A Conversation With Indie Rapper OKnice | Following the Fine Line Between Buried and Planted
I discovered OKnice in 2022 purely by chance. He came up while I mindlessly scrolled TikTok instead of...
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Crushed Monocle Podcast: Episode 28 – A Riot with Heather West
Riot Fest 2023 Preview: Interview with PR rep Heather West where she gives us a peak behind the curtain on one of the best music festival.
DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution | Celebrating the Humanity of an Icon
In a different timeline, I would have listened to the music of DJ Screw in high school. I...
Eric Harvey – Who Got the Camera? | Reality Rap vs Tabloid Television in the ’90s
One of my most formative musical experiences occurred in Fall 1991. It was 7th grade. I’d made first...
Reckless and Royal: “Beautiful In Blue” | Song Review
Reckless and Royal is a two-person alternative band from Texas. The band's debut single "Beautiful In Blue" comes out later this month.
Fat Tony and Taydex – Wake Up | Good Music Should Never Sit Still
Wake Up reflects Fat Tony’s diverse artistic palate and widespread travels, while production from Taydex feels both familiar and forward-thinking.
Eminem: Kamikaze | Over 2000 words you didn’t know you needed to read
Overthink, underthink—after listening to Eminem's surprise album, Kamikaze, I’m left wondering if he should have even thought at all.
Pusha-T: Daytona | Brief, Impressive, Yet Partially Flawed
For all the good things that Pusha T's Daytona has going for it, even with its short length, it is not a perfect record. However, With each subsequent listen, I find more things to appreciate about Daytona, so in the end, maybe this, for right now, is what we needed.
Dedicated Fans Sell Out Dessa’s ‘Chime’ Tour in Denver
Dessa arrived to shrieks and cheers, a crowd full of fans from the Midwest and Colorado combined. Then this Minneapolis musician dove right in—got down low on stage, close to the crowd.
Analyzing XXXTentacion’s 17
We are all chasing something in the end, wanting someone or just in search of more, often times we have to reflect as deeply as XXXTentacio has in 17.