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Kenny Brown poses for photo.LOUIS JAMES MARRONE/THE STATESMAN

Working for “Prophet” with Kenny Brown

Louis James Marrone January 28, 2018
Since 2015, Brown has been running a small independent label called For Prophet Records that aims to bring independent, DIY musicians together under one banner, while also creating a sense of emotional growth within music.
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Astronauto is keeping it zen in 2018

Louis James Marrone January 24, 2018
By night, John Velsor is the frontman of Astronauto, a Valley Stream pop-rock band.
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American rapper Gustav Ahr, better known as Lil Peep, died on Nov. 15 from drug overdose. MILLER RODRIGUES/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS VIA CC BY-SA 3.0

Lil Peep death’s unsettles rap culture’s view on drugs

Louis James Marrone November 26, 2017
Lil Peep, known to some as Gustav Åhr from Long Island, was a walking canvas, and not just because of the copious amount of tattoos that he sported, like “crybaby” inked across his forehead in cursive.
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Morrissey performing at Coachella 2009. MARK OSHIRO/FLICKR VIA CC BY-NC 2.0

Album Review: Morrissey’s “Low in High School”

Louis James Marrone November 26, 2017
It is time to face the facts: singer-songwriter Morrissey is no longer the charming frontman he was in The Smiths. God bless him, he tries. But Morrissey is in the third act of his career, but like the second act, nothing will ever live up to the first.
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