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SLIFT – “The Day Of Execution” [Video]
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Beans – “Resister” [Video]
Video · Fuzz Club Beans Turn It Down and Find Something Better on “Resister” The Murlocs’ Matt Blach surfaces a blissed-out lockdown session with Less Louder — the Sunday afternoon record Beans needed to make May 2026 New Single Beans Back in 2021, Beans frontman and Murlocs drummer Matt Blach had a lot of time…
Thomas Dollbaum – “Coyote” [Video]
Video · Dear Life Records Thomas Dollbaum Shot “Coyote” on Christmas Eve in Louisiana — and It Shows The Florida songwriter’s long-overdue breakthrough Birds of Paradise is out now — recorded in four days in Mississippi with MJ Lenderman May 2026 New Video Thomas Dollbaum Thomas Dollbaum wrote Birds of Paradise in three months, called…
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My New Band Believe: My New Band Believe [Album Review]
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Prism Shores: Softest Attack [Album Review]
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