Articles By Kyle Mullin
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![Supa Bwe Just Say Thank You]()
ReviewsSupa Bwe Just Say Thank You Published Apr 17, 2019Getting Chance the Rapper on your album is a tall order indeed. But to then steal the show from the esteemed Chicago MC? Why that would be a...
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![Tim Baker Forever Overhead]()
ReviewsTim Baker Forever Overhead Published Apr 16, 2019When you pack East coast venues with fans that holler your orchestral indie rock anthems to the rafters, how do you up the ante from there?...
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![Tim Baker's New Album 'Forever Overhead' Started in Living Rooms and Laundromats]()
FeaturesTim Baker's New Album 'Forever Overhead' Started in Living Rooms and Laundromats Published Apr 15, 2019"I felt detached from everything that was natural and good," says Tim Baker, frontman of the in-hiatus indie rock band Hey Rosetta!, of the...
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![Quelle Chris Has Always Been Great; Now He's Bringing Out the Big 'Guns']()
FeaturesQuelle Chris Has Always Been Great; Now He's Bringing Out the Big 'Guns' Published Apr 06, 2019Racially charged accusations; viral social media videos; heated comment section debates. These are but a few of the muses that Detroit MC an...
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![Quelle Chris Guns]()
ReviewsQuelle Chris Guns Published Apr 05, 2019Sure, Quelle Chris raps like the rewind button was invented just for him. But even as you scramble to back up the track to that last intrica...
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![Matt Andersen Halfway Home By Morning]()
ReviewsMatt Andersen Halfway Home By Morning Published Mar 21, 2019There are hopeless romantics, and then there's Matt Andersen, who is romantic enough to make you feel hopeful. Just try not to be swept up b...
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![Ibibio Sound Machine Doko Mien]()
ReviewsIbibio Sound Machine Doko Mien Published Mar 19, 2019Sure, British Afrobeat band Ibibio Sound Machine's new LP, Doko Mien, has boisterous tracks that'll compel you to move. But it's the quietes...
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![Ibibio Sound Machine Turn Nigerian Folk Stories Into New Album 'Doko Mien']()
FeaturesIbibio Sound Machine Turn Nigerian Folk Stories Into New Album 'Doko Mien' Published Mar 19, 2019Poised and self-assured as Eno Williams might seem onstage and on wax, the front person for British Afrobeat band Ibibio Sound Machine somet...
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![Quebecois Funk-Punk Quartet Fet.Nat Might Lack Ambition, But Their New 'Le Mal' Doesn't]()
FeaturesQuebecois Funk-Punk Quartet Fet.Nat Might Lack Ambition, But Their New 'Le Mal' Doesn't Published Mar 11, 2019Fet.Nat's boundary-pushing new album Le Mal may sound ambitious — it was created with outdated vintage MIDI technology; it juxtaposes catchy...
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ReviewsFET.NAT Le Mal Published Mar 06, 2019FET.NAT are here to make the avant-garde groove. The Hull, QC four-piece certainly know how to lay down irresistible earworms on their new a...
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![Ben Rogers Wildfire]()
ReviewsBen Rogers Wildfire Published Mar 04, 2019From the flaming piano on the cover art, which resembles a dumpster fire, to his lyrics goading President Trump to go ahead and build his wa...
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![Digawolf Yellowstone]()
ReviewsDigawolf Yellowstone Published Feb 26, 2019Digawolf's voice will all but give you frostbite. He sounds like Tom Waits howling against the raw, unforgiving winds of his Yellowknife hom...
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![Offset Father of 4]()
ReviewsOffset Father of 4 Published Feb 25, 2019If you doubted Offset could pull off his own 4:44, then prepare to eat your words. That's right: the Migos MC, often parodied for his and hi...
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![Amanda Rheaume The Skin I'm In]()
ReviewsAmanda Rheaume The Skin I'm In Published Feb 19, 2019It's not until the very last track on Amanda Rheaume's new LP, The Skin I'm In, that the promising songsmith truly lives up to the potential...
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![Boogie Everything's For Sale]()
ReviewsBoogie Everything's For Sale Published Jan 28, 2019Has hip-hop finally turned the corner from notorious misogyny to thoughtful, redemption-yearning laments? Maybe not quite yet, but Boogie's...
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![John River The Academy]()
ReviewsJohn River The Academy Published Jan 24, 2019John River raps about being ready to die on the opening couplet of his eagerly awaited debut album The Academy. Unlike swaths of lesser rapp...
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![Ice Cube Everythang's Corrupt]()
ReviewsIce Cube Everythang's Corrupt Published Jan 03, 2019Think an OG like Ice Cube must be out of touch in 2018, never mind remaining relevant? Well, the battle hardened 49-year-old vet will prove...
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![Illa J John Yancey]()
ReviewsIlla J John Yancey Published Dec 07, 2018It's one thing to have a famous relative, but quite another entirety for Illa J to live under his late brother's shadow. After all, the elde...
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![Freddie Gibbs & Curren$y Fetti]()
ReviewsFreddie Gibbs & Curren$y Fetti Published Nov 02, 2018The mere thought of a collaboration between Freddie Gibbs and Curren$y would leave most hip-hop purists salivating. After all, both MCs have...
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![Mick Jenkins Pieces of a Man]()
ReviewsMick Jenkins Pieces of a Man Published Oct 31, 2018The ghost of Gil Scott-Heron looms large over Mick Jenkins latest LP— from the sly and socially conscious spoken word intro, to the moments...
