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Joshua Radin – Wax Wings [Interview + LP Review]
By Fans on May 5, 2013The cliché that “loves hurts us all,” is a cliché for a reason. We all have dealt or will deal with the bruises and scars of love. Some of us are fortunate to be loved and share our love, and we may become known as hopeless romantics—as if being such a type is a bad thing. The [...] -

GLDMSK – Roger Sterling (A Time Traveling Paratext)
By Fans on April 26, 2013Lights on, stage set, curtains up. Ladies and gentlemen, I present you with the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ of beats, the Les Mis of loops, the Romeo and Juliet of rhymes. I present you with GLDMSK’s very own hip-hop opera. Hip-hop opera? That’s right. ‘Roger Sterling (A Time Traveling Paratext)’ is a nearly-eight-minute epic of ever-changing flavors, flows, and soundscapes. If you’re [...] -

GiO Dee — Fashionably Late EP
By Fans on April 13, 2013Fashionably late. I gotta laugh. This is quite possibly the most appropriately titled EP of the year. The latest installment from Bostonian rapper GiO Dee (formerly Bigg Dee) comes courtesy of a ten track EP, Fashionably Late, that is maybe a little too true to its name. The EP cranks out poppy 808-and-toy-snare bangers like it’s nobody’s business, while Dee [...] -

DeltaFoxx — Breakin’ It Up All Right
By Fans on April 12, 2013The newest single from electronic indie duo DeltaFoxx, ‘Breakin’ It Up All Right’, is marked by futuristic synth rhythms, hypnotic eighth-triplets that ooze ambiance, face-shredding arena rock guitar, and of course, pumped dance beats. With a sound like this, Fabio Popinigis and Quizzik seem determined to become the first Brazilians in space since Marcos Pontes. It’s been a minute since [...] -

Christopher Paul Stelling — Brick x Brick
By Fans on April 11, 2013Get out your favorite pair of Levi’s and bake up some apple pie, people, because this track is about to get All-American on you. What we have here is true Americana. I’m talking the shit this country was built on. This is the blues. This is country. This is folk. This is the roots and sounds of the American people: [...]
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