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No One Noticed — A Poem using lyrics by The Marías

No One Noticed — A Poem using lyrics by The Marías

  How the hole In my chest Grew each year As everyone Around me Left to Find their Other half.   Oh, how I feared Staying in my Too cold, Too empty, Too quiet Apartment, Wondering Was I meant To be a part  Of anything? Maybe I Lost my mind Searching for ...

We Cannot Let The Music Go Quiet.

We Cannot Let The Music Go Quiet.

For several weeks, the song “Walk My Walk” by Breaking Rust topped Billboard’s Country Digital Song Sales chart, alongside a number of songs by Caine Walker. All of these charting songs were written and performed by AI, becoming part of a growing trend of AI “artists”...

Pets Talk “Dig The Skull”

Pets Talk “Dig The Skull”

There is a kind of magic that can only be created when a truly great band plays in someone’s garage. The last time I saw Pets, I was sitting on top of my car, legs through the sunroof, kissed by rain so thin it was almost mist. Barely cold enough for a sweater, it was...

Ben’s Thoughts on the 2026 Grammy Nominations

Ben’s Thoughts on the 2026 Grammy Nominations

This year's Grammy nominations are out, which offers me an exciting opportunity to take a look at a questionable amalgamation of nominees in categories that never quite line up. But who doesn’t love award shows! This year, Kendrick Lamar leads the pack with a total of...

Reframing the Sabrina Carpenter Album Cover Controversy

Reframing the Sabrina Carpenter Album Cover Controversy

Over the past few years, you most likely noticed the gradual rise of a pop superstar. Although not new to the limelight, the release of Sabrina Carpenter’s fifth studio album “emails i can’t send” and the virality of its song “Nonsense” propelled her to a new level of...

Album Review: Mon Laferte’s “Femme Fatale”

Album Review: Mon Laferte’s “Femme Fatale”

Mon Laferte, one of the biggest artists in Latin America, has released her new album “Femme Fatale”. Laferte is a Chilean Mexican singer whose music transcends genres. She creates gut-wrenching songs; some might even call her the queen of yearning. Her breakout song...

Album Review: Lux – Rosalía

Album Review: Lux – Rosalía

Lux is a wildly ambitious album: Rosalía sings in 13 different languages, weaves together orchestration, and explores spiritual themes by relating them to her own life. She told NPR that she wanted to “fit the entire world in an album”, and I think she managed to do...