Retrospective Review/Article
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Fifty five years after its release, the Canadian poet/author’s debut as a singer-songwriter stands among the greatest lyrical records of all time.
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For all the sobering reality around the festive season, Scott Hutchinson’s heartbreaks give the Pogues a run for their money.
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While it never reaches the same level of commercial appeal as its rivals, the downbeat genre’s cynicism echoes the feeling of many Americans.
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In 2012, an Oregon-based band decides to make a tragic concept album about a struggling would-be baseball star. A decade later, it amassed a fanbase who sees it as a classic in folk punk.
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To remember Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy as the ruler of Britain, let’s look at how her reign sees a wealth of influence in the country’s music scene.
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Throughout the 70s, Brazil has birthed some of the most innovative and enchanting art-pop and samba music in South America.
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Birthed from punk’s anti-establishment and status quo resistance, the subgenre’s LGBTQ+ representation is as fierce as it is riotous.
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Simply put, Elliott Smith’s third album optimises indie songwriting to favour emotive, poppy, & sophisticated perfection both lyrically & musically.
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While prog-rock is booming in the late 60s and 70s, the UK managed to concoct themselves a very jazzy & psychedelic take on it that goes beyond its birthplace.
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The final part of what is almost a year’s worth of writing around the genre of emo and its history is finally here!
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