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Here Are The Best New Bandcamp Albums.

Bandcamp waive their revenue share on a monthly basis now to help musicians and labels. Here Are The Best New Bandcamp Albums. They have certainly been doing their part to support musicians during this pandemic. A statement from Bandcamp: A few Fridays ago, we waived our revenue share to help musicians impacted by the Covid-19...

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Fetch the Bolt Cutters is a masterful exploration of the untethered unknown.

Fetch the Bolt Cutters is a masterful exploration of the untethered unknown. Upon first listen, it’s objectively clear that Fiona Apple has made an album that could prove to be the best of her career. It crackles and booms with a blustery energy. It shifts and regroups, bobs and weaves. It rarely takes the time...

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New Music: Greg Puciato - Fire for Water

New Music: Singles Roundup April 2020

New Music: Singles Roundup April 2020 The industry has shifted back to a singles market from its LP-ruling heyday. Even more so now that Covid-19 has ground the world to a standstill. Artists are left with whatever they had recorded before lockdown, often short of a full album. They also have an audience that is...

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Patrick Ames Takes You On A Musical Napa Valley Vineyard Tour In “Liveness in Quarantine” Livestream Series

Liveness in Quarantine. Recorded during the Covid-19 Pandemic, April 2020. LIVE in the Vineyard.  The wineries of Napa Valley and wine county are closed but the vineyards are alive during April’s Pandemic. Join @PatrickAmes for tours and new music for your sheltering in place. Bring your wine glass because it’s always Happy Hour in this...

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Phoebe Bridgers Had A Great Week

By ELI JACE > Last week was a huge week for songwriter Phoebe Bridgers & the girl never even changed out of her PJs. Bridgers went on a make believe global virtual journey to promote her upcoming second album. The markets have been abuzz for a follow-up to Bridgers’ debut Stranger in the Alps, released in...

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Coronavirus: The Best New Songs and Albums For Self-Isolation

As COVID19 has streamlined a powerful assault on just about every Earthen industry, we are forced to stay at home and pause aspects of our lives, and the mounting stresses are real. Constants are more important than ever right now. Art is a constant. Music is a constant. These can be created in isolation and their rich emotions can be experienced in isolation. Music being released during these hazy, unseemly times is without a doubt defiant. 

Pearl Jam find both breakthrough moments and moments of complacency on Gigaton

Pearl Jam find both breakthrough moments and moments of complacency on Gigaton The general listening public tends to have a certain idea of what it means to take a long time to make a record. Usually, it’s imagined that the band is in there chipping away day in and day out at the same dozen...

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Nine Inch Nails continue to build their rich instrumental legacy with Ghosts V-VI

Nine Inch Nails devotees have been well aware of Trent Reznor’s prowess in the field of instrumental music for decades, long before his recent Grammy-winning stint scoring film. Between the furious buzzsaw eruptions of the industrial rock tracks led by his iconic bellow, the brilliant producer has managed to slip in some of his best...

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Bob Dylan sings about a past American era

  By ELI JACE > Bob Dylan, the man myth legend and hopefully healthy & safely quarantined songwriter has released another epic storysong. “Murder Most Foul” is Dylan’s first release in eight years and appears to be another offering of good tidings from a musician in this strange moment in history. The timing is perfect,...

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#Bloomerangs “Moments and Fragments” Album Is A Passionate Journey Through Multi-Dimensional Jazz

#Bloomerangs “Moments and Fragments” Album Is A Passionate Journey Through Multi-Dimensional Jazz The Jazz Collective’s New Album Is Out March 27, 2020 via Instru Dash Mental Records Instru Dash Mental Records presents “Moments and Fragments” (order on Amazon here), the sophomore LP from music collective #Bloomerangs. The playlist features original music from its members, and...

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Chicago Nu Pop Soul Artist Ava Cherry Channels Resilience Enough For Us All On New “Testify Love” Single

Chicago Nu Pop Soul Artist Ava Cherry Channels Resilience Enough For Us All On New “Testify Love” Single Established Chicago-based pop/soul/dance songstress Ava Cherry has been making music for 5 decades, having released several solo albums and worked with everyone from Curtis Mayfield and Luther Vandross to Ziggy Stardust himself (she’s featured heavily on Bowie’s...

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Bright Eyes Return to Our Sad World

By ELI JACE > As we step carefully six feet apart to avoid total societal collapse, Bright Eyes have returned to share in our collective moan. “Persona Non Grata” is the group’s first chunk of new music in 9 long years.   Musically the song is very simple, providing a walking rhythm for singer Conor...

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