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The Best Songs of September 2025 // New Music Friday!

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"Mr. Mountebank" by Djo The Crux (Deluxe) gives so much more insight into the journey Djo took while writing this album and all of the different directions he could've taken with it narratively. It's more than just a regular deluxe album, it's more so a companion project of twelve songs that were written during the same creative period as The Crux , but didn't make the initial cut. That said, they don't feel like leftovers. Each track truly feels like a natural expansion of the time in his life that inspired this music, and collectively, they feel like a culmination of some of the more unhinged parts of himself that he had to work through to arrive at the final version of The Crux . "Mr. Mountebank" is one of my many favorites, he goes fully Djo XCX on it, diving into a wild and abrasive hyperpop sound that's completely different from anything he's made before. It offers a sharp commentary on fame and virality, especially in the wake of ...
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Inhaler Live in Allentown, PA! // Open Wide Tour 2025

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Irish alternative rock band Inhaler recently performed their first-ever show in Allentown, PA, closing out the Open Wide North American Tour with an unforgettable night. I've been wanting to see Inhaler live ever since I first discovered their music in 2022, and I'm so happy I finally got the chance to experience their show in person. This Fall 2025 leg of the tour focused on cities across the U.S. that the band hadn't visited before, and I was very excited to see my hometown on that list. It was in support of their latest album Open Wide , which has quickly become one of my favorite releases of the year. Hearing those songs brought to life on stage only made me love them even more than I already do! They performed at Archer Music Hall, a brand-new venue that opened earlier this year.  A local band from the Lehigh Valley called Just also opened the show and I loved getting introduced to their music through this show and can't wait to dive into more of their work in the ...
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Meeting Cardi B at Spin Me Round Records // Am I The Drama? Promo Tour

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As a part of her seven-date record store promo tour celebrating the release week of her long-awaited sophomore album Am I The Drama? , Cardi B made a stop at one of my favorite local record stores for a special meet and greet event. Spin Me Round, located in the Palmer Park Mall in Easton, Pennsylvania, was the second stop, the day after her album was released. It was so exciting to see one of my favorite local record stores included on this tour and I couldn't believe that she was actually in person for this event! Spin Me Round has built a massive platform across TikTok and Instagram and have definitely garnered a reputation as one of the most popular independent record stores in the North East. This is always one of my go-to record stores to visit for Record Store Day , early listening parties, and vinyl shopping in general, so it was cool to be able to see an artist as big as Cardi there! The price of admission was only about $15 and preordering a CD copy of Cardi's new al...
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The Best Songs of August 2025 // New Music Friday!

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"The Subway" by Chappell Roan The long-awaited official release of "The Subway" is finally here and it is absolutely the best song that Chappell has released thus far. There's so much emotion packed into every lyric. The song is deeply heartfelt and unflinchingly honest as Chappell recalls the kind of specific, intimate details of a love that got away. All of the memories still linger, almost as if she is haunted by them. After performing the song live for the past year, I'm so happy the studio version of it is finally out! "Ice In My OJ" by Hayley Williams Earlier this month Hayley Williams surprise released a seventeen standalone singles, which she later compiled into an official album titled Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party . It's already a very strong contender for my favorite album of the year so far, I'm continuously discovering new aspects of it that I love each time I listen to it. "Ice In My OJ" was one of my initial f...
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