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PARKE
“It felt like a fresh start, felt like a new era. Same with this music; I didn't put a single out, it was just the album went straight to it because I think I'm just an album person. I think it's more interesting, but it just felt nice and literally like a refresh, like I just showered and just came out.”
Read Above: Parke, the rapper and producer formerly of the name Dominsquis, has broken ground with his new album, Zombie, compounding the dynamic blend hip-hop, rock, and punk influences that he began exploring under his old alias into a thrilling blend of tracks that not only amp up the sonic pressure from his previous projects but also serve, in a way, as their ultimate fruition,
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Featured Artist Profile:
Star’s Revenge, the budding side project of Emily Green (Geese) and Olive Faber (Sunflower Bean), has served not only as an outlet to but also an additional expression of the expanding creative thatcheries of its founders in the years since its creation, but, now, with their decision to expand the project into a full-band context, it has taken on a markedly different sonic outlook, all while maintaining the central mission of exploration and ongoing creative activity that led to its birth.
Star’s Revenge
MELT Live: r1ver
Live DJ set recorded with St. Louis native r1ver. Recorded at Overtime Studio STL. A MELT FM Production.
10 Questions w/ odelet
Odelet, the Detroit-born producer and multi-instrumentalist, has been experimenting between genres for multiple years now, and, with the release of their newest album, Angels (Revived), the experiment has reached new heights.
A dynamic blend of soul, funk, jazz, reggae, and other musical roots, the album encapsulates perfectly the genre-agnosticism that permeates Odelet’s creative output.
Currently based on the West Coast, their work in visual art has slowly become intertwined with their musical ventures, and the ultimate result, which is in part represented in Angels (Revived), has blossomed into a transformation of their creative process and manifestation of sound.
Artist profiles
SHAGGO, the femme-punk band based in Brooklyn, NY, has broken ground on their unique brand of fun-filled, social ire-inspired punk with the release of their debut album, Chores, back in June and, since that time, have continued to carve out their sonic lane, all while maintaining the central aspect that has defined not only their sound but their existence as a band since its inception: a certain carefree quality that transcends the usual strictures of the genre.
SHAGGO
Julia, Julia, the solo project of punk and garage rock Julia Kugel Montoya, has now marked another step in its sonic exploration with the release of her second album, Sugaring A Strawberry and, in doing so, has signified another distinct departure from the intense and boundary-pushing music that her primary project, The Coathangers, has produced for almost two decades, returning Julia to her musical roots as a more delicate and intentional artist in a setting that has been nothing short of refreshing for her creatively.
Julia, Julia
indigo Waves
Indigo Waves, the dream-pop duo born out of the college-aged friendship of Austin Oestreich and Matt Mink, has been carving out a unique brand of sonic experimentations since its inception, operating in the liminal space that exists between Oestreich’s acoustic songwriting habits and Mink’s fascination with obscure sound design.
Joyer, the noise-leaning, indie rock band led by brothers Nick and Shane Sullivan, have reached an identity rooted in a careful intentionality, maintaining many of the Slowcore-driven influences that defined their earlier output while gaining a stronger appreciation for the traditional song structures that have lent a kind ear upon their newest creative era.
Joyer
Fatboi Sharif, who represents one of the most unique and harrowing voices in modern hip-hop, has been continuously attracted to the power latent in music, its capacity to bring out an inner, withheld emotion from both the listener and the artist, since he was a child.