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5 NATHANIEL RATELIFF 17 NATASHA KMETO & THE NIGHT SWEATS THE BLUE RIDER
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EMPRESS OF SEPTEMBER 27 | HOLOCENE
After listening to 25-year-old Lorely Rodriguez for five minutes, you’re convinced she can be the Empress Of whatever she wants. The dreamy electro-pop artist will release her second album Me on September 15 via Terrible Records (Twin Shadow, Chairlift), featuring ten tracks she wrote while living alone in a house an hour outside of Mexico City on a pseudo-silent artist’s retreat. Rodriguez was born to Honduran immigrants, grew up in L.A. and dabbled in jazz singing before moving to Boston to attend music school. Here, she created “Colorminutes,” one-minute YouTube recordings of rough tracks against a single color backdrop. This aesthetic minimalism is still apparent in Me’s album art, her song titles (“Standard,” “Icon”), and even in her music, which doesn't over-do beat drops or any tired EDM tropes. Even her voice is light and pure, without vibrato. In “Kitty Kat,” Rodriguez uses staccato beats while showcasing her high register, which explodes into an electronic yodel. Her political lyrics expose the invasive feeling of being cat
called as a woman, as well as demonstrates her clever lyrics: “I’m fending for myself when you still call me pretty/ Let me walk away,” she sings. “Don’t kitty kitty cat me like I’m just your pussy.” Many of her lyrics are political, but masked by dreamy avant-garde electronic beats and harmonies. Listening to her is like floating on a cloud in the middle of a club, where what’s being said isn’t always apparent, but is impactful nonetheless. » - Sophia June
QUICK TRACKS
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FEAT. ANDREW DUHON TRIO
6 MICK LEARN BENEFIT 7 MICK LEARN BENEFIT 8 DAM-FUNK BOBBY D
9 BIG SCARY BABES
11 SASSPARILLA
CASEY NEILL & THE NORWAY RATS
HEARTS OF OAK
13 ARC IRIS
COCO COLUMBIA JENNIFER HALL
Oozing with a slimey, driving rhythm that turns into a classic club beat against the background of Rodriguez’s ghostly “ahh ahhs,” the dreamy track explores the idea of privilege, pitting clean water against college students: “Water is
18 GIN WIGMORE PATRICK PARK
19 FEDERALE
THE LOWER 48 SOUVENIR DRIVER
21 SAY LOU LOU PHOEBE RYAN
22 COUER DE PIRATE 23 THE DEAR HUNTER CHON GATES
24 LITTLE HURRICANE RIN TIN TIGER
25 LAETITIA SADIER DERADOORIAN
ON 14 RHETT WALKER BAND 26 RAMBLE PSEUDOBOSS 15 MAC MCCAUGHAN + THE NON-BELIEVERS 27 JESS GLYNNE MIKE KROL FLESH WOUNDS
A “water water”
SARA JACKSON-HOLMAN SWAHILI
FRANCESCO YATES
29 OH LAND
PANIC IS PERFECT
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a privilege/ Just like kids who go to college.”
B “no means no” This song incorporates an '80s dance sound into her otherwise distinctly modern beats, while proclaiming an important reminder of consent: “No means no/ Don’t cross the line.”
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