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    The Lumineers, Automatic [📷: Dualtone Music Group]
    Music

    The Lumineers, Same Old Song | Song Review 🎵

    The Lumineers bring it on “Same Old Song,” the promo single from their fifth studio album, Automatic.

    By the musical hype, 5 monthsJanuary 14, 2025 ago
    13 Engaging Season Songs for Any Season (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Andrea Piacquadio, Bruno Palace, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Vincenzo Biove from Pexels; G.C., Gerd Altmann, OpenClipart-Vectors, Petra, Pexels, Shonda from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    13 Engaging Season Songs for Any Season | Playlist 🎧

    13 Engaging Season Songs for Any Season features music courtesy of City Girls, David Bowie, Dua Lipa, Noah Kahan, and Taylor Swift.

    By the musical hype, 12 monthsJune 26, 2024 ago
    15 Epic Songs Where the Game is Played [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Alex wolf mx, Artem Podrez, Dellon Thomas, Julia M Cameron, RODNAE Productions, samuel reis, Tima Miroshnichenko via Pexels]
    Evergreen

    15 Epic Songs Where the Game is Played | Playlist 🎧

    15 Epic Songs Where the Game is Played features music courtesy of Adele, Fall Out Boy, Queen, Sufjan Stevens, and Young Thug.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsApril 21, 2023 ago
    11 Fabulous Songs You’ll KEEP Spinning [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Prawny]
    Evergreen

    11 Fabulous Songs You’ll KEEP Spinning | Playlist 🎧

    11 Fabulous Songs You’ll KEEP Spinning features BRONSON, Dan + Shay, Future, Harry Styles & Michael McDonald.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsJuly 20, 2022 ago
    20 Intriguing Songs About Landforms 🎧 [📷: Borislav Krustev, Boris Ulzibat, Brent Faulkner, Francesco Ungaro, Inge Wallumrød, JACK REDGATE, Joy Anne Pura, Kilian M, The Musical Hype, Oliver Sjöström]
    Evergreen

    20 Intriguing Songs About Landforms | Playlist 🎧

    20 Intriguing Songs About Landforms 🎧 features 5 Seconds of Summer, Adele, GIVĒON, Lana Del Rey, Saccades & The Weeknd.

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsJune 11, 2021 ago
    40 Best Albums of 2020: Year in Review [📷: Brent Faulkner, Pixabay, Dirty Hit, Taylor Swift, Epic, Republic, Matador, Columbia]
    Evergreen

    40 Best Albums of 2020 | Year in Review 💿 🎧

    Check out to see if your favorite artist had an album that landed on our list of the 40 BEST ALBUMS 💿 OF 2020 🎧.

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsDecember 14, 2020 ago
    M Songs Selected with No Rhyme or Reason [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay, Unsplash]
    Evergreen

    M Songs Selected with No Rhyme or Reason | Playlist 🎧

    ‘M Songs Selected with No Rhyme or Reason’ features blackbear, Camila Cabello, James Blunt, Maroon 5, Miley Cyrus & Roddy Ricch.

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsOctober 16, 2020 ago
    11 Excellent Songs You'll Totally Believe In [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Unsplash]
    Evergreen

    11 Excellent Songs You’ll Totally Believe In | Playlist 🎧

    11 Excellent Songs You’ll Totally Believe In features songs from Cher, Fantasia, Fleet Foxes, Imagine Dragons & PARTYNEXTDOOR.

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsOctober 7, 2020 ago
    Fleet Foxes, Shore [Photo Credit: Anti-]
    Album 💿

    Fleet Foxes, Shore | Album Review 💿

    Shore, the fourth studio album by Fleet Foxes, is a truly special, well-rounded album that features top-notch musicianship.

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsOctober 3, 2020 ago
    Bon Iver, i,i [Photo Credits: Jagjaguwar]
    Album 💿

    Bon Iver, i, i | Album Review 💿

    Alternative collective Bon Iver, fronted by Justin Vernon, delivers a gorgeous and intriguing fourth studio album with i,i.

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsDecember 30, 2019 ago
    Bon Iver, "Faith": The Musical Hype track review [Photo Credit: Jagjaguwar]
    Music

    Bon Iver, Faith | Track Review

    Grammy-winning alt collective Bon Iver returns with “Faith,” a gorgeous, high-flying single where Justin Vernon shares his perspective on faith & religion.

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsJuly 18, 2019 ago
    Getting to Know... House Handshake [Photo Credit: House Handshake, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype]
    Columns

    Getting to Know… House Handshake | Interview

    For the 26th interview in our ‘Getting to Know…’ column on The Musical Hype, we get the scoop about the Manitoba indie-folk collective, House Handshake.

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsMarch 19, 2019 ago

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