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Alvvays Self-Titled Reviewed by: Ari Roth   Rather than the barbed wire harshness applied to early noise pop, the “beautiful layer of crud” on Alvvays’ “dark, sugary songs” is smooth and warm, like a river that has buffeted a stone for decades and polished off its edges. Read More

Creative Adult Dead Air Reviewed by Jason Sendaula And we thought people stopped making good Punk. Creative Adult’s debut  EP Dead Air gives us hope that decent punk music didn’t die in the 80s . This is the raw sound almost lost in the auto-tuner era. There is no Read More

Meeting the Girl Who is Pony Boy by Jessica Nguyen   I’ll admit- after a good bit of research, I was embarrassed to tell Pony Boy I didn’t know how to pronounce her real name.  “That’s okay, no one really knows how to pronounce my name. Not even my own Read More

Kreayshawn Something ‘Bout Kreay Reviewed by John Selwyn Oakland City based “rapper”/party girl Natassia Zolot, best known as Kreayshawn, drops her full length after some overnight attention and overexposure thanks to the YouTube. Her instantly catchy first single “Gucci Read More