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Lana Del Rey Wasn’t ‘Born to Die’, She Was Born to Rise Above

Lana Del Rey Wasn’t ‘Born to Die’, She Was Born to Rise Above

Lana Del Rey’s major-label debut Born to Die provides a roadmap for her songwriting journey, and her personification of America reinvents the past to tell modern stories.

Porridge Radio’s Mercury Prize-Nominated ‘Every Bad’ Is a Wonderful Epistemological Nightmare

Porridge Radio’s Mercury Prize-Nominated ‘Every Bad’ Is a Wonderful Epistemological Nightmare

With Every Bad, Porridge Radio seduce us with the vulnerability and existential confusion of Dana Margolin's deathly beautiful lyricism interweaved with alluring pop melodies.

Early Day Miners’ Debut ‘Placer Found’ Gets a New Life on Vinyl

Early Day Miners’ Debut ‘Placer Found’ Gets a New Life on Vinyl

Early Day Miners' moody, ethereal gem Placer Found turns 20 and is ripe for reappraisal. This is warm, intimate, bracing music with no expiration date.

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