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MC Lars Song PREMIERE + The Story Behind The Nerdcore Superhero

Check out the exclusive track premiere of “Hipster Mom” off MC Lars’ new full-length The Zombie Dinosaur LP. It’s early on a Monday morning when I get a phone call from rapper MC Lars. There’s a scholarly greeting from the brilliant rapper who seems more prepared than ever to share his newest music with the world. The Stanford graduate turned “nerdcore” hip-hop mogul is back this November with a brand new full-length LP The Zombie Dinosaur LP. This particular album reflects a lot on his life as a rapper in his 20s and how he transitions into his goals in… Read more »

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The Story Behind The Story: Echo Boom

Echo Boom started as the attempt to immortalize stories and themes that had made an impact on my life starting as far back as 5th grade. At an early age I feel like I began taking in stories both of my own and of close friends as these gifts or valuable commodities.

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Tour Diary #3: Rx

I have always been a man reliant on his krutch. When I was little it was video games and TV. I would spend hours upon hours exploring the many lands a television screen could offer.

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Cleveland Rocks: A Hometown Girl Talks Her Favorite Bandsâ€™ Journey to the APMAs

The Alternative Press Music Awards is making its second annual appearance this year in Cleveland on July 22nd. Because I grew up in Cleveland, I had the privilege of watching many of this year’s APMAs nominees perform live early on in their careers. Some of these bands have been a part of my life since I was 13, while others are a bit newer to me. When I think about all of the journeys I’ve taken with them as people, and to see them perform live–just in this city alone–I can’t help but feel a sense of pride about where… Read more »

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Tuesday Ten: Ten Songs To Slide Into Someone’s DMs With

Ah, modern love. Long gone are the delicate romanticisms of ye courtships of olde, replaced with a shockingly complex system of digital signalsâ€”both literal and figurativeâ€”to express your feelings for someone in the 21st century.

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Bands that deserve a record deal

We compiled a list of special artists we think rule and labels should be paying attention to.

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Tuesday Ten: Musical 180’s

Even if you’re convinced that a band changing their sound is the worst thing that’s ever happened to you, it’s perfectly natural for someone’s music to develop and shift from album to album. But every once in a while, those shifts are so dramatic that the early work ends up sounding like it was released by an entirely different band than the more recent material.

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Tuesday Ten: As Heard On TV

Losing yourself in a ten-hour marathon of your favorite tv show is always fun, but it’s even more fun when you suddenly wake from your reverie at the sounds of some unknown, perfect song emerging from the speakers. For this week’s Tuesday Ten, we asked our writers about ten songs they fell in love with after hearing them on tv.

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Tuesday Ten: We Take Selfies Too

People were taking pictures at shows for years before someone at Oxford decided itâ€™d be a good idea to add the word â€œselfieâ€ to the dictionary, but the advent of the smartphone has made it more popular than ever. Even our writers have a few show selfies tucked away on their hard drives, and weâ€™re sharing some of our favorites with you in this weekâ€™s Tuesday Ten.

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idobi Writers Rock AP Awards Voting

You know when Oscars season hits and suddenly itâ€™s the only thing anyone can talk about? Thatâ€™s how we feel about the first Gibson Brands Alternative Press Music Awards – Fueled by Monster Energy Drink. With less than two weeks left until the awards show makes its July 21st debut, at Clevelandâ€™s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, weâ€™ve all been picking our favorites and placing our betsâ€”which is exactly what this show is all about.