Orla Garland – Woman on the Internet
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Orla Garland – Woman on the Internet

I'm a few years behind I suppose, but it's worth mentioning that Orla Gartland's debut album, Woman on the Internet, was my favorite album of 2021. Orla Garland is one of those artists that I cam to from another, as she is also Dodie's guitarist and friend and so listening to Dodie, lead me to listening to Orla. The overall feel and tone of Orla Garland's music is much different than Dodie's though, it's much much more upbeat and rock and roll, though it does share a lot of the structural characteristics of ups and downs and clever lyrics that…
Evangelion Finally
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Evangelion Finally

While I'll talk a bit on this album, Evangelion Finally, this also covers the vinyl version of this album. So, a bit of a story here. I really don't plan to collect up a ton of records for my recently activated vinyl hobby, but I really could not resist this one when I came across it. I was originally looking into albums at Best Buy, because I had some credit, and went to do some price comparisons, then this one, and another came up as recommended. Which has spawned a bit of a new angle of interest for my vinyl…
Raffaella – Ballerina
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Raffaella – Ballerina

Raffaella feels like a bit of an interesting oddity in my list of "artists I like to listen to". For the most part, to be frank, she feels like kind of a nobody level musician, though not for not trying pretty hard to get somewhere. Though Wikipedia says she was dating Justice Smith for a while and she got a set on Vevo Discover, which is pretty sweet. I'm not really here to gossip though. My first exposure was when she opened for Sigrid in 2019. Before the show I started listening to this album just fro the sake of…
Aurora – All My Demons Greeting Me As a Friend
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Aurora – All My Demons Greeting Me As a Friend

Released 2016.03.11 I don't know exactly when my first exposure with Aurora was, but I can say my exposure of actually becoming a fan, was through Sigrid. Which is kind of funny because I feel like it more often would go the other way. I don't know that Sigrid and Aurora are "friends" exactly, but they have, I dunno, been in the same room together, and re both originally from Norway. Though Sigrid seems a bit more based in England, Aurora is decidedly Norwegian. I'm sure overtime my music tastes will evolve again, but for the time being, Aurora is…
Dodie – Hot Mess (RSD Vinyl)
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Dodie – Hot Mess (RSD Vinyl)

Released - 2022.09.30Vinyl - 2023.04.22 I am not real sure why Dodie put out another EP, Hot Mess, as a follow up to her first album Build a Problem. Following her online suggests that she writes well, a lot of music, feels like there would be plenty for a while album. I mean, yeah, there is some of it that's kind of weird and a bit banal, but that didn't seem like it held back her album. But here we are, with a fresh, 4 track EP. I also want to take a moment to talk about this particular release,…