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Mötley Crüe Reopen "Too Fast For Love" At Forty-Five

Written By: Big C Photo Credit: Ross Halfin Some records age like leather: the scuffs become part of the shine. Mötley Crüe reopen their debut with Too Fast For Love 45th Anniversary Edition, released through BMG. The original November 1981 pressing put just 900 LPs into circulation through the band’s Leathür Records imprint, before Elektra Records issued a remixed edition with a different tracklist in August 1982. Placing both versions in the anniversary collection makes the

Charles Luberisse

Nov 22 min read

Mötley Crüe Send "Take Me To The Top" Back To The Starting Line

Mötley Crüe revisit the raw Leathür Records version of Take Me To The Top as Too Fast For Love approaches its 45th-anniversary box set.

Charles Luberisse

Oct 142 min read

Mötley Crüe Reignite "Too Fast For Love" At 45

Mötley Crüe revisit the raw production, early demos, and live history that established Too Fast For Love 45 years ago.

Charles Luberisse

Sep 171 min read

ADÉLA Gives LA & International Pop A Defiant New Face With "PRIMA"

Written By: Big C Photo Credit: Elizabeth Miranda Pop stardom can look like a locked studio door, but ADÉLA arrives wearing the hinge as jewelry. Her debut album PRIMA, introduces a young artist treating ambition as both destination and raw material. The Bratislava-born singer moves between industrial pop force, intimate confession, sex-positive wit, and the disciplined physical language of a dancer. That range gives LA and international pop a new face for a glamorous, sharp-

Charles Luberisse

Sep 42 min read

Twenty Years Later, The Game Reopens The West Coast Files With "The Documentary 3"

Written By: Big C Some legacies age quietly, while others pull back onto the boulevard with the hydraulics still working. The Game returns to the series that helped redefine his career with The Documentary 3. It's a sprawling new album built around Compton pride, West Coast history, and the belief that Los Angeles still belongs at the center of hip-hop conversation. The feature list reads like a cross-section of eras and regions, with Drake, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne,

Charles Luberisse

Aug 222 min read

Feng Leaves The Mannequins Behind On "Fake Friends"

Written By: Big C Photo Credit: Nate Gotsis Not every summer memory deserves to be made into the scrapbook. Feng turns that idea inside out on Fake Friends, a bright-but-bitter lead single from his forthcoming Summer At Camp Lakepine EP. Lakepine’s production scatters synth flashes, firecracker drums, and rumbling bass beneath Feng’s sing-song delivery, With enough color to hide the sting in its lyrics, the Los Angeles-shot video pushes follows him through train tracks, neon

Charles Luberisse

Aug 142 min read

Pokey LaFarge Slaps A Rhythm Into "Hambone"

Written By: Big C Photo Credit: Danielle Head Sometimes the body becomes the best instrument in the room. Pokey LaFarge taps into that simplicity with a hip-shaking groove born from producer Elliot Bergman striking rhythm against his own thigh on Hambone. Bass and drums quickly join the conversation, giving the handmade percussion enough muscle to turn the experiment into a full-fledged party. LaFarge’s affection for blues, early jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, ragtime, and boogie are t

Charles Luberisse

Aug 81 min read

Jessie Ware's "Sauna" Makes Room For Everybody To Sweat

Written By: Big C Photo Credit: Jack Grange Jessie Ware knows sensuality can be far more interesting when everyone is invited into the fantasy. Sauna, the latest visual from Superbloom, takes the ordinary confines of an elevator and gradually turns them into a steamy playground of movement, desire, and uninhibited connection. Directed by Jordan Rossi, the video lets Ware’s confidence do the seducing as an expanding cast of dancers, artists, performers, and cultural figures ge

Charles Luberisse

Aug 82 min read

supermodel* Revives Offbeat '90s Energy With "cherry garcia"

Written By: Big C Photo Credit: Ashlan Grey Crushes can arrive like fireworks or drift in like melted ice cream sliding across a summer dashboard. supermodel* understands that kind of romance better than most: messy, nostalgic, and impossible to fully clean off once they stick. cherry garcia runs on dusty guitar textures, loose dance grooves, and casually funny observations, yet the record carries understanding of Frankie Beanie. You can hear traces of punk looseness, British

Charles Luberisse

May 81 min read

Vulnerability Meets Reinvention In Ebony Riley's Truth "Beautiful Tragedy"

Written By: Big C Ebony Riley opens the door to Beautiful Tragedy with a rollout that feels intentional, stripped back, and fully personal. The artwork alone sets the tone as she draws a clear line between who she was and who she’s becoming with an evolution of sound. "Beautiful Tragedy" reflects Riley’s journey… shaped by instability and loss, but anchored by a deep connection to music. From early moments in church choirs to navigating life beyond them, her story is still

Charles Luberisse

Apr 131 min read