Fifty years after the Ramones first blasted their way into the world, punk’s most enduring lesson may be that a great song does not need much time to make its point. Tony Jones understands that perfectly. His new recording of “Cretin Hop,” a faithful...
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There is something delightfully strange about Graphic Violets, the new six-song EP from Mista J. At first listen, it feels like a collection of wildly different musical ideas: gothic alternative rock, hip-hop, ska, arena-sized rock, intimate folk, and finally a sweeping instrumental finale. Listen...
There is a lot of music that wants to be described as genre-bending, but Neo Blastic, the second album from SV & Alyssa Jane, actually earns the label. Across ten tracks, vocalist, rapper and lyricist Alyssa Jane and producer Sean Veligor, known as SV,...
There is something wonderfully unsettling about tuning into a radio station that seems to exist somewhere outside the boundaries of ordinary reception. Static crackles. A distant organ slowly emerges from the interference. Voices drift through the signal, present but indecipherable. For roughly the first...
There is something almost disarming about the opening of 500 BC’s “Real Rap (Radio Edit).” Strings, bass and guitar ease into the track, accompanied by understated drums that seem to arrive from somewhere just beyond the horizon. For a moment, it feels less like...
Hello and welcome to College Radio Charts, Beaski Da Shooter. As we transition into September, how has your summer been?My summer has been good. I’ve been staying focused, working, creating, and continuing to build everything I have going on with the music and my...
Flowers For Juno’s “marisa.wav” Gets Beautifully Lost in the Noise Flowers For Juno has never sounded particularly interested in making music that sits politely in the background. “marisa.wav,” the latest single from the gothic rock project fronted by Benjó James, takes that instinct and...
Ronald J. Fontenot’s “When Heroes Arrive” Finds Power in the Language of Valor Ronald J. Fontenot has never seemed particularly interested in keeping his musical worlds confined to one era, genre, or set of expectations. On “When Heroes Arrive,” his latest single featuring Tim...
01. Lord of the Rings02. The Heart of a Hobbit03. Fox and Brown Bear04. Storyland05. Fairytales06. Renaissance Fair07. Renaissance Interlude08. Peter Pan09. A Merchants Song feat Calvin Thomas10. Robin Hood11. Dragon Fight12. Sword in the Stone13. By My Troth There are albums that arrive...
There is a particular kind of romantic song that does not need clever metaphors, elaborate production tricks, or a complicated backstory. It just needs to say the thing people are sometimes too nervous to say out loud. All Hail The Goat’s “Dear Person (Acoustic...