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2 weeks ago | 
substreammagazine.com | Valerie Magan
“Here’s to the infinite possibility roadmap of life, where all the things we wish could be possible can be possible,” Salami Rose Joe Louis says to cheers. Her connection to music, as she tells the packed room at Blue Note Jazz Club, comes from a yearning for things to be alright, to just fall into place, for us to grow together as a society.
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1 month ago | 
pastemagazine.com | Valerie Magan
Jane Remover finds magic in the brazen. Since crashing onto the scene in 2021 with “homeswitcher”—an instant hit on SoundCloud—Jane has remained a flashcube for a futuristic, unhinged style of genre cross-pollination that seemingly evolves by the minute and resists any categorization. Given their penchant for musical shapeshifting, it’s not unreasonable then, as you walk into the venue they’re playing at, to wonder what version of Jane you’ll be getting that night.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Alexis Morillo |Valerie Magan
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1 month ago | 
delish.com | Alexis Morillo |Valerie Magan
The popularity of mezcal has grown in the U.S., but it can still often get mistaken for its relative, tequila. While you can often order a margarita with tequila or mezcal, the difference between the two spirits run deeps. Both come from Mexico and are crafted from agave, but their production methods, traditions, and, most noticeably, their flavors, set them apart. Here are some key details to learn before your next happy hour.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Valerie Magan |Alexis Morillo
The popularity of mezcal has grown in the U.S., but it can still often get mistaken for its relative, tequila. While you can often order a margarita with tequila or mezcal, the difference between the two spirits run deeps. Both come from Mexico and are crafted from agave, but their production methods, traditions, and, most noticeably, their flavors, set them apart. Here are some key details to learn before your next happy hour.
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1 month ago | 
substreammagazine.com | Valerie Magan
Forget your pre-set hypeman; nothing riles up a crowd quite like a man taking a loud commercial vacuum up and down a stage carpet. Such were the moments before half•alive graced the stage—preceded only by an appearance from the muppet creatures from Persona’s cover art— for a performance that is just as much bubbly as it is pensive, exploring what it means to be human as they do on much of their new album, .
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2 months ago | 
substreammagazine.com | Valerie Magan
Opening track ‘Tears in My Pocket’, with its distorted, techno-pop, middle-of-dance-floor vibe, certainly calls for a full-throttle show, and she’s selling it. Taking the stage by storm after a 60-second countdown screen that glared saucy remakes of religious SALVATION billboards and flashes of “Friday’s” most ridiculous lyrics, Rebecca Black is going all out— she’s shuffling left, wiggling right, spinning round-and-round on a wheeled platform— and she has the glistening beats to back her up.
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2 months ago | 
substreammagazine.com | Valerie Magan
Flore Laurentienne is a timeless work of art. The Montreal-based string quartet, helmed by Mathieu David Gagnon, is all about finding beauty in the simple. The compositions— as verdant as their name suggests, dealing in expansive, spectral gestures— are hard pieces to categorize; “ambient” music doesn’t quite cut it. Live, they’re great. Not a hint of pretentiousness, but instead an aire of intimacy, a window that opens up and draws you in to the inner workings of Gagnon’s mind.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
substreammagazine.com | Valerie Magan
Gallery: Inside The Marias’ sold out show at Radio City Music Hall
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
greenpointers.com | Valerie Magan
Three things were unavoidable during this year’s LadyLand: ornate outfits, pulsing beats, and unapologetic joy. Held almost yearly in Brooklyn by NYC nightlife tour de force Ladyfag, this iteration was her biggest soiree yet—three stages full of both underground artists and seasoned pop royalty, a commingling of cultural mainstays and folks you’d find playing an irresistible warehouse party.
