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Masa Takumi It’s every musician’s dream to bring their live art to the United States… I want to thank the Village Studios for having me, as well as the incredibly receptive American fans.” — Grammy Nominee Multi-Instrumentalist, MASA TAKUMI MASA, a Japanese multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, producer, and performer who has …

Owen-Glass is an emerging duo from the Piney Woods of East Texas. Having just formed in 2017, the core of singer-songwriter Kelly Wayne Conley and guitar prodigy Cole Humphrey contends amidst the plethoric stature of contemporary indie music. Their debut single, “Here it Comes,” released a year later, would become …

Texas instrumental outfit Huelga aims to make the best of stylistic flexibility in the world of prog metal. The one-man project’s catalyst, Austin-based Michael Fonseca, is formally trained in equal parts jazz and artful noise. His name for the project, which translates to “strike” in English, proves a telling factor …

As we descend into the macabre musicality that Pocket of Lollipops’ new single “Face Value” has in store for listeners, barking dogs and unsettling noise overwhelm us, a stinging feedback saturates the master mix in glistening fuzz, and the beginnings of a surreal spoken word piece start to form before …

Colorado’s Reve Kalell has fostered thematic relevance as one of his foremost assets. The Denver-based rapper/singer thrusted onto the hip hop scene last year with his debut album, the appropriately titled Crashed in Denver. Combining a multi-genre sound with unabashedly blunt lyrical sensibilities, Kalell managed to earn, nonetheless maintain, a …

Continuing their newfound journey as Hostile Array, the Maryland metal quintet followed up with “Herd Instinct,” the sophomore single to lead their second permutation’s upcoming debut album. It is chock full of dark, pounding metal riffs, while conveying a theme of faith among the ignorance of a collective society. Yesterday, …

San Antonio quartet Nothing More has gone from Texas’ hidden gem to the biggest diamond on the market when it comes to the music industry, of course. The rising experimental rock group continues to break their own boundaries when creating new music. Lyrically raw, musically ground-breaking, and personally down-to-earth, Nothing …

This past March, brothers Brendan and Garrison Frey, Hector Fernandez, Fredy Menjivar and Andrew Markle continued their journey under the name Hostile Array. The Maryland metalcore quintet had previously built a following while called My Ransomed Soul. Their 2015 sophomore album, Trilateral, reached especial acclaim for its straightforward progressions, grim …

Edward Rogers’ career progression melds substantial poignancy with matching diligence. The Birmingham-bred Englishman initially honed his musical chops on drums, playing in various garage bands upon moving to New York City. However, a subway accident in 1985 left him without a right arm and right leg below the knee. This …

For fans of Grimes, Die Antwood, or any other new age experimental sounds, self-titled “dream pop” group Astroblue Express dropped debut album, Quarter to Somewhere on Ape Eye Records. With little to no presence in the online music world, Astroblue Express have easily crept their way into music blogs all …

For anyone who’d spent their formative years laboriously dedicated to 16-bit action games, Zeitgeist proves an exceptional music backdrop. The Leeds, England trio crafts what they call Final Boss music, which comprises a combinative synth-on-guitar foundation bolstered by thunderous, adrenaline-shooting drums. Their most recent release, Vacuums is marked by considerable …