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Live Review: The Hayley Williams Show Takes Center Stage at the Hollywood Bowl Just Hours After Receiving an Unwanted Message From the DHS
“At the Intersection of Smart and Stupid”: Nashville’s Big Guy & The Very Large Men Celebrates the Glorious Mess of Being Alive Through Dreamy, Campy, Y’allternative Songs
“Everything Is an Opera Around Me”: Charlene Kaye Crowns Herself King Mei Mei on “Slow Strobe Light,” a Volcanic Debut Fueled by Heartbreak & Hard-Won Freedom
Baby Rose Turns Heartbreak into Self-Preservation on “Better,” a Soulful Reflection on Missing Someone While Still Choosing Yourself
“Got Some Damage I Can Show Ya”: The Upsides Confront Adulthood’s Chaos Together on ‘In the Maze,’ a Roaring, Cathartic Indie Rock Reckoning
“Every Step I Fall”: Antonio Miguel Areia Dances with Desperation on “Zugzwang,” a Seductive Debut of His ‘Evil Bossa’ Sound
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50 YEARS OF HIP-HOP
Atwood Magazine’s staff celebrates hip-hop's 50th anniversary with a special feature and accompanying playlist diving deep into its music, its history, and its indelible impact on culture. Check it out!Recent Articles
“As Long as We Keep Going Back to Each Other”: hey, nothing on Friendship, Burnout & Their Hard-Won Debut Album, ‘Hound’
byOn their emotionally charged, cathartic debut album ‘Hound,’ Tyler Mabry and Harlow Phillips reckon with codependency, burnout, grief, and what it takes to protect the enduring friendship at the heart of hey, nothing.
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Live Review: The Hayley Williams Show Takes Center Stage at the Hollywood Bowl Just Hours After Receiving an Unwanted Message From the DHS
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“At the Intersection of Smart and Stupid”: Nashville’s Big Guy & The Very Large Men Celebrates the Glorious Mess of Being Alive Through Dreamy, Campy, Y’allternative Songs
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“Everything Is an Opera Around Me”: Charlene Kaye Crowns Herself King Mei Mei on “Slow Strobe Light,” a Volcanic Debut Fueled by Heartbreak & Hard-Won Freedom
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“At the Intersection of Smart and Stupid”: Nashville’s Big Guy & The Very Large Men Celebrates the Glorious Mess of Being Alive Through Dreamy, Campy, Y’allternative Songs
byNashville singer/songwriter James Droll reclaims the stories he was once taught to hide through Big Guy & The Very Large Men, channeling them into dreamy, campy, and y’allternative music that celebrates the glorious mess of being alive. On the achingly beautiful “RED DOOR” ft. Abby Cates – premiering exclusively on Atwood Magazine – he offers a bittersweet love letter to the city that broke his heart and became his home, carrying the fearless storytelling of his debut EP ‘soft hands, hard times’ into a compelling new chapter with the forthcoming ‘PERMADEATH.’
