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The Princess of Pop-Punk Avril Lavigne is Back With a New Single, "Bite Me" ...
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(Music)
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... and distorted guitar, she expanded her instrumental base with piano, strings, and synths.
While some fans have lamented the loss of her more edgy original style, Lavigne has shown that she’s not afraid ...
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Created on 12 November 2021
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Les Sewing Sisters, Experimental Japanese Artists, Are Back With An Album Produced Out Of Sewing Machines' Sounds
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(Music)
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NO GUITARS, NO drums, no synths.The nine tracks on the self-titled Les Sewing Sisters LP were made entirely with vocals and samples of sounds made by sewing machines. Though a listener probably wouldn’t ...
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Created on 10 November 2021
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Slacker-Pop Goddess Lauran Hibberd Releases Excellent New EP “Goober”: BUST Interview
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(Music)
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... I've said, "OK, what else can I add to this? What if I start doing spoken word? What if I add loads of synths? What if I write about if I was at my own funeral?"
How did your collaboration with Lydia Night ...
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Created on 29 July 2021
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SPELLLING's Album "The Turning Wheel" Offers A New Spin On An Artist Coming Into Her O
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(Music)
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... musical experience. Swapping synths for richer instrumentation, SPELLLING offers highlights including melodic opener “Little Deer,” a soulful title track, and the moody “Queen of Wands.” The songs shift ...
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Created on 30 June 2021
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Lost Girls' New Album "Menneskekollektivet" Is A Captivating Exploration Into Meditative Musi
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(Music)
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... is a mood. The 12-minute title track opens with soft, existential contemplations spoken over protracted synth notes (“We are/And sound hugs our bodies”), eventually giving way to a hypnotic dance beat, ...
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Created on 13 April 2021
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Kalbells Creates a Psychedelic 10-Track Daydream in Their Sophomore Album "Max Heart" ...
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(Music)
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... is definitely in the Heart. These 10 tracks are psychedelic in the most mind freeing, soothing, yellow-smiley-face sense of the word—elastic funk and fluid synth-pop blurring the lines between sensual ...
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Created on 26 March 2021
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La Chica Transforms Anger Into Power in Her Album "La Loba
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(Music)
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... musically than her previous synth-pop works. “I don’t want to dream again/I’m his ghost/I drink your memory and swallow my wish,” she quavers on “Drink.” Grief is a process and La Chica has rendered it ...
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Created on 05 March 2021
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Junglepussy Goes Full Throttle On Her Fourth Album, "JP4
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(Music)
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Junglepussy, aka Shayna McHayle, manifests her true persona at full throttle on her fourth album—a soulful combination of trap, interstellar synth, blissful crooning, and brutally honest rhymes. Open-ing ...
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Created on 14 January 2021
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Jane Fonda: A Rebel With a Cause. Exclusive BUST Interview
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(Feminism)
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... lie solidly in the realm of pastel sweatbands, high-cut leotards, and leg lifts set to synth beats—her workout video empire (which she recently lampooned with the help of Amy Schumer, Kerry Washington, ...
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Created on 07 January 2021
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Queue This Dance-Punk Project On Your Quarantine Party Playlist
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(Music)
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CRICKETS is a politically charged dance-punk project led by Le Tigre’s JD Samson along with Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum and MEN’s Michael O’Neill. Consisting of only vocals, a guitar, a synthesizer, ...
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Created on 29 October 2020
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Black Trans Talent Are Breaking Through The Music Industry
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(Music)
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... Photo Cred: Kacie Marie Photo Cred: Damon Beirne
Photo Cred: Apollo Flowerchild
A synthesis of house, electric hip hop and PC pop, Heather Hills’ sound is packed with mid-aughts nostalgia. ...
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Created on 24 July 2020
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POLIÇA Digs Deep into A Rise After a Tough Fall on "When We Stay Alive
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(Music)
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... smart and dark synth-pop, but it’s the message that is the true punch packed behind Leaneagh’s voice and Poliça’s trademark muscular beats. (4/5)
By Erin Wolf
When We Stay Alive was released ...
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Created on 28 April 2020
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Gladie's Debut Explores The Intricacies Of Grief And Los
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(Music)
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GLADIE Safe Sins (Lame-O Records)
How do you find a way out of grief? Gladie’s Augusta Koch (formerly of the excellent punk band Cayetana) explores the intricacies of loss through indie-pop synths, ...
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Created on 02 April 2020
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"Swimmer" by Tennis Is Electronic Yet Soulfu
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(Music)
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... On their fifth studio album, that creativity manifests in unexpected ways, like a surprise tempo change in the soulful “Need Your Love” or a swirling synth-driven outro in “Matrimony II.” You’d never know ...
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Created on 01 April 2020
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Porridge Radio's Debut Record Is An Exercise In Raw Emotio
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(Music)
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... there is power in desperation, while “Born Confused” recognizes the liberation of someone leaving you. The heaviness of the content is sometimes brightened with synths and keyboards, but the vulnerability ...
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Created on 12 March 2020
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Caroline Rose Hits Her Stride On "Superstar
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(Music)
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... and hard-to-pin-down musical style courses through a kaleidoscope of sounds and genres.
From the album’s opener, “Nothing’s Impossible,” dance beats and synths crash in, followed by Rose’s velvet voice ...
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Created on 06 March 2020
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Week Of Women: January 31-February 6, 2020
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(Entertainment)
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... Quinlan’s solo record includes synths, digital beats, and even auto-harp. Out January 31.
“Leave It Alone” by Hayley Williams
And speaking of venturing into new territory, Paramore’s Hayley Williams ...
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Created on 30 January 2020
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On “Manic,” Halsey Captures The Highs And Lows Of Young Adulthood
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(Music)
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... the gamut from club jams to various flavors of pop (synth, electro, alt-, baroque, et cetera) to hip-hop to even country and alt-rock, and Halsey’s flexible voice is more than up to the challenge. Most ...
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Created on 24 January 2020
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Banny Grove's New Video Will Have You Feeling "So Happy So Good": BUST Premie
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(Music)
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... in the Mojave Desert, and in tandem with the move, the artists decided to enter a new musical era, adding an Americana and western-inspired sound to their whimsical, electro- and synth-splattered music. ...
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Created on 24 January 2020
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"All Mirrors" By Angel Olsen Is Risky and Ra
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(Music)
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... the title single emits heavy Twin Peaks vibes with its synth and bass. Olsen’s soft and raw vocals weave it all together, whether they’re fuzzed, echoed, or familiarly front-and-center. The show of risk ...
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Created on 09 December 2019
