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Indie Rockers Souls Extolled Have a Whole Lotta Love

Singer-guitarist Zach Black talks new LP soulsex and finding the light in moments of darkness

by Miranda Garza January 30, 2025September 30, 2025

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William Harries Graham’s Your “Confidant”

Onetime ATX prodigy unpacks love on new single, EP, and video

by Kevin Curtin December 14, 2020September 30, 2025

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Video Premiere: Sydney Wright Outs a Vicious Tenderfoot

“Term usually describes novice[s] that lack general sensibilities”

by Raoul Hernandez May 29, 2020September 30, 2025

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The Gravity of Sound

The Bubble’s new studio stands as Mark Genfan’s swan song

by Kevin Curtin October 24, 2019September 30, 2025

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Coming of Age With Jane Ellen Bryant

Bad at growing up, good at promo

by Kevin Curtin July 11, 2016September 30, 2025

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Rock & Roll Weekend

Accordions, thunderstruck dins, and no bodily fluids

by Kevin Curtin May 20, 2013September 30, 2025

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Music news

by Christopher Gray November 11, 2005September 30, 2025

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The Applicators apply themselves, inside the Bubble Empire, and more

by Christopher Gray August 12, 2005September 30, 2025

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Showers of Sound

In the Studio With the Bubble Brothers

by Marc Savlov March 29, 2002September 30, 2025

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