Angeles is like the Disney Land of caricatured temptation. Whether you are seducing or being seduced, usually the next step is finding an unscathed retreat. But what happens when…
‘HEY STUPID, I LOVE YOU’: JP SAXE ON SONGWRITING AND LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF LOVE
JP Saxe is the poetic songster who taps the emotion on our skin like a xylophone, using lyrics and melody as a mode of profound communication. Each tune is a…
PRIDE RELEASE RADAR PART II: TWO WEEKS IN MUSIC
Letter from the Editor: When I think of âPride,â I imagine a mass of lions standing tall, chests inflated and manes ablaze in the wind. This coalition couldn't possibly…