<p><span><span>- A vacuum is a space devoid of matter, the epitome of emptiness and nothingness. Yet one could say this is the antithesis of the Naarm/Melbourne duo, whose self-titled debut album is so full of substance that, after first listen, I found myself wandering down rabbit holes of mechanophilia, <strong>Pharmakon</strong>, <strong>Amnesia Scanner</strong>, palliative care, 2000 AD comics and musique concrete.

<p><span><span><span>- It’s been quite a journey for Alynda Segarra, aka Hurray For The Riff Raff. Raised in New York, she started off writing acoustic songs as train-hopping young vagabond – finding inspiration in the great American hobo tradition and taking a stage-name from a classic 90’s folk-punk song.</span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span>- Dance music has a tradition of … not over-thinking things. A producer gets their software, gets their hardware, bangs out the beats and sets it off in the club - you have your formula, now repeat. I’ve found, on several occasions, writing about club music is …unusual for the people you’re writing about. It’s so unusual that they can get a bit nervous if you devote a few hundred words to what they do; like it was more than they’d ever thought about it themselves. This is not a problem I’ll ever have with Lewis Cancut.</span></span></p>

<p><span><span>- <strong>Sasami Ashworth</strong>’s second studio album <em>Squeeze </em>is a brutal and honest exploration of not only a wide scope of feelings and frustrations, but also a journey through genre. From nu-metal to folk-rock to neo-classical, SASAMI uses her versatility as a performer and composer to fully expand on the themes of each individual track as well as create an overarching tour of human emotion and complicated self-conflicting subjects.</span></span></p>

<p><span><span>- If New Orleans rapper <strong>Curren$y </strong>and legendary producer <strong>The Alchemist</strong> have one thing in common, it’s that they can’t stop dropping music. In between releasing at least five projects a year each, the two still find time to collaborate for full-length records. While Curren$y never strays far from his hazy, smoked-out style, The Alchemist knows how to back with a blend of soulful, laidback production.

- It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard from A Place To Bury Strangers. We were treated to a smattering of EP releases throughout the pandemic years since their last studio album, Pinned, in 2018, and believe you me, the wait is worth your while. Not only is the album art especially wonderful, but these Brooklyn based noise rockers waste no time in introducing you into their shoegazey, space rocky, and all together incredibly loud world.