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The Bay Area strummer needs to back Pizzolato's intro sequence
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The new column from Matt Moretti gets you caught up on all the latest rap from The Bay
| The Accurate Coordinates of Bells Atlas | June 28, 2013 |
Max Bell something something something. I wrote about Oakland’s Bells Atlas and their self-titled EP back in April. The EP’s been in constant rotation for me ever since. That was until I listened to their also self-titled LP, released June 18 via the group’s Bandcamp. At eleven tracks, it might be the best, and most […]
| Atlas Loved: The Afro-Pop Soul of Oakland’s Bells Atlas | April 5, 2013 |
Max Bell’s heart pumps coffee. The EP is often the best distillation of an artist’s/group’s early material. There’s no room for the extraneous or sub-par. If not excised, there’s no place for the lame to hide. For groups that go with the LP the first time out, the skip button is usually hit, and you […]
