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Review: Blu & Exile: ‘Below the Heavens’

Posted on February 22, 2023February 23, 2023 by Adeboye Adeoye

Below The Heavens is a phrase that immediately strikes one when they read it. Coincidentally, it is the title of the 2007 debut album of Los Angeles rapper-producer duo Blu & Exile. Looking back at Hip Hop in the 2000s, we can place most popular rappers into one of two lanes. Flashy and “hardened” MCs…

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Review: Gregory Alan Isakov: ‘This Empty Northern Hemisphere’

Posted on February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 by Haley Gilbert

I think everyone has that one album that really redefines what music means to them and transforms their view of the world and for me, This Empty Northern Hemisphere by Gregory Alan Isakov is that album. When I listen to it, it perplexes me how I could possibly have access to the same 26 letters…

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Review: Lil Yachty: ‘Let’s Start Here.’

Posted on February 10, 2023February 9, 2023 by Jacob Feinberg

Let me set the scene. It’s an early Friday morning and I am running low on sleep. On my walk to school, I remember that Lil Yachty, SoundCloud legend and an old favorite of mine, has just dropped a new album. I had been looking forward to it and heard whispers about rock influences. After…

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Review: Little Simz: ‘NO THANK YOU’

Posted on February 8, 2023February 2, 2023 by Adeboye Adeoye

Little Simz closed out 2022 with the release of her fifth studio album NO THANK YOU. Announced just one week before its release, the 50-minute album was subsequently accompanied by a ten-minute short film. Simz, an English rapper born to Nigerian parents, is an independent artist who released her first album in 2013. Now, at…

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Review: Samia: ‘Honey’

Posted on February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 by Buket Urgen

Samia’s introspective new album, Honey, opens with a delusional, searing confession delivered amidst a somber funeral organ. She parallels SZA’s recent hit, “Kill Bill,” and daydreams about killing an ex’s new lover. In recent interviews, she consistently describes her second LP as ‘pathologically confessional.’ True to her word, the album’s lead single and opening track,…

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Review: Bad Bad Hats: “It Hurts (Demo)”

Posted on January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 by Haley Gilbert

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of their debut EP It Hurts, Minneapolis-based indie-rock duo Bad Bad Hats will be releasing It Hurts (10th Anniversary edition) at the end of the month. The reissue will consist of remasters of all five songs, as well as the original demos, and will be the first…

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iii Points 2021 Recap: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Posted on October 29, 2021November 8, 2021 by Jonathan Yim

If you’re unfamiliar with Miami music festival iii Points, it’s quite singular as far as US-based festivals go. Gates run from 5 pm to 5 am, reminiscent of many EU-based fests, many of the acts identify with the dance music genre, and there’s a heavy emphasis on local and international talent. On paper, this should…

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Tasting Notes – Fall Heat Wave

Posted on October 8, 2021October 7, 2021 by Jonathan Yim

Welcome to my new column here at Vinyl Mag: Tasting Notes! I have had this idea bouncing inside my head for a little while now yet for some reason haven’t gotten around to writing it. Each edition of Tasting Notes will feature a themed menu with a few projects that deserve your time. This week’s…

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Review: The Dazy Chains: “Electric Sunshine”

Posted on October 8, 2021March 2, 2023 by Buket Urgen

The Dazy Chains, a relatively new homegrown Athens band, didn’t let the past year and a half stop them from writing, recording, and releasing their debut full-length album Electric Sunshine, which came out Oct 8th at midnight. The album cover, like the contents within the album, is a psychedelic piece of art. It features the iconic steeple…

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Review: Hotel Fiction: ‘Soft Focus’

Posted on August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 by Buket Urgen

Hotel Fiction’s debut album Soft Focus is finally out today. Written and recorded over the past two years, Soft Focus is a complete introduction to the potential Hotel Fiction brings to the table as musicians, writers, and creatives. It’s rare that a musical act steps forward with such a complete vision and polished presence, but Hotel Fiction has done…

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