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Barra Ó Súilleabháin is a science writer at Research2Reality and contributes to outlets such as The Media Editor and Button Masher Magazine. If he's not serenading his bedroom with his Spanish guitar, he can be found most evenings buried in his Nintendo with Flying Lotus as the soundtrack.

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Album Review | Sirens Go By For Eric Anders & Mark O’Bitz

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Apr 9, 2021 0

The lockdown anniversary has come and gone in North America, and the albums that many a musical hermit had been tinkering with are starting to see daylight. Most are influenced by the pandemic, either directly or indirectly, and that could…

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Album Review | GNL Zamba Preaches Unity on The Spear

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Apr 7, 2021 0

GNL Zamba is a Ugandan musician who grew up surrounded by influences like Fela Kuti, Jimi Hendrix, Ice Cube, and Gil Scott-Heron. It’s a mixed bag of distinct artists that’s hard to imagine united under a single sound, but that’s what Zamba…

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EP Review | Vajra Explore Consciousness On Irkalla

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Apr 2, 2021 0

Metal has a deeply woven thematic relationship with all things mythological and mystical, and for any niche philosophy, story, or idea, a band must truly immerse themselves in it to adequately interpret and express it. NYC alternative metal…

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Album Review | Moon and Bike Deliver The Ambient One

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Mar 30, 2021 0

Depending on who you ask, ambient/moody music belongs exclusively in the background for film and television productions as it’s too boring otherwise. It’s all too easy to sound a little generic, bland, or melodramatic with this style, but…

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Album Review | Keen Garrity Goes Solo With Get Big

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Mar 24, 2021 0

Keen Garrity is the stage name of Knoxville, Tennessee native, Rebekah Burchfield, whose debut album Get Big dropped earlier this year. An ex-member of the prog rock outfit Wards of the Mayor, she’s now following in the footsteps of…

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Album Review | Idiot Grins Offer Thoughts & Prayers

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Mar 22, 2021 0

Going out on a limb as an artist is part of the job if you want to stand out, and Idiot Grins delivered in spades on their latest LP, Thoughts & Prayers. Instead of drafting in an obscure collaborator or involving left-of-field…

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Album Review | …and the Triumph of Justice from Countless Thousands

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Mar 10, 2021 0

The energy is loud, large, and uncompromising, the vocals dance between melodic and sweet, and the themes are grandiose and unabashedly in-your-face. It’s an intriguing combo couched in punk rock, but there’s a sweeping finesse to the…

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Album Review | #Bloomerangs Offer Moments and Fragments

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Apr 6, 2020 0

#Bloomerangs are an Indiana-based jazz collective espousing an array of global influences on their new record, Moments and Fragments. Although rooted in jazz, the outfit seamlessly performs genre-swapping pieces while also remaining…

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EP Review | Proud Creature Unveils His Opening Creature

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Mar 30, 2020 0

Todd Brozman has arrived, under his Proud Creature moniker, with an EP dripping in groove and mystique. Opening Creature was crafted in his home studio using a blend of DIY field recordings and a variety of synths and percussion…

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EP Review | Xi.me.na Melds Old & New On Before You

Barra Ó Súilleabháin Dec 6, 2019 0

Xi.me.na Borges, a Venezuelan/New York experimental artist, is an award-winning composer and performer. Melding old and new via the use of digital and analogue tech, she also blends music from different eras. The result is a body of work…

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