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...
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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...
Aronieme’s “Hallow” Finds Beauty in the Echoes of the Unknown Hallow by Aronieme Aronieme does not so much enter a song as summon one. On “Hallow,” the Calgary singer, songwriter and producer creates a dark, slowly unfolding piece of gothic alternative pop that seems...
5 Fires Turns Inner Turmoil Into Arena-Sized Catharsis on “The Darkness” There is nothing subtle about the pull of “The Darkness,” the latest single from Canadian artist 5 Fires. Built for the kind of stage where the lights drop, the crowd roars and the...
Play Center doesn’t seem particularly interested in making punk music that sits politely inside the lines. On Times of Life Part 1: The Meaning of Dreaming, the three-piece blasts garage rock, post-punk, goth, new wave and industrial textures through a distinctly Afro-punk lens, creating...