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“The music is rough, and it’s raw,” the Everclear frontman says of his forthcoming debut solo album. “It’s more about the songs. It sounds like a classic record. That’s what I dig about it.”
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“It’s like riding a bike,” Kwest says of his return to recording. “When you rhyme and you love this art form for what it is and you love hip-hop in general, it never leaves you.”
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“’YU’ has been such a joy to make and it’s deepened my understanding of collaboration,” the London-based singer-songwriter-instrumentalist says of her new album, in stores now.
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“It was a life raft,” Mr. Lif says of the album. “It’s probably one of the purest forms of how music has played a role in my life. It kept me going.”
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“This album covers the things we’ve always done,” Levert explains. “But we’re bringing it into the hip-hop generation and hope that they can gravitate to it.”
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Illogic’s third studio affair is as good of a mix of complex and potent lyricism coupled with creative production that’s been released in the past 20 years.
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Adams’ role in legitimizing Canadian music in the popular sense beyond its borders is incalculable, and his latest album ‘Shine A Light’ further cements his influential legacy.
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“Every time I start to feel a bit ‘comfortable,’ I like to pull the rug out from under me and do something different and a bit scary,” Ellis-Bextor confides. “It’s good for my head.”
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“Each record we have released is authentic to a particular time in our lives,” Linford Detweiler explains. “They are all mile markers on a long road that beckoned to us in our youth.”
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“Modern love is all around us and it has so much character,” Hennessy says. “It’s a dysfunctional kind of love due to the modern climate we live in, but this album really embraces that.”
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“We’re an anomaly, and get love from a lot of people on both sides of the Detroit hip-hop coin,” Emile explains. “We’re looking to leave our own legacy, independent of what currently exists.”
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“I think it’s a crucial album since we really changed paths there,” Sveningsson explains. “We didn’t want to go on as a ‘retro-sounding’ band so we threw that part away.”
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Two of the most gifted lyricists ever to grip the mic have joined creative forces for their collaborative album ‘XL,’ in stores now.
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“These songs ended up being about letting go, starting over, and forgiving people for things,” Gibb says of his latest album ‘Let’s Start Over.’
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“The concept of the album, and it became a little bit more than that, was coming to terms with a solitary life and trying to see it in a positive way rather than any other way,” Hatfield explains.
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All Natural take a no frills, strictly skills approach to their music throughout their debut album ‘No Additives, No Preservatives’ (1998).
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“‘Zipless’ is a philosophical act couched as a sexual one, a statement of creative independence,” Daou explains. “Why should I—or anyone—be compromised as an artist, especially as a woman?”
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“My words are the only thing I can absolutely, one-hundred percent control at all times,” Conley confides. “It’s coming out of my mouth, and it’s happening solely in my control.”
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“Writing and recording most of the album in rural Somerset was extremely special,” Moss confides. “The elements, trees and moon cycle became the brightest, loudest companions.”
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“We have a responsibility to not look back, to get outside of our comfort zones,” Nicolay confides. “And I think we’ve always made music that we want to make.”
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