Album Review: Oso Oso – Basking In The Glow

Music admin September 16, 2019

Oso Oso has patented a sound that always feels comfortable to listen to. Whether you’ve been indulging in their music nonstop, or take a break and come back to enjoy it again, every Oso record is familiarly pleasant.The newest release from Jade Lilitri’s project is another homerun example of this phenomenon.

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Photography: Mitski and Lucy Dacus in Central Park

Arts admin September 10, 2019

From her debut album to her latest release, Mitski has proven time and time again how much of a prolific songwriter, artist, and performer she can be. Sarah was there at her Central Park show on  September 8th, to photograph her fantastic final performance before hiatus.

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Track Review: Save Face – ‘Bummer’

Music admin August 28, 2019

The current state of the union may be a bummer, but the new track from Jersey’s Save Face of the same name is far from it. Save Face just dropped their new track "Bummer" from their upcoming split with Grad Life, and the music video is packed to the gills with artists from throughout the DIY and emo music worlds.

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Album Review: Taylor Swift – ‘Lover’

Music admin August 26, 2019

Unlike Taylor Swift’s past work, it is without a doubt that Lover breaks the chains that had been cuffed to her for so many years. Instead of records controlling her, she is taking back her freedom and vulnerability as an artist and as a woman, and crucially doing so in a way that comes across organic and personable to her - a journey of self-care and brighter visions of color.

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Track by Track: Frog – “Count Bateman”

Music admin August 19, 2019

Frog has a cool new album out, "Count Bateman", so we had Bateman himself send us over a track by track breakdown of all of the songs from the record. Take a listen while you read over each track's backstory. Frog might not be a very serious name, but he is serious talent and songwriter.

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Video Premiere: Biitchseat – “Bathroom”

Music admin August 8, 2019

With the purest opening line of 2019 — “At this point in my life I’m looking for the kind of support you find standing in line at the women’s bathroom”— Biitchseat’s “Bathroom” radiates a certain kind of positivity that could only come from a group of best friends.

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Video Premiere: Mush – “Shirt”

Music admin July 25, 2019

Mush is the supergroup of members and ex-members of Illinois rock bands such as Retirement Party, Dowsing, and Lettering. These five superstars of the Chicago scene released their debut full-length entitled. Thank You, We’re Mush. Today we're premiering the video for the track "Shirt. Its about a shirt.

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Album Review: Bad Luck – ‘Drug Phase’

Music admin July 25, 2019

Hannah just got published in a new limited edition zine called "A Soundtrack To Surviving 2019", which features personal essays on the best albums of 2019 so far from a bunch of music writers. Hannah wrote about the recent Bad Luck album, 'Drug Phase', and we're republishing her essay here.

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Track Premiere: American Spirits – “Retrograde”

Music admin July 17, 2019

Retrograde, in the astrological sense, is used to describe the phenomenon of a planet appearing to move backward in the sky. In the colloquial sense, though—it’s a catch-all blame for when your life is falling to complete sh*t, which is why American Spirits’ newest song “Retrograde” opens with a steady list of inconveniences.

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