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Top 20 + Brief Reflections on 2017
Memory Crusades: Is This It? The Strokes
Hypercritical or Hypocrite- Kendrick Blurs the Line
The Fantasy of a Man’s Reality: Sugar Man Sixto Rodriguez
Threaded: When Music and Movies Intertwine
The Last Rays and Skeleton Shadows: Best Late Fall Records
Sonikseek: Toronto Gives Us the Future of Pop with MorMor

Top 20 + Brief Reflections on 2017
Memory Crusades: Is This It? The Strokes
Hypercritical or Hypocrite- Kendrick Blurs the Line
The Fantasy of a Man’s Reality: Sugar Man Sixto Rodriguez
Threaded: When Music and Movies Intertwine
The Last Rays and Skeleton Shadows: Best Late Fall Records
Sonikseek: Toronto Gives Us the Future of Pop with MorMor

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Mix Master Bestor: Is There Light at the End of Tunnelgazing Vol. 02?

2020-04-13
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Current, Mix Master Bestor, MUSIC, PERIODICS

That first video from Surfaces, “Keep It Gold”, sums up a lot of feelings out there: we all have a thirst for adventure right about now, even if it’s just getting out our front door. Whether or not you had the spirit of freedom before, you certainly have it now. Recent efforts to create mixes have been a pursuit in the path of least resistance. It’s been easy to find which direction to go – I...

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By Derek Henry
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Sonikseek: Omar Apollo, His Small Room Soul, and Uncomfortable Voices

2019-01-02
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Current, PERIODICS, Sonikseek

Listening to Omar Apollo’s very promising EP Stereo (2018) had me in a certain state of mind I can only describe as an uneasiness with the sensation of standing on shaky ground. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed the album and became excited for this twenty-one year-old’s future prospects. However, I can’t say my enjoyment was full in any sense, in fact, I would call it a conflicted enjoyment. Why I can’t fully commit is due mostly to the slightly uncomfortable reaction I...

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By Derek Henry
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