PREMIERE: Jessye DeSilva's joyfully defiant "Punk Rock Joy" is a preview of her upcoming -- and vital -- album Glitter Up the Dark.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/p/a725b650-f58e-4bb7-a954-32ba31990857/

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In our interview, Boy Golden discusses his relationship with religion, relationships, and forming a tight collaboration with artist Cat Clyde -- all while digging deeper into his new album Best of Our Possible Lives.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/p/ee34e4cd-f26b-4f80-9963-1040f79db1fa/

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This week's Rainbow Ruckus playlist features toxic white boys, puke, cosmic country post-apocalyptic prophecies, religious trauma, and terminal lovesick blues. We like to keep it light!

Grace Givertz + Rat_Tally
Sweet Petunia
Jesse Blake Rundle
Rio Romeo
Joel Brogon

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/rainbow-ruckus-2-25-sweet-petunia-jesse-blake-rundle-rio-romeo-and-more/

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INTERVIEW: Kennedy Shaw's music is a perfectly balanced confection of earnestness and acidity. In our interview, Shaw reflects on small victories, her musical influences, and how rock'n'roll literally saved her life.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/p/ae29c989-f25b-4701-901f-680d88d7971f/

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INTERVIEW: Indie artist Josaleigh Pollett views life as a serious of opportunities rather than obstacles, inviting us to revel in the deep questions.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/p/0024a469-0e0f-431c-97ed-1673be7e7516/

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INTERVIEW: The Bootstrap Boys stop by to speak with us about staying true to themselves, what they look for in country singers, and honoring the loss of founding guitarist Nick Alexander as they move towards the future.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/interview-the-bootstrap-boys-process-grief-and-fight-fascists/

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OPINION: Josh Friedberg dissects Crys Matthews' song "Cancel Culture": how do we meaningfully resist oppression -- and is cancel culture even a thing?

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/p/c8fa2de3-a3a2-4546-b2dd-3ce5f63e0de8/

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ALBUM REVIEW: On Best of Our Possible Lives, Boy Golden guides you on an intimate tour of your own psyche: the highs, the lows, and, most importantly, accept it all as part of the price of admission to the best (and only) ride we get to go on.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/boy-golden-best-of-our-possible-lives/

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ALBUM REVIEW: In their new album, Tired of Being Relevant, Minneapolis' Ungrateful Little String Band "unleashes hell right out of the gate," writes Bee Delores.

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/ungrateful-little-string-band-tired-of-being-relevant/

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NEW PLAYLIST: This week's Rainbow Ruckus features a tribute to a vital mentor, joyous resistance, a refutation of toxic masculinity, grudging hearts on sleeves, and an all-too-apt political metaphor.

Amelia Riggs
The Kentucky Gentlemen + Estelle
JB Somers
Angie K
Paula Boggs Band

https://rainbowrodeomag.com/rainbow-ruckus-2-17-amelia-riggs-the-kentucky-gentlemen-jb-somers-and-more/

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