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    11 Blue Songs That Won’t Leave You Blue (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXIo, elitedigitalpereira, KoldFlame, Raman Spirydonau, Vanessa SG from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    11 Blue Songs That Won’t Leave You Blue | Playlist 🎧

    11 Blue Songs That Won’t Leave You Blue features songs by Billie Eilish, Cigarettes After Sex, Cybertrash, Kendrick Lamar, and Zach Bryan.

    By the musical hype, 3 monthsMarch 26, 2025 ago
    Getting to Know… The Chinaskis: Interview No. 425 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; The Chinaskis; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]
    Columns

    Getting to Know… The Chinaskis | Interview

    In the 425th Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from the bittersweet, booze-soaked, Caledonian power-pop, Dallas, Texas band, The Chinaskis.

    By the musical hype, 8 monthsOctober 5, 2024 ago
    These 12 Songs Are About Texas, Baby! (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Roy Reyna from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Diversicat, Gordon Johnson, Marcel Dominic, WoVkaART from Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    These 12 Songs Are About Texas, Baby! | Playlist 🎧

    These 12 Songs Are About Texas, Baby! features music from Beyoncé, Khruangbin + Leon Bridges, Mitch Miller, Quadeca + Kevin Abstract, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearApril 1, 2024 ago
    11 Songs Focused on Matters of the House 🏡 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Pexels from Pixabay]
    Columns

    11 Songs Focused on Matters of the House 🏡 | Playlist 🎧

    11 Songs Focused on Matters of the House 🏡 features music courtesy of Beyoncé, Don Henley, Joesef, Kevin Abstract, and Trippie Redd.

    By the musical hype, 1 yearJanuary 24, 2024 ago
    Jxckson, Save Yourself [📷: Jxckson Music]
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    Jxckson, Save Yourself | Song Review 🎵

    Austin, Texas pop artist Jxckson ‘flips the bird’ on his captivating, colorful, and incredibly entertaining single, “Save Yourself.”

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsNovember 7, 2023 ago
    Jxckson, THE DEEP END (EP) [📷: Jxckson Music]
    Album 💿

    Jxckson, THE DEEP END (EP) | Album Review 💿

    Talented Austin, Texas-based pop artist Jxckson shines on his six-track EP, the satisfyingly dark, THE DEEP END.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsMay 29, 2023 ago
    15 Songs Where There are Hills to Climb [📷: Amine M’Siouri via Pexels, Brent Faulkner, fontgenerator.com, The Musical Hype]
    Evergreen

    15 Songs Where There are Hills to Climb | Playlist 🎧

    15 Songs Where There are Hills to Climb features Alec Benjamin, Kate Bush, Kendrick Lamar, Lauryn Hill, The Weeknd, and YUNGBLUD.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsNovember 4, 2022 ago
    Getting to Know…Void Collapse: Interview No. 215 🎤 [📷: Void Collapse, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pixabay]
    Columns

    Getting to Know… Void Collapse | Interview 🎤

    On our 215th interview, Void Collapse fills us in on their background, musical craft, influences and current + future endeavors.

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsOctober 12, 2021 ago
    Getting to Know… PISSING RAZORS: Interview No. 205 🎤 [📷: PISSING RAZORS, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype]
    Columns

    Getting to Know… P RAZORS | Interview 🎤

    For the 205th interview on The Musical Hype, we get the inside scoop on the colorfully-named El Paso, Texas heavy metal band, PISSING RAZORS.

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsSeptember 7, 2021 ago
    Best of the United States… in Most Cases 🎧 [📷: Brent Faulkner, David Peterson, fajarbudi86, The Musical Hype, Pixabay]
    Evergreen

    Best of the United States… in Most Cases | Playlist 🎧

    🎧 Best of the United States… in Most Cases features Azealia Banks, The Carters, Cheat Codes, Enrique Iglesias, Jon Bellion & Shawn Mendes.

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsJuly 3, 2021 ago
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    Evergreen

    An Unorthodox Soundtrack to the United States: Reconstructed | Playlist 🎧

    After deconstructing ‘An Unorthodox Soundtrack to the United States’ by region, we reconstruct it with all its random, colorful facts & such.

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsAugust 12, 2020 ago
    The South Region: Deconstructed (Pt. II) [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Unsplash]
    Evergreen

    The South Region: Deconstructed (Pt. II) | Playlist 🎧

    Following ‘An Unorthodox Soundtrack to the United States,’ we deconstruct the huge list by region, focusing on The South Region (Pt. II).

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsAugust 1, 2020 ago

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