Tag: new-music
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Hovvdy Brings Their Contagious Warmth and Careful Lyricism to The Crocodile
Review and photos by: Frannie Edwards-Hughes Sweet, love in its early days, a Southern summer, a walk by yourself when the sun’s going down—or maybe it’s coming up—praying for a friend every night, getting older each day, it’s all familiar, I don’t recognize myself from a year ago. This is what Hovvdy sounds like to…
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“If You Tap on the Glass, The Sharks Might Look at You, Damned If They Don’t, And You’re Damned If They Do” – MJ Lenderman Live at The Neptune Theatre
Photos and Writing By Frances Edwards-Hughes A tired, bleak, and early-sundown day turns into a dream of a night as I file into The Neptune Theatre. I drove my car from Minneapolis to Tacoma, only for it to fall apart one month later, so the trek to Seattle consists of three different modes of transportation:…
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Manning Fireworks is Really Freaking Special
By Sara Guillen-Alvarado The imagery and tone throughout Manning Fireworks presents to me a feeling of melancholy. MJ Lenderman embraces recklessness and raw vulnerability in his latest album release. But the notion of an agonized American South character is a thread weaving throughout the ANTI- label. ANTI-, founded at the turn of the 21st century,…
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Going on a Lunar Vacation
By Sara Guillen-Alvarado The sun slips into my car through the open window as I drive down Love Lane. It’s a perfect temperature on a random July morning. I am 17, I am a soon-to-be high school senior, I have just been broken up with a week earlier, and I am listening to Lunar Vacation’s…
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Have You Ever Been Part of a Singing Army of Elves?
By Lio Capellaro It’s a Tuesday night at Neumos Seattle, where Dora Jar is playing on her 2024 west coast tour. My friends and I enter the semi-packed venue, and face a sea of fairy queens and witches and wood nymphs that make up the crowd. Glitter faces, lace, neon hair clips are everywhere we…
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FROM THE GATORADIO ARCHIVE: An Interview with Chinese American Bear
Hosted By Rhae Schulz and Chloe Ivy-Curwen Chinese American Bear, Hao Ma Vinyl Cover by Chinese American Bear As a student and music lover, I must admit this interview allowed me to nerd out. Chinese American Bear is a Wife-Husband duo making and exploring dreamy, multilingual pop in a way that gets you more excited…
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FROM THE GATORADIO ARCHIVE: An Interview with Michigander
Hosted by Rhae Schulz Michigander, Photo by Erik Frost Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jason, AKA Michigander, a rising American rock musician to chat music, influences, interests and more. The singer is currently on tour, having just released “Giving Up“, a 2 song EP that plays with some catchy twang and…
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LOMU: The Taiwanese DJ evolving the electronic scene
By Rhae Schulz-O’Neil Takao Drums event flyer, Kaohsiung Taiwan, 2024 Drum and Bass, the beloved electronic dance subgenre is one of the most popular electronic genres to come out of the United Kingdom 90’s breakbeat/rave scene. Having spanned into a multitude of DnB sub-genres, Drum and Bass (sometimes referred to as jungle beats) can be…
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Friends First: An Interview with Swamp Wife (03/27/24)
By Paulie Maturo and Tate DeCarlo Local Seattle four-piece Swamp Wife have only been around for just over a year, and already have a well defined, distinctive sound. Their first EP, Swamp Wife, came out in October, and is sure to be the predecessor to many more releases. They came down to the station on…
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A Conversation With Mediocre Cafe
By Dominic LaFratta Mediocre Cafe is an indie pop, jazz, and alternative band from Sacramento, California. Last November, they released the album Print Me with Seattle based Independent label, Youth Riot Records. On February 24th, 2024, the lead member of Mediocre Cafe, Cooper, remotely chatted with me about the band’s latest release and their musical…