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Last August, Julia Jacklin opened for Julien Baker at the El Rey, instantly enchanting me. She was only vaguely on my radar at that time, which was at the time still over a month away from her debut record’s release. Well, Don’t Let the Kids Win, in all its youthful candor ended up as one […]

At 22-years-old, while most people Jay Som’s age are graduating from universities or trying to make ends meet, Bay-area native Melina Duterte has two albums under her belt and has already finessed a loyal following for her lo-fi, bedroom rock confessionals. Her most recent release, the sublime contextualization of that very realization titled Everybody Works, has left her leaping […]