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Blisses B hold a special place in my SYFFAL heart. One of the first bands, maybe ten years ago or so, where I developed an honest friendship with the guys based solely on my love of their tunes. Turns out, it's totally possible to establish meaningful friendships with complete strangers when you have something like the love of music in common.  Fast forward about ten years, Blisses B are back with another album, AND IT IS PERFECTLY TITLED: Tell Your Friends You Love Them And Why drops on June 21st, 2019! If there was ever an album titled named for me, it's this one. HELL YEA. I spend more time than ever before reminding the people around me that I love and appreciate them, and this album title here just massaged me in the feelies. The first single, "Curtain Call" just...

Altered Tapes STAY makin' every damn day feel like Sunday afternoon. I'M SAYIN'! With this latest release, DJ Trew and Maker, who form the Voltron of dusty grooved sample orgies known as Altered Tapes, drop a whimsical trumpety flam jam with inspiration from De La Soul's "Ego Trippin'" on their latest, "Ego Drip".  Like I mentioned above, when every track they drop feels like a Sunday afternoon barbeque , it's difficult to concentrate on much else besides the booty drop. It's like the musical equivalent to your second beer, with the smell of charcoal in the air, and a fresh pile of cubed watermelon sitting in those old school tupperware bowls in the center of a kitchen table that's dressed in a plastic watermelon patterned table cloth.  Instrumentals are always my...