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From the Garage, With Love
There’s something inherently pure about rock music that was born and bred from a garage. The raw energy it produces has the ability to be...
Sheldon Hubbard
Apr 143 min read
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Some Go To Songs in 2024
“MINI SKIRT” by Holliday Holliday is keen on lacing his soundscapes with fresh and exciting insertions. This sensational track is...
Sheldon Hubbard
Jan 23 min read
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SDR: powerful midwestern prog
Rock music can get old. How many times can you hear the same arpeggios played forward and backward six different ways in various sectors...
Sheldon Hubbard
Nov 13, 20242 min read
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5 Faves from Conrad Jon
If you know me, you know I've been a Conrad fan since the day I met the guy. I wrote all about that a few years ago, so I had to round...
Sheldon Hubbard
Nov 5, 20245 min read
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Bloody Good 'Core Outta the Fort
It goes without saying that fresh, root-to-branch metal is hard to find these days. Soundscapes can go bland and start to feel too...
Sheldon Hubbard
Oct 15, 20242 min read
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Transmission Code: D 3 R T
When it comes to dialing into one’s particular sound amid the endless possibility of actually creating something, people may wind up...
Sheldon Hubbard
Aug 2, 20244 min read
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The Indoor Kids Have Come Outside to Play
Rabble rousing punk rock seethes through The Indoor Kids’ new single “Gimme More” With lyrics that present a shameless display of longing...
Sheldon Hubbard
Sep 28, 20232 min read
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The SC Venue Crisis
What is happening to bars, restaurants, and venues in South Carolina? With staple locations like Smiley’s Acoustic Cafe (DT Greenville)...
Sheldon Hubbard
Sep 16, 20233 min read
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A Glimpse Into the Mind of Mystro
Supporting each other is as prevalent now as it has ever been. This broad, sorta generalized statement can apply to any pursuit or...
Sheldon Hubbard
Aug 26, 20237 min read
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Catch the Havenhurst Wave by Checking Their Latest Single
With slow-burning riffage and a hazy overtone that beckons you to sway side-to-side, Havenhurst brings a shining example of pure emo-punk...
Sheldon Hubbard
Aug 14, 20232 min read
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Moonwalking with Jadan Locklear
Heart. Ambition. Discipline. These are less a display of random motivational words and more so adjectives I would use to describe the...
Sheldon Hubbard
Jul 15, 20236 min read
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WVN Roars In A Lane Of Her Own
WVN (pronounced /wæn/) cannot be put in any one particular box. Her artistry upholds authenticity in high regard and runs off of her...
Sheldon Hubbard
Jun 2, 20234 min read
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Lo and Behold...Your Backroads Country Gentleman!
I believe people meet people because they are meant to, not simply because of chance. Some may scoff, some may say yay, others will just...
Sheldon Hubbard
May 6, 20235 min read
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Pushing the Needle Further with MXGD$
Music that encases you upon mere seconds of listening really sticks. Especially when the growth of said music and its artist remains...
Sheldon Hubbard
Apr 20, 20234 min read
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A Modest Proposal's latest single upholds Indiana as an alt-punk stomping grounds
Exploding in with a machine gun snare drum intro, you are suddenly blasted through a cannon into a swirl of dreamy-toned vocalization and...
Sheldon Hubbard
Feb 26, 20232 min read
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Stories Told with a Down-Tuned Elegance
For the better part of the past 10 years, there has been an effervescent force amassing an anthology of storied metalcore. These marvels...
Sheldon Hubbard
Feb 15, 20238 min read
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Minnesota Heavy Hitters on Fire Despite the Cold
Fail to Decay has a ruthless metal sound that ignites your ears and whisks you into this rippling blast of instrumentation. No matter the...
Sheldon Hubbard
Jan 9, 20235 min read
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There's one Holliday that isn't over!
Coining someone (whether they be an artist, musician, entertainer…) an experience has seemingly grown so lackluster and as about as...
Sheldon Hubbard
Dec 31, 20224 min read
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A Heavy Metal marvel surges in the Southeast
“No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions...
Sheldon Hubbard
Dec 19, 20224 min read
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HEIRLOOM: A True Epitome of Home-grown Musicianship
With a body-busting blend of all the best elements of early-mid 2000s ‘core music, 90s nu-metal, and the kind of instrumentation that is...
Sheldon Hubbard
Nov 4, 20223 min read
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Let the Shenanigans Ensue with Ill Intentions
Harboring a significant tenacity to encase you with their soundscape, Ill Intentions offers a blood-pumping, head-humming listening...
Sheldon Hubbard
Oct 24, 20223 min read
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Oh What Lovely Tunes Echo from the Secret Mezzanine
There is a sweet, sweet reverberation that originates from the literal middle of Indiana. They are known as Cai, Rob, Jacob, and Garrett;...
Sheldon Hubbard
Sep 11, 20223 min read
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We the Ppl: Electronic Excellence by Emily
It’s incredible. The ppl I know truly blow my mind. I could exhaust y’all with plenty of iterations about folks that I’ve met who harbor...
Sheldon Hubbard
Aug 7, 20223 min read
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Run Faaris, Run!
Momentous up-and-coming rapper, Faaris (pronounced FAR-ISS), is pure Texas excellence hailing from Austin but hurtling toward heights...
Sheldon Hubbard
Mar 30, 20226 min read
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