If I can tie these three songs together with a theme, I think it’d be surrender—the way the trees give way to winter, letting loose what they can no longer afford to nurture in order to enter necessary deep rest. Radical acceptance of …
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Three exceptional tracks toying with the indie pop genre with cozy, emotional features
“Anomaly” by Kylie VThis one is for nostalgia junkies—for the ones who deliberately prepare to curl up with a box of memories and engage in some purposeful emotional processing. Forgive this melodramatic metaphor, but this song progresses like a rising sob that gets …
Featured Single: Moselle’s new folk punk tune “Pesticides” is delicate and assertive
It is 2003 and I’m sitting in the woods, feeling so mad at myself for my shortcomings in the journey of existing as a human. Twenty years later, I’d offer myself some compassion. Also twenty years later, I’d hear the perfect soundtrack to …
Album Review: Holly Henry – The Orchard EP
Album Review: Holly Henry – The Orchard EP by Kori Rae Minneapolis-based Holly Henry garnered a rather large fan base following her outstanding blind audition on season 5 of The Voice. The first few moments of her August 2015 EP, The Orchard, encapsulate …
Album Review: Little Red Lung – Beware – Avant garde art rock
Guest review by Kori Rae Little Red Lung’s debut full-length album “Beware” took me a few listens to process, and I mean that in the best way. It’s a piece certainly worthy of its “art rock” label; the album’s dichotomous nature of taking …
Album Review: Paper Anthem – By Ghosts – Journey of an album sets an atmospheric tone
By Ghosts, Paper Anthems’ debut album, is a piece of work that carries the listener into a world it manifests through the collaborative work of four elements of creation: instrumentals, vocals, lyrics, and emotion. It’s a gentle ride through a landscape of moods …
Brittany Myers – Rather Be – Artfully crafted music by Seattle singer songwriter
I reviewed Brittany Myers’ EP, Demons, in 2013. I wrote, “I’m truly looking forward to Myers getting where she wants to be musically, and if ‘Demons’ is indicative of what the future holds, I’ll definitely be sticking around to see what comes next.” …
