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Josey Exclusive: Brendan Bond Talks Black Pumas Tour, Inspiration and More
- by Morgan Learn
Black Pumas broke the hinges off doors after the release of their debut album in 2019. The twists of soul and rock and roll ballads lent itself to a growing fanbase asking for more. In the height of their early success, the Austin band responded by delivering their sophomore album ‘Chronicles of a Diamond’ in October of 2023.
The New Sounds Of Goth Music
- by Josey Records
In the year 2020, an epoch of history that will in retrospect surely be defined by disease and hopelessness, goth culture is simultaneously everywhere and nowhere. Goth style had permeated the mainstream long before fashion museums in New York City began showcasing the style as high art, and goth has more recently become popular amongst rappers looking towards the early 00’s for retro inspiration.
The Legend Of The Tax Scam LP
- by Josey Records
The 1970s was a wild time in America. Things were free and loose. New York City was a veritable Wild West with disco ruling the clubs and the mob ruling everything else, including flexing their muscle in the music industry by getting involved with record labels to record huge losses that didn’t exist. How did it work?
Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020)
- by Josey Records
The music world lost a legend in Eddie Van Halen earlier this year. It’s one of countless losses chalked up to 2020, a year that simply takes and takes, but this death resonates, from sprawling rock sections of record stores to suburban garages where kids look to pick up a guitar for the first time.

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