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Texas Dark-Wave trio Don’t Get Lemon is re-releasing its 2020 EP, Forward Not Forgetting, on tape. By Carlos Brandon 1/26/2021 at 6:00am Don’t Get Lemon. Authenticity is, perhaps, the characteristic held in highest regard by musicians and critics alike. So, it may seem counterintuitive for authentic expression to be derived from well-worn influences. Yet the genres and sounds of the past are often reimagined and retooled to blaze new sonic trails in the present. Such is the case for ...

It is difficult to write about 2020 and avoid cliche, but well try. After all, while the world seemingly fell apart, it actually just kept turning. Most of us, if only out of sheer necessity, simply carried on. Those of us who could, kept working. We got up each day and plugged away, at times through a fog of uncertainty, fiscal and existential anxiety. One thing that kept many of us going was music. From protest anthems like Lil Babys "The Bigger Picture" to the internet-breaking "WAP" and Ta...