'Envy' is the second track from London-based artist Peter Lyons, offering contrast to his debut, 'Leave Me.' The new track opens with densely layered and scattered beats that can be jarring at first. However, these beats come together delicately -- and through the addition of menacing orchestral strings...
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Junior Prom, a magical time when (acne) blossoming youngsters experience their first taste of real world dating: asking equally nervous and insecure jerkholes to maybe? go to prom with them, while everyone balances their potential better offers and invites to come...
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We were hustling hard on a private event early June when All Things Go premiered Come Of Age; that's the only way I can explain not noticing. But, there was no way this masterpiece could have gone unnoticed for long. A recent addition to the Vagrant roster, this UK...
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Dying to see this act live. Missed them at SXSW and then again last week on tour with Ryn Weaver. All good thought, i've got a feeling the future is bright for young Sam Dew and that there will be more chances. Add this gem...
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To say I was obsessed with Autre Ne Veut's album, Anxiety, is a bit of an understatement. I loved the dense, layered, and somewhat avant garde brand of R&B that was featured on the album. Now, two years have since passed and Autre Ne Veut (Arthur...
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Easy way to win a playa' over is with a dope band name, having sweet catchy tunes, and bringing me home made cookies (no almonds or coconut shavings! Gross). Here, Scotland's very own, The Fratellis, succeed in spades (which interestingly is a US expression from...
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Mating Ritual just saved summer. The Pacific Air offshoot dropped their latest single, affectionately known as Glasses, last week to a warm reception from their starving fans (myself included). When asked about the track, front man Ryan Lawton declares: “'I Wear Glasses' is the lubricated vision of a could-be hookup...
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New Jersey/New York pop punk trio (a hotbed for the genre, if you didn't know), Candy Hearts - currently on Warped Tour - give a bit off a mixed vibe of Best Coast and Tacocat (aren't palindromes fun?!). In 2012 they teamed up with mega...
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GIBBZ, the drunken, obnoxious, and offensive mess-of-a-Brooklynite alter ego of the Berklee College of Music grad, Mike Gibney. His pals convinced him it was "ok to drink copious amounts of alcohol and make everyone within a 30 ft radius uncomfortable." So if I got this...
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So sometimes bullies can be cool. Well, better said, usually bullies ARE "cool" kids who pick on their future bosses, hook up with their future bosses future wives, and collect head trauma via football practice and failed keg stands. In the same way subjected groups assimilate...
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