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Venue Vibes: House of Blues Chicago
I first became aware of the House of Blues as a tender youth watching the movie “Freaky Friday” (the 2003 one, of course). Imagine my surprise years later…
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Jump Into Some New Summer Tunes With Mars Hendrik’s “The Jump”
With a strong focus on mental health and spirituality, and a musical style that isn’t afraid to blur genres, “The Jump,” from Connecticut-based singer-songwriter Mars Hendrik is an…
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Sydney Sprague is “As Scared As Can Be,” but She Sounds Great Doing It
Singer-songwriter Sydney Sprague is back with her second single of 2025, “As Scared As Can Be.” Self-described as “the most unhinged song I have ever written,” “As Scared…
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If Home Is Where The Heart Is: How to Turn 27 and Not Fuck It Up (Playlist)
Birthdays are weird. Birthdays have always been weird for me, considering how often my birthday falls on a weekend where no one stays in town if they can…
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Saturday Song Sisters: “Thank You For The Venom” & “Snitches & Talkers Get Stitches And Walkers”
This installment of Saturday Song Sisters, is as much a sonic comparison as it is lyrical. Since these songs were released between 2004-2006, my 11-year-old ears (at the…
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20 years of Demon Days – a Timeless Set Of Jams When the World Feels Like It’s Turning Inside Out
Demon Days, Gorillaz’s magnum opus, turns 20 this year! It’s a cacophony of samples, lyrics screaming about the political landscape of the US in the early 2000s, and…
featured playlist
contributor: madi jay
All real album listeners gather round: here is a playlist that should never experience the shuffle button. This is a non-comprehensive list of songs that I refuse to listen to without their counterpart(s), songs with gnarly instrumental transitions, sometimes even transitions in the middle of words. They are all songs that I will always go out of my way to queue up next to each other, because they should simply never be separated.