Hit Like A Girl - Burning At Both Ends review: Stirring Midwest Emo - Deep Cut Magazine A lean 26 minutes and tightly woven breakup arc leads to devastating results on Philadelphia band Hit Like A Girl's latest album.

"There’s a sweet balance between the fist-clenchingly awesome and the quietly devastating that Hit Like A Girl nail." @lucasfromdeepcut.bsky.social reviews 'Burning At Both Ends' by Hit Like A Girl deepcutmag.com/hit-like-a-g...

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Emily Scott Robinson – Appalachia Review: Country Songwriter Stuns Once Again - Deep Cut Magazine Emily Scott Robinson does it again on an album about living with ghosts, growing older, and choosing hope.

"Emily Scott Robinson has been in a class by herself for years now, and the gulf between her and everyone else is only getting more pronounced album by album." @lucasfromdeepcut.bsky.social reviews 'Appalachia' by Emily Scott Robinson. deepcutmag.com/emily-scott-...

Westside Cowboy – So Much Country 'Till We Get There Review: Rising Fast - Deep Cut Magazine On Running With Scissors, Cavetown intelligently balances intimacy, alienation, and self-doubt, but uneven execution stops the album from fully delivering on its potential.

"There’s a determined tenacity to the songs here and the band’s embrace of the infectious over the drudging banality gives me a great feeling about that upcoming debut album." @lucasfromdeepcut.bsky.social reviews 'So Much Country Till We Get There' by Westside Cowboy. deepcutmag.com/westside-cow...

Cavetown – Running With Scissors Review: Great in Small Doses - Deep Cut Magazine On Running With Scissors, Cavetown intelligently balances intimacy, alienation, and self-doubt, but uneven execution stops the album from fully delivering on its potential.

"I think Running With Scissors proves that Cavetown is absolutely a songwriter worth keeping an eye on, but that his music only works for me in small doses" @lucasfromdeepcut.bsky.social reviews 'Running With Scissors' by Cavetown. deepcutmag.com/cavetown-run...

Dry Cleaning - Secret Love - Album Review - Deep Cut Magazine Dry Cleaning's 'Secret Love' is so obsessed with tearing up the rulebook it forgets everything else.

"There will never stop being an audience for music at its most dreary and detached. I just wish it could have more of a pulse, or not feel like it actively hates its own existence." @lucasfromdeepcut.bsky.social reviews 'Secret Love' by Dry Cleaning. deepcutmag.com/dry-cleaning...

Zach Bryan - With Heaven On Top - Album Review - Deep Cut Magazine A familiar formula and catchy songs sees Zach Bryan through on his good, but compromised sixth full length.

"With projects like Summertime Blues and Boys Of Faith under his belt, it’s hard to consider this Zach Bryan’s best, but even with the bloat, With Heaven On Top still packs a punch." @lucasfromdeepcut.bsky.social reviews 'With Heaven On Top' by Zach Bryan deepcutmag.com/zach-bryans-...

Shea - Eskipade - EP Review - Deep Cut Magazine On their debut EP, Shea balances the crushing and the tender in a terrific early year surprise.

"Ultimately, any project where my biggest criticism is it not being longer is well worth checking out. These escapades are well worth paying attention to." @lucasfromdeepcut.bsky.social reviews 'Eskipades' by Shea deepcutmag.com/shea-eskipad...

Movie Review - Lilo And Stitch - Deep Cut Magazine While it aims a couple of notches lower than the 2002 original, this retelling of Lilo and Stitch walks a fine balance, and ends up keeping enough of the

"While it aims a couple of notches lower than the 2002 original, this retelling of Lilo and Stitch walks a fine balance, and ends up keeping enough of the charm intact to make this Disney’s best live action remake to date." @lucasfromdeepcut.bsky.social on #Lilo&Stitch deepcutmag.com/movie-review...

Was Lorde Really a One Hit Wonder? - Deep Cut Magazine Cultural icon, or just another voice in pop who came and went? Where does Lorde fit in the modern pop landscape?

Lorde arrived as pop’s great outsider. A decade later, and the pop landscape has left her behind. What happened—and what does it say about the state of pop today? @lucasfromdeepcut.bsky.social writes. #Lorde #MusicJournalism #PopMusic

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