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For the Record: ‘Where You Are’ by R. Ariel

April 16, 2019 album review Album Reviews Albums Carly Schorman Featured Articles For The Record Interview

by Carly Schorman

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Phoenix songwriter/author and world traveler, r.ariel, is off on a whirlwind musical adventure that has taken her across continents and, as one of her avid social media followers, I love being taken around the globe as she brings her art and music to new listeners and new locales.

R.Ariel recently released her new album, Where You Are, earlier this year and her new book, No One Likes Us, on the SAME DAY. Either one of those artistic undertakings seems like it could be inordinately consuming, but R.Ariel seems to exist in a perpetual cycle of creation…

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Coffee Pot: ‘Anthrophobia’ [album review]

January 29, 2019 album review Album Reviews Featured Articles Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen Psychedelic

by Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen

What and who the hell is Coffee Pot?

For the past few months, I’ve closely followed a musician’s Twitter handle of unknown origins, like Rumpelstiltskin approaching me with a weary bargain, a strange-yet-endearing EP under the title of Anthrophobia ended up getting shoved into the back of my inbox until I felt fully in control of my rapidly-decaying cognitive abilities. Containing the Latin prefix “anthro”, meaning human, how could I resist a short five-track romp with the theme of “human phobia?” I hate humans, and you should too!

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The Smiling Faces: ‘Don’t Ever Talk to Me Again’ [album review]

January 24, 2019 album review Album Reviews Featured Articles Indie Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen

by Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen

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Although I had the pleasure of meeting Matt Oliviero and Michael Oden from The Smiling Faces and, more recently, of Vintage Clothes, I didn’t get the chance to listen to their August-released LP, Don’t Ever Talk to Me Again, until recently when frontman and guitarist Eric Gallagher brought it to my physical Facebook-attention. The album, which makes me feel like Dave Grohl in “Walk” both musically and lyrically, contains vocal chaos among smart, instrumental qualities Frasier Crane could enjoy…

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Danielle Durack: ‘Bashful’ [interview]

January 23, 2019 album review Album Reviews Arizona music Featured Articles Interview Jacob Unterreiner Pop

by Jacob Unterreiner

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No matter what type of music you play, standing out as a musician is a difficult task. However, for singer-songwriters, standing out is nearly impossible. The sound of soft, folky strums of acoustic singer-songwriters can be heard at every coffee shop, bookstore, and art gallery in the Valley…

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Warshy: ‘The Noble Cause EP’ [album review]

January 17, 2019 album review Album Reviews Featured Articles Jakob Casement Punk United Kingdom

Darren Johns, the vocalist/guitarist/banjoist of Crazy Arm has recently released his first solo venture, The Nobel Cause EP. Although Johns is based out of Plymouth, UK, he actually started Warshy in 2017 on a West Coast tour of the States. Although Crazy Arm has plenty of roots and Americana thrown in to it’s mix of rock and punk, with Warshy, Darren is able strip these influences “to the bone” while also offering his audience more…

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