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Kick, acclaimed Philadelphia-raised singer-songwriter Dave Hause’s fourth solo outing, finds the seasoned musician carrying on in the voice and tradition of classic American songwriters, tackling topics of hope, depression, global warming, a crumbling democracy, and growing old. These complex notions weave together with a joyous sing-along cadence that creates a soundtrack for the broken American dream.
The album doesn’t sugarcoat either the personal problems or the global challenges at its center. At the core of this record, there remains a vivid humanity and a hope that things can — and will — get better, even if it seems like the odds are stacked against us. When the only alternative is to drown, the first step towards survival is to kick.
Dave Hause will be touring North America starting this week and throughout April in support of Kick.
(Photo Credit: Kyle London)

Dave Hause

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Jenny Lewis Celebrates the Ride

Nimai Larson, one half of the Brooklyn dance band Prince Rama, loves to write about her passions: <a href="http://www.princerama.com/" target="_blank">music</a>, <a href="http://www.nimailarson.com/" target="_blank">food</a> and <a href="http://www.mtvhive.com/category/columns/totally-nights-columns/" target="_blank">love</a>. 
 
(photo credit: Photo Pink)

Nimai Larson

Avey Tare, Balancing on the Delicate Waters of Time

Andrew Falkous has been/is a member of the bands Mclusky and Future of the Left, and is currently releasing solo not-solo music under the name christian fitness. He has an abusive relationship with music which occasionally pays for a nice holiday somewhere warm and is allergic to seafood. (Note: all seafood.) You can follow him on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/shit_rock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here.</a>

Andy Falkous

Weezer’s New Record is Confusing

Chad Peck is the singer/guitar player in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kestrels/?fref=ts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kestrels</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/weneedsecrets/?fref=ts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We Need Secrets</a>. He also runs Noyes Records. He is based in Lornevale, Nova Scotia, Canada, where he teaches high school English.

Chad Peck

Groove Denied is Virtually Without Precedent

Hannah Rainey is a musician based in St. Louis, Missouri. She sings and plays guitar in Shady Bug who recently released their sophomore album, Lemon Lime, on Exploding In Sound Records.

Hannah Rainey

Listening to Deerhoof on an iPod Shuffle

Visionary singer and music maker Xenia Rubinos dips in and out of genre and structure to create movingly powerful songs with her O.G. signature sound. Xenia’s powerhouse vocals are at the center of her music which grows from a wide range of influences from R&amp;B to Hip-Hop to jazz all delivered with a soulful punk aura. Pitchfork lauded the radiant singer as “a unique new pop personality” while a profile in The New Yorker described her work as “rhythmically fierce, vocally generous music that slips through the net of any known genre.” Her record, Black Terry Cat, is out now.
(Photo credit: Amanda Picotte)

Xenia Rubinos

There Is Great Power in Helado Negro’s Vulnerability

Michael Benjamin Lerner is the singer and drummer for Telekinesis. You can follow him on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/_TELEKINESIS">here</a>.

Michael Benjamin Lerner

After 25 Years, There’s Still Nothing Wrong with There’s Nothing Wrong With Love

Did Bob Mould Really Get Happy?

Alex Bleeker is an artist and musician living in Northern California. He is best known as a founding member of the band Real Estate. He has released music under his own name as well as three LPs with his band Alex Bleeker and the Freaks.
(Photo Credit: Leanne Kriz)

Alex Bleeker

Julian Lynch, a Realist Painter Pushed to Abstract Expressionism

Felix Walworth is a Brooklyn based songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Their songwriting project, called Told Slant, has been described as &#8220;very sad&#8221; and &#8220;like church.&#8221;

Felix Walworth

Create the Vague You Need

William Tyler is a composer and guitarist based in Los Angeles-via-Nashville. His new album <a href="http://smarturl.it/goeswest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Goes West</a> was released by Merge in January 2019, and features contributions from Meg Duffy, Brad Cook, and Bill Frisell, among others. 
(Photo Credit: Chantal Anderson)

William Tyler

The Restless, Roving Energy of Michael Chapman

Noël Wells is a director/writer/actor living in Los Angeles, currently best known for her appearance on Master of None and her feature film Mr. Roosevelt. She likes making things and is passionately not a comedian. (Picture by Garrett Charboneau.)

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