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At a time when country music is increasingly built by committee, 19-year-old Sela Campbell arrives with something refreshingly rare: a debut project written entirely by herself. On Lovin’ Made Me Mean, the Virginia native delivers six songs that feel lived-in, sharp-edged, and remarkably self-assured for an artist still in the earliest chapter of her career. […]

Los Angeles-based post-rock/shoegaze band Young Lovers have long been one of the best-kept secrets of the city’s DIY scene. Comprised of guitarist Mikey Macapagal, drummer Eddie Ramos, bassist Josh Solomon, and vocalist Jonny Higa, the group—whose members come from Filipino, Japanese, and Mexican-American backgrounds—first connected attending and organizing backyard DIY shows in the San Fernando Valley, and quickly earned a reputation as one of the city’s […]