Kaelen's Staff Picks

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  gglum Sifts Through the Mess on "SPLAT!"

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  PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2023

  A title like "SPLAT!" conjures visions of neon goop and cartoonish slapstick, but the latest single from London-based songwriter Ella Smoke...

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  Mary Lattimore Is a Singular Force on the Mesmerizing 'Goodbye, Hotel Arkada'

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  PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2023

  I made the mistake of starting my day with Drake's For All the Dogs, so hitting play on Mary Lattimore's Goodbye, Hotel Arkada felt like re...

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  thanks for coming's 'What Is My Capacity to Love?' Makes Magic from the Mundane

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  PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2023

  Rachel Brown's work as thanks for coming feels worlds away from the shattered art rock they make with Nate Amos as Water from Your Eyes. Wh...

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  ML Buch Continues to Defy Description on "Well bucket" and "Working it out"

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  PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2023

  You know an artist is striking previously unstruck nerves when any attempts to contextualize their music lands you on descriptions like "mi...

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  Faye Webster Is in No Rush on the Beautiful "Lifetime"

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  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2023

  Faye Webster's music tends to find a molasses-slow groove — sun-warmed and droopy eyed, the kind that you could sorta just vibe on for hour...

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  Marika Hackman's Tense "No Caffeine" Tries to Pull the Brake on an Inevitable Crash

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  PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2023

  It starts with a gentle piano figure and Marika Hackman's sombre vocals — things feel like they're entering pillowy ballad territory until...

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  Kylie Minogue Finds Pure Release on "Tension"

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  PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2023

  Over 30 years into her career, Kylie Minogue suddenly had another hit on her hands. "Padam Padam" — released four months ago to a slow-grow...

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  Mannequin Pussy Are Bloodthirsty Angels on the Vengeful "I Got Heaven"

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  PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2023

  "And what if Jesus himself ate my fucking snatch?" Missy Dabice snarls at one point during Mannequin Pussy's "I Got Heaven," spittle flying...