It’s unfortunate that Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever released such an exceptional album at such an inconvenient time. With COVID-19 sweeping the world, forcing people to cancel their plans and isolate from each other, Sideways to New Italy serves as another source of escape from the dreary reality in which we…

Duo Killer Mike and El-P have maintained a spotlight in hip-hop since they formed Run The Jewels in 2013. Both started as underground icons who shot to superstardom with their self titled debut. Seven years later and three albums strong, they have continued to set the standard for hardcore, political…

Experimentation is essential for the evolution of an artist’s style to create distinction between each subsequent work and encourage the audience to return and experience the new side of the artist. The catch-22 is that experimentation can often backfire just as much as it can do wonders. On the…

Acclaimed Seattle indie rock musician Damien Jurado’s newest release, What’s New, Tomboy?, displays his desire to return to form with a more stripped-down acoustic focus and a contemporary focused structure around themes of existentialism and isolation. What’s New, Tomboy? Damien Jurado Mama Bird Recording Co., May 1 Jurado, who…