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HipHopSince1987 features new LUNA Clipse album LUNAtic and his new video for “The Belly of the Beast,”HipHopSince1987 features

LUNA Clipse press photo by Ruth Koleva for his album LUNAtic
NYC rapper and poet LUNA Clipse harnesses the fire of his bipolar disorder and forges it into a gift on his new LP LUNAtic, a collaboration with GRAMMY-winning producer Jerry Wonda (The Fugees, Mary J. Blige, Santana, John Legend, Beyoncé). LUNAtic tells LUNA’s story from first diagnosis, to forced institutionalization, to Judgement Day itself.
 
Album opener “Lunacy” encompasses the spark of his diagnosis and exposes the nightmare of greed surrounding the American dream. “It was 2005 / those visions popped into my eyes / so either I’m a prophet of our times / Or the world just hadn’t yet become as psychotic as my mind,” raps LUNA.
 
LUNAtic is one man’s journey through bipolar and the stigma surrounding mental illness. The songs flow like episodes to a narrative that dramatizes how LUNA went from hating his bipolar and considering it a curse, to being proud of it and considering it his greatest gift. It’s a manic-depressive cycle that’s equal parts heaven and hell, from depression that’s taken him to the brink, to being an overmedicated zombie, to the spiraling mania that created this album.
 

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FAME Magazine debuts the latest single from Beekeeper Spaceman, “In the Custody of Stars,” calling it a “lush ballad” and “a mesmerizing song… Brownderville’s blurry soundscapes create a feeling of heartache and loneliness.”

Brownderville’s blurry soundscapes create a feeling of heartache and loneliness. Kenney adds his touch by dressing up a simple acoustic guitar arpeggio with programmed drums, dreamy background vocals, and twinkling synths. Everything is combined to create a beautiful picture of emotion and atmosphere.

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Americana Highways reviews the new album from Megan & Shane, Peaks & Valleys, noting, “The duo of Megan and Shane Baskerville is a bit country-based in a Gram Parsons-Emmylou Harris style.”

This effort starts pensive & folky but then by “Rose Colored Glasses,” Megan Baskerville’s pipes really start to percolate. The song is superb & her vocals are like Benedictine & Brandy. The duo of Megan and Shane Baskerville is a bit country-based in a Gram Parsons-Emmylou Harris style.

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B-Sides & Badlands debuts the latest single from Shannon Clark and the Sugar, “Like the Stars,” noting, “The song runs dark and brooding in the verses before ballooning on the chorus, anthem-style. ‘Where do you run to when there’s no place else you can call your own,’ sings Clark over palpitating percussion.”

Originally conceived as “a b-side style tune,” Clark says, the song morphed into something wholly different and cosmic. “We reworked it and recorded it live with minimal overdubs. Once the band felt it, it took on a life of its own,” the singer-guitarist tells B-Sides & Badlands. “It gave us this early ’90s alternative sound a bit, like an old R.E.M song but with a Tom Petty/Fleetwood Mac spin on it. It was much more a folk song in its original draft, and we might have cut this three times total — but the first take just had a certain charisma that we loved.”

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Last Day Deaf reviews the new single from Rick Hornyak, “Continental Queen,” noting, “This track serves as a shining example of heartfelt Americana, with Hornyak’s warm and soulful vocals leaving a lingering impact that resonates for days.”

Prepare to be captivated by the heartland rock sounds of Austin-based musician Rick Hornyak, and his new single, Continental Queen, from his highly anticipated sophomore LP titled Dandelion, set to be released on July 21. This track serves as a shining example of heartfelt americana, with Hornyak’s warm and soulful vocals leaving a lingering impact that resonates for days. 

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The Indy Review chimes in on the new single from The Helltones, “Every Time You Pick a Fight,” noting, “The surfy guitars and girl-group backing vocals are timeless and joyful, while Siegaldoud’s vocals are addictively raw and real.” 

The journey of forming The Helltones has been a long one for guitarist/vocalist Darwin Siegaldoud. Raised in Santa Barbara, CA, he spent a year in Israel on a Kibbutz, where two Canadian neighbors taught him how to record music and how to make guitar playing a way of self-expression. After moving to Oakland and the collapse of his first band, he formed The Helltones with drummer Paul Bowman. Since forming, the group has released two albums and an EP, and are really starting to find their sound on their latest single “Every Time You Pick a Fight” from their upcoming LP Medusa.

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