Many bands who claim to wave rock’s gnarly, pedal-to-the-metal flag forget the intricacies and innovation that go along with it. True: Sometimes a great rock and roll song can be just four chords, but rearrange them all you like and they can only get you so far. What’s refreshing about Draft Week’s style is that they incorporate rich dynamics and throw a wrench in atypical song structures, while still remembering to keep things consistently hooky with fervent energy and back-alley cool.

Many bands who claim to wave rock’s gnarly, pedal-to-the-metal flag forget the intricacies and innovation that go along with it. True: Sometimes a great rock and roll song can be just four chords, but rearrange them all you like and they can only get you so far. What’s refreshing about Draft Week’s style is that they incorporate rich dynamics and throw a wrench in atypical song structures, while still remembering to keep things consistently hooky with fervent energy and back-alley cool.

The Tony Baines Experience is a merge of producer and artist resulting in a musical climax of gargantuan proportions. Drums and snares herald a processional that immediately draws you into a state of anxious anticipation, waiting for what’s to come next. The crisp cries of a childlike voice shouts out “Tony Baines!” his signature seal of approval, clearing a pathway for snares, horns, and an array of sounds to emerge. Drama evoked from each signature beat seduces one and all into the arms of the song’s embrace indiscriminately. This is the essence of Tony Baines music.

The Tony Baines Experience is a merge of producer and artist resulting in a musical climax of gargantuan proportions. Drums and snares herald a processional that immediately draws you into a state of anxious anticipation, waiting for what’s to come next. The crisp cries of a childlike voice shouts out “Tony Baines!” his signature seal of approval, clearing a pathway for snares, horns, and an array of sounds to emerge. Drama evoked from each signature beat seduces one and all into the arms of the song’s embrace indiscriminately. This is the essence of Tony Baines music.

The Tony Baines Experience is a merge of producer and artist resulting in a musical climax of gargantuan proportions. Drums and snares herald a processional that immediately draws you into a state of anxious anticipation, waiting for what’s to come next. The crisp cries of a childlike voice shouts out “Tony Baines!” his signature seal of approval, clearing a pathway for snares, horns, and an array of sounds to emerge. Drama evoked from each signature beat seduces one and all into the arms of the song’s embrace indiscriminately. This is the essence of Tony Baines music.

“When did following your dreams become when you’re gonna stop?” It’s one of about a zillion thought-provoking lines on Chicago MC Miss Chiff‘s new mixtape Bloom Later: The Mischievous Memoirs (her third release in as many years), which deals almost exclusively with two major themes: living for perfection and the rubble of crumbling relationships, both of which feel at home for the artist (aka 26-year-old upstate New York native Marilyn Reles) and those of her age group. The two worlds intersect at times – both on record and in real life – but what’s clear is that in Miss Chiff’s world, she’s overcoming obstacles from her youth and within the city’s own male-dominated rap scene on her own terms.

“When did following your dreams become when you’re gonna stop?” It’s one of about a zillion thought-provoking lines on Chicago MC Miss Chiff‘s new mixtape Bloom Later: The Mischievous Memoirs (her third release in as many years), which deals almost exclusively with two major themes: living for perfection and the rubble of crumbling relationships, both of which feel at home for the artist (aka 26-year-old upstate New York native Marilyn Reles) and those of her age group. The two worlds intersect at times – both on record and in real life – but what’s clear is that in Miss Chiff’s world, she’s overcoming obstacles from her youth and within the city’s own male-dominated rap scene on her own terms.

“When did following your dreams become when you’re gonna stop?” It’s one of about a zillion thought-provoking lines on Chicago MC Miss Chiff‘s new mixtape Bloom Later: The Mischievous Memoirs (her third release in as many years), which deals almost exclusively with two major themes: living for perfection and the rubble of crumbling relationships, both of which feel at home for the artist (aka 26-year-old upstate New York native Marilyn Reles) and those of her age group. The two worlds intersect at times – both on record and in real life – but what’s clear is that in Miss Chiff’s world, she’s overcoming obstacles from her youth and within the city’s own male-dominated rap scene on her own terms.

“When did following your dreams become when you’re gonna stop?” It’s one of about a zillion thought-provoking lines on Chicago MC Miss Chiff‘s new mixtape Bloom Later: The Mischievous Memoirs (her third release in as many years), which deals almost exclusively with two major themes: living for perfection and the rubble of crumbling relationships, both of which feel at home for the artist (aka 26-year-old upstate New York native Marilyn Reles) and those of her age group. The two worlds intersect at times – both on record and in real life – but what’s clear is that in Miss Chiff’s world, she’s overcoming obstacles from her youth and within the city’s own male-dominated rap scene on her own terms.

The Tony Baines Experience is a merge of producer and artist resulting in a musical climax of gargantuan proportions. Drums and snares herald a processional that immediately draws you into a state of anxious anticipation, waiting for what’s to come next. The crisp cries of a childlike voice shouts out “Tony Baines!” his signature seal of approval, clearing a pathway for snares, horns, and an array of sounds to emerge. Drama evoked from each signature beat seduces one and all into the arms of the song’s embrace indiscriminately. This is the essence of Tony Baines music.