MARINA’s “Butterfly” Doesn’t Earn Its Wings
“Butterfly” is a parody of pop. Sanitized to oblivion. It tries its darndest to be an earworm, another TikTok audio that will blow up like the rest, but alas.
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Staff Pix 2/21: New Releases
Fresh pix for fresh folks. Listen to these pix live from 5-6pm only on wecb.live! “Hot Bath” by Jade Imagine Good, good grunge. Simple, funky, and ever so slightly distorted. Following a two-and-a-half year release drought, (Jade) imagine my surprise when this underrated Aussie band dropped out of seemingly thin air. Their earworm “Instinct That…
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“Songs From The Big Chair” at 40
Perhaps it was Tears for Fears’ reformation and resurgence in the twenty-first century that contributed to the lasting cultural impact of Songs From The Big Chair. This influence can be seen in countless covers by countless artists—from Weezer to Lorde, it seems every musician wants to rule the world.
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Addison Rae is 3/3 with “High Fashion”
As Addison frantically dances around a burning field during the song’s bridge, an ad-lib in the song comes in: “I know how to make the hard things look really easy.” Damn right.
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The most electrifying album of 2025: Venturing’s “Ghostholding”
A lengthy letter of regret, but more so a dedicated submission of acceptance. Acknowledging the months of love that no longer fill in the moments of now.
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Squid crawls into your crevices on “Cowards”
Cowards is a seemingly not-so-relaxed attempt at a concept album. In a crawl through horror, Squid gives each song moments of a creepy lullaby and a dash through the underworld.
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Staff Pix 2/14: We Heart Milk Crate!
Ahhhhh, February 14th. Just another regular, smeg-ular day living in society. Since there isn’t much special going on, why not celebrate us! Milk Crate! We heart Milk Crate, and we hope you do too—here’s some love songs to prove it! Tune in Friday 5-6pm to hear these pix LIVE! <3 “Love Will Tear Us Apart”…
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Oklou Sings Hymns For The Digital Age on “Choke Enough”
While Galore was mostly a collection of nocturnal love songs, Choke Enough is made up of blinding declarations of feeling alive. “Is the endless still unbound?” Oklou asks on the opener. On Choke Enough, it is.
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Nostalgia Bait: Sean Kingston Plays Game On Fenway
His sixth “surprise” song was one the crowd didn’t know, likely a recent release. It was clear that the nostalgia trip was over and we all wanted to go home.
