Canadian pop singer Alexis Lynn is not in the business of holding back. Her debut EP, 2019’s Things Get Good, introduced listeners to an artist whose bubbly, soul-infused pop prefers to cut right to the chase of LGBTQ+ realities, and Lynn carried that unflinching honesty all the way through the making of her sophomore album…
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Every revolution has its soundtrack, and as long as there has been a struggle for a better world, there has been music to support that struggle. In light of the recent protests sparked by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Ahmaud Arbery, the messages of these kinds of songs are painfully…
Protest can come in many forms - art, music, boycott, writing, and countless other methods are proven tools in voicing opposition. Historically, the loudest method of resistance has always been the protest march and on January 21st, a day after the presidential inauguration and one day prior to the 44th anniversary of Roe vs Wade, a giant crowd of…
“Write bad songs. Write lots of bad songs. Because to get to the good songs, you need to write the bad ones first.” - Deep Cotton Chuck Lightning and Nate “Rocket” Wonder comprise the American neo-funk duo Deep Cotton. As it turns out, they have written a plethora of really good songs. In addition to…