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Alex Delzer Takes Us Behind the Curtain on "Thoughts About My Loneliness"

October 19, 2023 by Emily Schmidt in Video Premier, Album Review

Between the dense, intricate layers of sound, the honest lyrics, and the use of a voice note that the artist recorded for his real-life therapist, each listen of Alex Delzer’s album Thoughts About My Loneliness brings something new. Topped with the artist’s genuine passion for his craft, these tracks are a music nerd like myself’s dream to pick apart — but the generally upbeat feel and other-worldly audio effects make for an exciting surface-level listen as well.

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October 19, 2023 /Emily Schmidt
Alex Delzer, Thoughts About My Loneliness, Electro-pop, synth
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skipperwizard "wizard I"

March 30, 2023 by Andrew Ellis in Album Review

From gentle guitar melodies and fuzzy vocalization, to underlying synthesized moments that lead into total distortion, Liam Armstrong, otherwise known as skipperwizard, has created a soundscape of a world that is entirely their own.

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March 30, 2023 /Andrew Ellis
Wizard I, Skipperwizard, synth, Rock, DIY
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JOE BARTEL "ISOSCELES KRAMER II" REVIEW

October 29, 2020 by Andrew Perrizo in Album Review

“I don’t think it interferes with any of the things I do to have different-genre releases under my belt,” says Minneapolis’s resident folk-punker Joe Bartel, idly dispensing sage punk wisdom over a decent-quality Skype call one October night. “People always want to pin bands and musicians to genres. But it’s like, I don’t think artists have to have genres.”

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October 29, 2020 /Andrew Perrizo
Joe Bartel, Isosceles Kramer II, synth, Punk
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