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Album Review: Earl Sweatshirt's 'Some Rap Songs'
Depression, a shared yet unique experience—is a topic to empathize with—for Earl Sweatshirt on 'Some Rap Songs,' it’s a festering reality.
Kyle Kohner
Aug 20, 20203 min read
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Album Review: Julia Holter 'Aviary'
In spite of its demanding length & level of weirdness, Aviary is an incredibly immersive voyage and arguably Holter's greatest achievement.
Kyle Kohner
Aug 20, 20204 min read
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(Legendary) Album Review: Brian Eno's 'Ambient 1: Music for Airports'
Brian Eno's pioneering piece of somberness operates less as a background and more so as a force that is very much alive.
Kyle Kohner
Aug 19, 20202 min read
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Album Review: Empress Of's 'Us'
Though Us runs a brisk course of 33 minutes, Empress Of manages to keep listeners’ glued to every moment that passes by.
Kyle Kohner
Aug 19, 20203 min read
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Album Review: Beak>’s '>>>'
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON THE 405 (NOW DEFUNCT) Spacious, beautiful and at times, fiendish, dynamic Krautrock trio Beak>, led by...
Kyle Kohner
Aug 18, 20203 min read
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Album Review: Emma Ruth Rundle's 'On Dark Horses'
As Emma Ruth Rundle slowly unearths hope, On Dark Horses offers a powerful reminder to take back control of your life.
Kyle Kohner
Aug 18, 20203 min read
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Album Review: Menace Beach's 'Black Rainbow Sound'
What Menace Beach has created here is unique—they’ve manufactured an unrepentant sense of minimalism and use of repetition.
Kyle Kohner
Aug 17, 20203 min read
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Album Review: Wild Nothing's 'Indigo'
It’s difficult to deny how lovely Indigo sounds with its dreamy textures and lyrical romanticism, but there is nothing about Wild Nothing’s
Kyle Kohner
Aug 17, 20203 min read
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Album Review: Still Corners' 'Slow Air'
The stunning production quality of Slow Air can’t save Still Corners from sinking into the crowded waters of the dream pop genre
Kyle Kohner
Aug 16, 20203 min read
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Album Review: Animal Collective's 'Tangerine Reef'
Animal Collective ultimately disappoints with Tangerine Reef—it’s yet another forgettable checkpoint within the band’s recent run.
Kyle Kohner
Aug 16, 20203 min read
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Album Review: Mitski's 'Be The Cowboy'
Though it is perspiring uncertainty and the fear of becoming stagnant, Be The Cowboy is Mitski’s most personal & confrontational work yet.
Kyle Kohner
Aug 16, 20204 min read
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Album Review: Francis Plagne & Crys Cole’s 'Two Words'
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON THE 405 (NOW DEFUNCT) I’m going to be straightforward here and proclaim Two Words, the debut project from...
Kyle Kohner
Aug 16, 20202 min read
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Album Review: Lotic's 'Power'
Power conjures up one of the most hectic, impenetrable, and eclectic listening experiences of the year.
Kyle Kohner
Aug 16, 20203 min read
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Album Review: Orville Peck’s 'Pony'
Orville Peck’s queer but ambiguous identity is deeply tied to his wistful brand of country music.
Kyle Kohner
Aug 15, 20204 min read
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A conversation with Boy Harsher: "We wanted to convey this sense of desperate longing, while running
INTERVIEW: Boy Harsher attempts & succeeds in capturing emotional instability while allowing listeners room to dance their worries away
Kyle Kohner
Aug 15, 20208 min read
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A Headspace Bared For All To See: Remembering Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston will be remembered for crafting beautiful songs that reflect what it meant to strive for the light at the end of the tunnel
Kyle Kohner
Sep 12, 20195 min read
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Album Review: Devon Welsh 'Dream Songs'
Dream Songs is a balm for the soul—it’s both purifying and pacifying.
Kyle Kohner
Aug 30, 20184 min read
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INTERVIEW: The Joy Formidable
"Following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Ritzy Bryan, frontwoman of Welsh noise-pop band The Joy Formidable found herself gazing...
Kyle Kohner
Aug 28, 20181 min read
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Interview: Ought
"A number of musicians continue to reap the benefits of Mark E. Smith‘s politically charged and disillusioned post-punk, borrowing The...
Kyle Kohner
Mar 13, 20181 min read
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Interview: Porches
"'I constantly try to step away and just understand that you can’t force things,” he said. All you can do is keep the channel as open as...
Kyle Kohner
Feb 27, 20181 min read
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