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3 weeks ago | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein |Greg Walker
“Tell me stories about / All that you wanted to be / And then I’ll tell you / I love what’s happened to me,” Free Range vocalist Sofia Jensen sings on their sophomore album, Lost & Found, which came out this Friday. Everything is not tied up in neat little bows on the album, however, an album that they said deals with the tenuous transition to adulthood.
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2 months ago | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein |Greg Walker
Maruja’s new EP Tir Na Nóg is about twenty minutes long, and that’s fine, as the old cliche goes: “quality over quantity is the best.” The album’s four tracks, titled “Aon,” “Dó,” “Trí,” and “Ceathair,” which are the numbers one through four in the Celtic language. The EP seems purposefully open ended, to allow the listener to find their own cathartic “promised land” in the decidedly spiritual offering.
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2 months ago | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein |Greg Walker
“It’s simple rocket science,” The Moles’ Richard Davies, who has been championed by the likes of fellow rock n roll minimalist Robert Pollard, sings off his new collection of indie simple songs called Composition Book. His stuff is genius, like Lou Reed, who he name drops in one of the songs off of this album, with the distillation of emotions (“and I know how it feels”) and the sublimation of made-at-home indie rock fuzz and whir with a decidedly poppy make-up.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | Greg Walker
4 hours agoThe Yamaha SR150 is Taiwan’s best-kept secret. Exclusively manufactured and sold locally, the cheap and cheerful single sold in droves in its heyday, mostly to commuters and delivery riders. It’s no longer in production—but it’s found new life in the custom scene. We’ve seen slick custom SR150s from …
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein |Greg Walker
From the first measure of NYC outfit Kassie Krut’s debut album, you get the crunchy industrial sense that this band is indebted to their influences. As it turns out, listening to the EP, their influences are wide and varied. Whether it’s the dub, grime, or garage that they grew up with in London, or the Brainiac feel of “Hooh Beat,” or the industrial pop of Sleigh Bells on many of the songs.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
heavymag.com.au | Greg Walker
Words by Greg WalkerRipple MusicOut NowLet’s get the big name out of the way straight up: Kyuss and stoner rock are synonymous. The genre’s original proponents stamped an indelible mark on music in the 1990s and beyond, and that band will forever be held on a pedestal for many metal and heavy rock fans alike.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein |Greg Walker
For music lovers everywhere, the season is coming around where we get musicians, young and old, and their whacky and wild, subdued and seductive renditions of holiday songs. From lo-fi to overproduced, you’ve got your pick of the litter. And hopefully another song will be canonized in the Christmas tradition, to look forward to, year after year.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
medium.com | Greg Walker
Greg Walker·Follow6 min read·--For years, Greg and his wife, Sarah, had built a life together in Ohio. Their daughter, Emily, was the light of their world. A bright, curious 13-year-old with a heart full of dreams. The family’s life, though not without its challenges, was anchored in love and stability. But everything changed in 2019. Chapter 2: The Heartbreaking LossIt was the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A time of uncertainty, fear, and grief.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein |Greg Walker
New Zealand’s Amelia Murray, who mostly self-produces under her band moniker, Fazerdaze, wowed the world when she came on the international scene in 2014, with her hit single, “Lucky Girl,” with its shoegazey dream pop sound. After taking a five year break, because of burnout, she returned on the scene with her EP Break! with a surprising 90’s grunge feel to it. Well, with her latest album, Soft Power, she’s back to the echo electronica dream pop that catapulted her onto the scene.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
northerntransmissions.com | Charles Brownstein |Greg Walker
“It’s easy to fall in love with me and these fantasies,” London’s Man/Woman/Chainsaw wail on their debut EP Eazy Peazy, but they’re living out the reality of their dreams, recently signing to reputable American label Fat Possum and becoming a buzz band throughout the world, with a similar genre-bending sound to other bands coming out of the UK scene right now.
