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If MTV really killed the radio star, then what exactly has YouTube done? Answer: It’s allowed real-world babes like the members of…
If MTV really killed the radio star, then what exactly has YouTube done? Answer: It’s allowed real-world babes like the members of…
Let’s get this out of the way first and foremost: As of this exact moment, nearly halfway through 2015, Holly Herndon’s Platform…
Here’s what I said about “Red Sex” in my earlier write up of Vessel’s latest record PUNISH, HONEY: “Industrial influences are and…
In the above video, TYLER, THE CREATOR faces a situation that pretty famous rap stars might have to deal with, but us regular…
It’s one thing to write and record a happy-go-lucky ’60s throwback pop tune called “Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive”. It’s another to…
For Young Thug, “Constantly Hating” is not just a song title. It’s more of a lifestyle. A statement of purpose, even. The…
Wume has got it going on, in that Baltimore (via Chicago) style that I DO love!! We at the Hassle have been privileged…
A few years ago, I remember having an existential late-night conversation with a fellow music geek about how we each perceive music,…
Teetering at the brink of some kind of honest-to-gawd indie rock and very laid-back and mellow underground rap is WHIP APPEAL. A…
Five minutes of electronic thump that sounds as if it is literally coming from under the ground. Muffled techno pumps on, melded…
Those of you unfamiliar with the weird and wonderful musical legacy of Gary Wilson have some studying to do. This Endicott, New…
SORE EROS’s ROBERT ROBINSON ventures into solo territory for the first time on CONNECTICUT RIVER, his new LP out now on FEEDING TUBE RECORDS…