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Night Wolf & Lois Powell Build Something You Can Walk Through

Night Wolf constructs an atmosphere through music rather than writing songs. He builds emotional structures through sound, creating hard, unyielding areas that you can physically walk through as much as hear. With The Laws Of Life, his newest release and fourth collaboration with Lois Powell , the structures come alive. It begins softly. The sound is almost like a blur. Lois produces her first sound as if she was a memory you didn't know you still had — delicate, soft, layer

Apr 122 min read

DownTown Mystic: E Street Legends, Restraint Wins

The On E Street Remix offers a certain feel—memories stained by alcohol, speakers emitting static, concrete under foot. In contrast, Dowtown Mystic is as comfortable as your favorite old splattered T shirt when you enter into the music. You are about to experience something new from Robert Allen. Robert Allen is seeking after something unlike anything else seen recently—something which has great substance; he wants to experience something called "muscle memory." This type of

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Apr 92 min read

High on the Hog: Mogipbob's Prairie Songs, Written by Hand, Sung by Machine

Jason Graves is a songwriter in Hythe, Alberta, a place with solid wind-driven concrete underneath a thick layer of cold air above it. His songwriting project is named Mogipbob, which seems to fit the bill for a bar tab next to a half-finished beer, along with the lyrics scribbled on a napkin in front of him. His most recent release, High on the Hog, contains twelve tracks that vary from prairie-style country, to back-porch folk and have an air of ’70s-style funk-pop. The gr

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Feb 272 min read

Exzenya's Final Chapter Explodes – "That Is The Story Of My Life" Turns Survival into Anthem

Not quietly will Exzenya enter the arena at 56. On concrete warmed by old fires, beer bottles create clinking noises far away, and static fills the air; she tells it how it is. Her latest single, "That Is The Story Of My Life" wraps up the final chapter of her entire 12-track arc with an exclamation point! Not shiny, not understated, just learned through hard work. With a driving pop/rock beat and an anthem-style chorus that raises you up without begging for permission, yet

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Feb 271 min read