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Album review: Khrystal – “The Awkward Muva”

Khrystal’s excellent The Awkward Muva kicks off with a glowing guitar on “Badu;” a cloud that her vocals drift on. Autobiographical lyrics delivered without irony,

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Photo Gallery: Duncan Burnett x RIOT / Ebony Tusks / Raymond

Duncan Burnett can do it all. One moment, the highly accomplished performer is rapping into the mic. The next, he's plucking away on the bass
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Review: Supa Flowa – “The Supa Flowa” EP

Recently I discovered a feeling of nostalgia I hadn’t experienced in years for the Midwest; memories of summer and the landscape and hot nights and

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Photo Gallery: I Heart Local Music Magazine Launch Party

The Bad Ideas / Photo by Ailecia Ruscin To celebrate the launch of our quarterly print magazine, I Heart Local Music invited three local acts
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Listen to this new track from Khrystal

We’re absolutely convinced that every track Khrystal puts out is a winner. She just debuted “Some People,” produced by the always on-point Duncan Burnett, and

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“A Reflection of Me:” When motherhood and making music match up

Managing a band can be a lot like managing a family. You’ve gotta get everyone from point A to point B for important events, present

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Of course Drugs & Attics played a song about getting trashed on 4/20…

Drugs and Attics / Photo by Fally Afani Drugs & Attics have two settings: "party" and "rock and roll." On Friday night, they debuted new
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I Heart Local Music christens the new Jackpot with The Sluts / Bummer / Khrystal.

The Sluts fans / Photo by Fally Afani Welp, I Heart Local Music is back on its bullshit. When we first met the brand new
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Kadesh Flow tackles Nerdcore culture in new “Room Service” EP

We knew Kadesh Flow was a nerd at heart when he made his grand entrance at Brass and Boujee last month to the theme from

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Watch Cuee rap in a cab

Sometimes you just gotta ditch the stage. The “Rap Cab” series caught our eye this week after seeing a familiar face pop up. The videos,