molasses

a new independent music publication for, by and about people of color. Read posts in the link below! pitches/press/say hey: [email protected]

[molasses @molasses__mag]

OUR DEBUT COMPILATION ALBUM IS NOW LIVE!! feat. tracks from @likerealproper, @notclickhole, @luckycatband, @_fnoa_ and MORE!!

avail to stream/pwyc here ⬇️⬇️⬇️

https://t.co/kuOOt2aEQn

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tbh we were overly ambitious for a magazine run by a team of mostly college upperclassmen all of whom were trying to graduate (and some of whom were adults with jobs/in grad school)

but we would love to come back (with a bigger, committed team)

hmu ?

[Aricka @arickamd]

@molasses__mag what happened to you guys :/

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*taps mic nervously* is... is this thing still on?

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on sink / swim, @sadgayband examines both trauma and restoration by zooming in on what hurts, writes @funnylinkedin https://t.co/CWQldLTHtm

[stop romanticizing palm trees @lisaskwon]

earlier this year I interviewed @MeishiSmile about @ZoomLensLabel and building creative communities online 🖥 love what they had to say about the evolution of "netlabels" 🖤

the interview's on @molasses__mag, a zine for and about POC musicians https://t.co/v9VlRCbRyM

[leo kaLyan @leokalyan]

thoughts & things 💭
artwork by me for @molasses__mag

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❤️

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read “tipo” by @kattidk_ https://t.co/w94WPSYwNQ

[Weird !s Good @WIGMusicRecords]

The biggest & warmest thank you to @molasses__mag for this in-depth review of @WAYIsays's debut EP Love in Progress! 😍
https://t.co/sOddbqyVuk

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@leokalyan on learning to hone the power of dual identity https://t.co/8HDslNipxs

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Savion Smith takes a track by track look at @WAYIsays‘s debut EP https://t.co/p6Jm8JpsFi

[Sara Haile-Mariam @SaraHaileMariam]

So many of the spaces that Black Women are cautioned from entering are spaces that were built by us. #RockandRoll is one of those spaces. Proud to have this piece published in @molasses__mag - click through & check out some pieces from their debut issue! #sisterrosettatharpe

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a poem from Makeda!’s @sarahailemariam about reclaiming rock n roll
https://t.co/ksjL4XPebh

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🔉 ICYMI: our site is now live and features some great new work by our contributors, including:

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@natphantastic on the strengths and potential of Austin’s music scene
https://t.co/n0AP95p3Xj

[FEAR NOT OURSELVES ALONE @_fnoa_]

also we started a little late and STILL ended the five band bill before midnight! folks . . . that’s powerful

[FEAR NOT OURSELVES ALONE @_fnoa_]

last night was such a special gig and i’m excited our first full band show in forever was in support of Molasses . . . best five band bill i’ve ever been a part of. thank you dan for all your light and the kind words ✨