There’s an exaggerated cool irreverence that is like a musical sibling of a Portlandia skit: silly but capturing something real.
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Album Review: Free Throw – What’s Past is Prologue
Free Throw is unafraid to capture the essence of pop-punk simplicity while interweaving the intimacy of emo self-confession.
Banger of the Week: Otoboke Beaver – Don’t Light My Fire
“Don’t Light My Fire” is goddamn Bad Brains in talent, vision, chaos and tempo
Check This: Matthew Milia – “Puncture”
He breaks apart the plastic façade of suburban life to pick up the pieces of hope and sadness that exist in all of us, turn them in his fingers and capture them in verse.
World Watch: The Rumpled – Grace O’Malley
Their fiddle and accordion are invitations to fans of folk music to speed up their classic tastes a bit and reach these aggressive punk speeds.
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