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FeaturesLAWLESS LOVE: DNA Picasso & Dominique ChristinaThere’s something unmistakably powerful about watching artists at the height of their creative force.Landon Ungerman · Nov 4, 2024MusicAlbum Review: Bryce Merritt: Chroma IILast November, we spoke to Oklahoma native Bryce Merritt, a singer-songwriter and YouTuber, who had released his first album CHROMA I at the time.Jay Wallace · Aug 1, 2017MusicAlbum Review: Kris Lager Band – Rise and ShineRise and Shine is another big step forward for the Kris Lager Band and offered fans a satisfying place to return to.Andrew Stiegler · Apr 3, 2017FeaturesBryce Merritt: Connecting Through ChromaBryce Merritt’s latest release, Chroma: I, effortlessly blends pop with elements of funk and R&B. He pulls his influences from artists ranging from Stevie Wonder to John Mayer, but it was actually country music that first got him into writing songs. “I grew up in Oklahoma and just based on what my parents listened to, growing up, the only thing that I knew existed, musically, was country music. They controlled the [radio] dial in the car,” recalls Merritt. He knew he always wanted to sing, so naturally he got his start writing country songs. “But then I got my car whenever I started driving in high school and I had control over the radio and I started discovering so much more music. The first thing I really got into was Motown,” he says, realizing that was the music that he wanted to make.Noel Billups · Nov 3, 2016MusicAlbum Review: Anderson Paak, MalibuEqual parts illustrious and excessive, genuine and humble, Malibu builds on the boozy charm of Paak’s debut, Venice, doubling down on atmosphere and lush, live instrumentation.Clark Lamson · Feb 3, 2016MusicAlbum Review: Night Beds— IvywildFollowing the success of his debut effort Country Sleep, Yellen gathered his go to collaborators, many of which appeared on his debut. This includes longtime friend and collaborator Benjamin Kaufman, Caleb Hickman (who plays a devilish sax throughout the record), and Yellen’s little brother Abraham, who plays producer on the record. Though the credits on the record reach just over twenty, Yellen credits this small group as the core of the project.Clark Lamson · Aug 10, 2015FeaturesAtmosphere Speaks with the BandWagon About Their 8th Studio AlbumBy the sound of the new single, “Bitter,” on Atmosphere’s eighth official studio album, Southsiders, you’d never guess it almost didn’t make the record.Kyle Eustice · May 21, 2014