I am not too keen on the label "indie rock." I may be presumptuous in saying so (or, perhaps, deflecting?), but, I feel that many people have their own made-up version of what they think "indie…
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BloodMakesNoise Playlist: Mint 400 Records Spotlight (MICHAEL W. NESTOR, SINK TAPES & R|VERGHXST) 11/6
So full disclosure I run a record label and I’ve come to an agreement with Blood Makes Noise to let me promote releases every week. The idea is every week I will present a playlist with some new Mint 400…
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BMN Exclusive: Interview with The Furies!
First, admittedly this interview was my first introduction to your band The Furies. I’ve been listening for a couple days now to really get a feel for what your music is, and where and what you seem to be trying…
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Fort Lowell Records presents GROW: A Compilation in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
"Moved by the horrific Memorial Day murder of George Perry Floyd Jr. at the hands of four Minneapolis Police officers, Fort Lowell Records presents GROW: A Compilation in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter. The project, focused on Wilmington, North Carolina,…
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WE WANDER: "POURING OUT" SINGLE REVIEW
We Wander · Pouring Out
We Wander is a female fronted self-proclaimed Indie-Alternative band, which I would more typically classify their music as Indie Folk as the acoustic guitars are quite prominent. From Mississauga, Canada the band is in the…
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BMN Exclusive Video/Single Premier: La Palma’s new single “Sábado” is our favorite space between
2020 has been nothing if not a year of firsts, and for many, these firsts have been of their entire lifetime. But between the anxieties that come with civil, political, and economic wreckoning; art has a tendency of persevering -…
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FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE AND OTHER PEERS RECOGNIZE THE CAMPBELL APARTMENT’S CURRENT INDIE GEM
Not to take anything away from the fine rhythm section of this San Francisco-based band, but The Campbell Apartment is by and large a vehicle for songwriter Ari Vais, who puts on a clinic in the very practice with “Curmudgeon.”…
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BloodMakesNoise Playlist: Mint 400 Records Spotlight (BLUECHANNEL & ROSEY BENGAL) 10/30 By Neil Sabatino
So full disclosure I run a record label and I’ve come to an agreement with Blood Makes Noise to let me promote releases every week. The idea is every week I will present a playlist with some new Mint 400…
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MICHAEL W. NESTOR OF UNDERLINED PASSAGES & THE SELDON PLAN VIDEO PREMIER FOR HIS 20 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE
We have all been looking inward during this pandemic-searching within ourselves for meaning in a chaotic and changing world.
In the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic both musician Michael Nestor (Underlined Passages, ex-The Seldon Plan) and producer/engineer Frank Marchand…
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