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Have to be honest, I have no gauge for where James Blake’s popularity is anymore. Granted, I’m not sure I ever did: I still think Overgrown is a great album, and I remember getting backlash when I was mid on The Colour In Anything, but then paradoxically I liked multiple songs from Assume Form, with ‘Where’s The Catch’ being one of my favourite songs in 2019 - yeah, mostly because of Andre 3000, but Blake has surprisingly good taste in rap collaborators, I’ll ... read more

You know, I’m surprised it’s taken until now for me to talk about this emo act - because with that band name, what else could they be? But alright, The World Is A Beautiful Place… etc broke out in the 2010s as part of the growing, more mature midwestern emo tones, notable for multiple lead vocalists with only their bassist Josh Cyr as the only consistent member since the very beginning, and striking a balance between delicate, incredibly pretty, borderline theatrical arranged ... read more

Well, this is a project that’s been attracting quite a bit of attention - a pop duo with a flair for the retro, I started seeing a shocking amount of critical acclaim across the board dumped at the feet of this Florida group comprised of a few former members of indie rock band Tabula Rasa, enough that I was curious enough to give this a real chance.

And.. you know, for a disco-leaning indie pop act, describing Magdalena Bay is actually a little tricky, because the palette of sound they ... read more

I’ll admit to being a little surprised this wound up on my schedule - I have no shortage of punk-adjacent indie rock popping up across Bandcamp and a lot of it runs together if the hooks aren’t that strong, and going into illuminati hotties’ debut album from a few years back, I wasn’t all that wowed. I mean, it was likable and reasonably well produced and clever in patches, but Bandcamp is stuffed with acts like this, especially when they play to a retro style in ... read more