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Kacey Musgraves Announces New Album

Kacey Musgraves
Jason Tate

Kacey Musgraves will release her new album, Golden Hour, in 2018. She recently talked with Entertainment Weekly about the upcoming album:

Musgraves describes her new LP as having a “trippy” twist, citing the Bee Gees, Sade, and Neil Young as influences. And while she’s often celebrated for her clever wordplay and witty turns of phrase about small-town life, Musgraves says she avoided wrapping every lyric “up in a little bow” in favor of more direct, reflective songwriting.

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Join the Dark Side: Bringing Dark Mode to the Main Website

Dark Mode
Jason Tate

It’s fitting that on release week for Star Wars: The Last Jedi I can bring the Dark Side to the main website. One of my favorite supporter perks in the forum has been Dark Mode — a dark slate colored theme — and I’m excited to be able to bring this color palette to the main website as well. I love our white, grey, and blue color scheme, but at night I almost always switch over to the dark theme while browsing the website on my phone. However, I’d often move over to the main site to read an article and the white contrast would be a rude awakening for my eyes. No more! Supporters can now activate Dark Mode on the main website via their supporter options page or in the forum preferences. If you’re not a supporter yet, join now to get Dark Mode.

I’ve included some screen shots below of what the website and forums look like in Dark Mode, for those curious. I think it maintains my main design goals: simple, clean, and focused on readability, while adding a new flavor to the overall feel of the website.

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Triple Crown Records 20th Anniversary Show

Triple Crown Records
Zac Djamoos

Triple Crown Records has been putting out some of the scene’s most essential records for twenty years now, so it makes sense that their anniversary show ended up being one of the best shows I’ve seen this year. The four-band show had a mix of styles that spoke to the variance in sound the label has always had; a fan of almost any kind of music could’ve found a set to like. I ran through some of my favorites below.

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Sponsor: The Rose Monarch Release New EP

Rose Monarch
Sponsored Post

The Rose Monarch are a new female-fronted rock band with an eccentric and dark modern-rock sound from Long Island, NY. They recently released their new EP, Echoes from the End, featuring the lead single “Breathe In.” They are currently playing shows throughout the greater NYC area and you can find those dates on their website.

Check out the band’s EP on Spotify, Apple Music, and iTunes.

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U2 Top The Charts

U2
Jason Tate

U2 have the number one album in the country this week:

U2 achieves its eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as the rock band’s new Songs of Experience debuts atop the tally. The set bows with 186,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 7, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 180,000 were in traditional album sales.

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