Track Review: The OBGMs – “Cash”

Music admin May 14, 2020

This past Friday, the OBGMs (short for The oOoh Baby Gimme Mores) a Toronto punk three piece released the mic-throttling,  “Cash,” their first new music in three years, and it begs to be screamed into faces everywhere.

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Album Review: Future Crooks – ‘The Wind EP’

Music admin May 14, 2020

Future Crooks are back with their first release in just over half a decade. Emerging from the shadows of the internet in late April, the band announced that work on their LP was paused by COVID, but they released a 4 song EP which is just the reminder of their talent that we all needed.

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Artist Interview: Melody

Music admin May 7, 2020

Melody writes songs about the awkwardness of real life as a teen. Her stunning indie pop doesn’t shy away from identity crises, growing pains, or emotional turbulence and its all narrated with a laid-back honesty. We discussed her songwriting, video games, and her upcoming EP.

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Video Premiere: Miss Christine – “The Millennial Paradigm”

Music admin April 30, 2020

Miss Christine is a project led by vocalist and bassist Christine Moad, who was also a field organizer for the Bernie Sanders campaign and the founder of Musicians 4 Bernie. So you would expect that Miss Christine's music is going to be infused with this progressive political energy, and it it is! Today we are premiering their video for “The Millennial Paradigm”.

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Track Premiere: Miles Paralysis – “Tuned Out”

Music admin April 29, 2020

The internet has made it easier than ever to form "supergroups". Artists no longer have to live in the same city, or even see each other in person, to write and record music together. This has resulted in some awesome new projects, and Miles Paralysis is an example of just that in the mathy punk realm. The band is an excellent collaboration between "Steel Wolf" Markson (Such Gold and Taking Meds) and Alex Litinsky (AM Overcast).

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It Holds Up: Letlive – ‘Fake History’ (2010)

It Holds Up admin April 29, 2020

It’s hard to overstate how stale the post-hardcore/metalcore scene had gotten by 2010. It was like focus group metalcore, designed to pull the biggest crowds at the Warped Tour that year, all sounding the same, all looking the same, all about the same things, then there was Letlive. Zac discusses why letlive's album 'Fake History' still holds up

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Album Review: Ellis – ‘Born Again’

Music admin April 15, 2020

On her debut album under the name Ellis, a play on her initials, Linnea Siggelkow is thoughtful and reflective. With lyrics that pour from her as if she were thinking out loud and sweeping, transient instrumentation, this debut serves as a strong introduction.

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Op-Ed: The Musical Left with Bernie and Beyond

Music admin April 14, 2020

Bernie was the first presidential candidate in modern history to see art and especially music for its revolutionary potential. Guest contributor, Giliann Karon, discusses that relationship and why artists should continue the work to make musicians a political force.

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