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Category: Music

Music reviews, latest additions, charts, news about bands and the music industries!

SMITHEREENS – JOJI ALBUM REVIEW

November 30, 2022

by Kenny Tschida Japanese-American singer-songwriter, George Miller, otherwise known as Joji, released his third studio album, Smithereens, on Friday, November 4th, 2022. Miller released…

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – October Retrospective

November 30, 2022

by Ethan Swan [The band posted this teaser on their facebook in September 2022.] October 2022 was a great, if not hectic, month to…

A Conversation with Wave Cage

April 18, 2022

By Graham BridgesAmid KURE’s trip to Mission Creek Festival, we were given a chance to speak with saxophonist Nolan Schroeder, drummer Chris Jensen, and…

Deep Talks with Tennyson

April 13, 2022

by Ethan Swan The afternoon before Tennyson’s set in the Englert Theatre at the Mission Creek Festival, we were lucky enough to catch up…

A Brief Dive Into the Japanese Psychedelic Rabbit Hole

March 7, 2021

By Tony Hjelle (DJ Titus) Psychedelic rock, also called psychedelia, is the lovechild of the mid 60s psychedelic counterculture in Britain and America and…

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