The list of “bitchin’” things in music is select: Camaros, summers, pretty lives. Meditative, drone-filled music built on synths, drum machines, and woodwinds usually does not fit the bill. Yet the Chicago trio Bitchin Bajas […]
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Katie Runnels and “Imperfect Beauty” bloom in harmony
“Imperfect Beauty” opens with soft light and keeps it. Katie Runnels shapes the track with vapor like synths, a steady pulse, and a vocal that sits at the center like a calm flame. The production […]

HRISTELIN presents “Dubai Star”
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Sven Wunder Summons The Sublime On ‘Daybreak’
Each album by Swedish composer Sven Wunder masterfully opens a door into a different sonic mise-en-scene, from the East-meets-West psychedelia of Eastern Flowers, to the painterly restraint of Wabi Sabi or the midnight-jazz hush of […]

My Chemical Romance Announce The Black Parade 2026 Stadium Tour
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Summerbruise Release New Record, “Infinity Guise”
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I Prevail Release New Album, “Violent Nature”
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Breakup Shoes Releases New Single, “Malaise”
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Kojey Radical Releases New Album, “Don’t Look Down”
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Juxtaposition Is The Prescription On Wednesday’s ‘Bleeds’
Bleeds, the fifth salvo from this Dead Oceans-signed, Asheville, N.C.-based indie outfit, is truly the best album of 1994. Who thought it would be so compelling to graft country rock idioms to the relentless decibels […]

Nation of Language Retreat on ‘Dance Called Memory’
Roxy Music released its final album, Avalon, in 1982, capping off a decade that saw the group morph from the shimmering art rock of its debut to something more majestic but wearier. Seven years had […]

Chevelle @ The Fillmore Auditorium, 9/16/25
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