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  • Album Review: Laurel Hell

    Album Review: Laurel Hell

    On her new full-length, indie pop icon Mitski quashes rumors of retirement, breaks out into a new direction.

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    Sadie Beaumont

    March 11, 2022
    Album Reviews, Release Reviews, Reviews
    ambient pop, art pop, indie, indie pop, indie rock, japan, nashville, new wave, pop, rock, synthpop
  • Exclusive interview: Kiwi Kannibal announces debut EP

    Exclusive interview: Kiwi Kannibal announces debut EP

    The local favorites talk friendship, announce Dog Eat Dog, their self-released debut EP, due out March 12.

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    James Chrasta

    March 5, 2022
    interviews, News, Release Announcements, slo
    alt rock, alternative, announcement, cal poly, college rock, exclusive, foodproduct, indie, indie rock, interview, kiwi kannibal, rock, san luis obispo, slo, wumpus
  • all lights fucked on the hairy amp drooling

    all lights fucked on the hairy amp drooling

    One of music’s most talked-about pieces of lost media is now available online. How does it sound, and how does it relate to the GY!BE discography as a whole?

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    nick

    March 4, 2022
    Album Reviews, Editorials, Release Reviews, Reviews
    all lights fucked, all lights fucked on the hairy amp drooling, alternative, canada, efrim menuck, godspeed, godspeed you black emperor, gybe, hardcore, lost media, montreal, noise, post rock, punk rock, quebec, rock, rym, silver mt zion
  • 5 New and Upcoming Releases to Explore (3/3/22)

    5 New and Upcoming Releases to Explore (3/3/22)

    Got anything on queue this new music Friday? We’ve got five fresh releases for you to check out.

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    Alex Bires

    March 3, 2022
    New Releases
    as i try not to fall apart, band of horses, ben bridwell, black metal, blackened metal, conway the machine, folk rock, god don’t make mistakes, hip hop, how is it that i should look at the stars, indie, indie rock, let there be witchery, ludacris, midnight, post-punk, punk rock, r&b, rap, rick ross, t.i., tamara lindeman, the weather station, things are great, white lies
  • Album Review: Fits of Laughter

    Album Review: Fits of Laughter

    On their major-label debut, Kentucky folk dealers Bendigo Fletcher transcend space and time, and have fun doing it.

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    Oak Gast

    March 2, 2022
    Album Reviews, Release Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized
    2021, alt-country, americana, country, folk, folk rock, Louisville, pop, rock
  • Album Review: Earthling

    Album Review: Earthling

    Eddie Vedder’s highly-anticipated solo full-length falls flat, wears its “soft 70s” influences on its sleeve.

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    James Chrasta

    February 27, 2022
    Album Reviews, Release Reviews, Reviews
    2022, album review, alt rock, alternative, eddie vedder, elton john, folk rock, grunge, pop, review, rock, san diego, seattle, soft rock
  • SLO Shows: PolyRhythms, Presented by Cal Poly MPU

    SLO Shows: PolyRhythms, Presented by Cal Poly MPU

    Cal Poly’s Music Production Union recently showcased some of the university’s finest, including Tres Pescadores and Velvet Elvis.

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    James Chrasta

    February 26, 2022
    Live Shows, slo
    alternative, cal poly, cal poly mpu, experimental, experimental rock, hard rock, heavy metal, indie, live, mpu, post-hardcore, punk, rock, san luis obispo, slo, tres pescadores, velvet elvis
  • Album Review: Pompeii

    Album Review: Pompeii

    With a focus on rhythm, Cate Le Bon’s artsy, wave-y sixth offering cements her ability to evolve with each album while retaining the strengths of what came before.

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    Sadie Beaumont

    February 23, 2022
    Album Reviews, Release Reviews, Reviews
    2022, art pop, art rock, indie, indie folk, los angeles, neo-psychedelia, new wave, pop, psych pop
  • SLO Shows: Radolescents at Humdinger Brewery

    SLO Shows: Radolescents at Humdinger Brewery

    Featuring guitarist Rikk Agnew, Radolescents relive the glory days with a performance of Adolescents’ Blue Album.

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    James Chrasta

    February 19, 2022
    Live Shows, slo
    ag, arroyo grande, experimental, hardcore, live, punk, punk rock, radolescents, rikk agnew, rock, shows, the hajj, up your guts
  • Latin Rock Recs

    Latin Rock Recs

    If you’re close with me, you’d know how much I talk about rock en español. So, in order to share with you all the music I love so much, I made a little list of my highlights mixed in with some very influential albums in no particular order.   27 (2012) by Ciro y Los Persas

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    Stephanie Enzminger

    February 16, 2022
    Editorials
    alternative, argentina, art pop, art rock, buenos aires, indie, juarez, latin, mexico, new wave, pop rock, psychedelic, rock, spanish, synthpop
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