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Album Review: Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore – ‘Tragic Magic’: A compelling, emotional electro-acoustic collaboration which haunts and hopes.

Some collaborations are just meant to be and this is one of those. Composer, vocalist and electronic musician Julianna Barwick and experimental harpist Mary Lattimore have been more than crossing…

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Premiere: Stream Fielded’s introspective, lush new record ‘Chuckles Deluxe’

The new album from Brooklyn’s Lindsay Powell is a beautiful, unflinching exploration of identity and self-expression; it feels like a record they needed to make. Their sixth as Fielded, it…

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Premiere: Adam Lytle presents the dark majesty of ‘Sister Wave’, new album out early May

Brooklyn’s Adam Lytle has levelled the hell up on his new record, it has to be said – nothing difficult about this second album, at least not in execution, as…

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Premiere: Fielded wants what they’re owed on sumptuous new song ‘Lost Youth’

Do you know your worth? Lindsay Powell is more sure of theirs than they’ve arguably ever been, and they want the world to know. As Fielded, the Brooklyn-based artist has…

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Premiere: Brooklyn’s Gooseberry prep debut album for September, share anxious new single ‘Dying to Meet You’

Brooklyn trio Gooseberry‘s debut album is shaping up to be a must-listen. It’s not out for a few months yet, but they’ve shared an explosive new single that acts as…

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Premiere: Scrimmage toss and turn on sweetly sad new song ‘Little Foot’

Since the late 2022 release of debut EP Superego, Brooklyn band Scrimmage have downsized to a duo, now consisting of Connor Lewis and Carr Bonner – bassist David Carter departed…

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Premiere: Stream Taylor Pearlstein’s stunning new EP Perfect Blue, out tomorrow

A couple of weeks back, we wrote about ‘The Difference’, the current single from Brooklyn’s Taylor Pearlstein, signalling the release of her new EP. The full thing is almost here…

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Premiere: Taylor Pearlstein finds a way forward on cinematic new single ‘The Difference’

From its alt country-tinged beginnings, the new song from Brooklyn’s Taylor Pearlstein keeps building on itself until everything drops out and she’s left to carry the song a capella for…

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billy idol, steve stevens and billy morrison in Brooklyn 2023

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Live Review: Billy Idol – Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, NY 12.09.2023

The resurgence of all things Gen X reached a high point last year with “Running Up That Hill” becoming ubiquitous 37 years after its release. It also served as a…

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Premiere: LEONE take their power back on title track from forthcoming new EP, ‘GTFOH’

Last month, Brooklyn band LEONE got our attention with ‘I Wanna Be’, a taster of the new EP they’re putting out in just under a month. It was accompanied by…

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