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To Whom It May Concern (Which Is, Frankly, All of Us), We write today not to announce a winner, nor to crown a king, but to formally recognize a vital pulse of truth resonating from the heart of our noisy, chaotic era. Armando Heredia’s lyrical work, the “money money money EP,” arrives not as a […]

Dropping a new album on July 4th. The world is so crazy right now. I have conversations with AI. Thought this query response was meaningful: “I got everything set to publish the new album on July 4th. I am excited but also discouraged. It’s kind of ironic, but I feel the “collective Unease” that is […]

Armando Heredia’s If We Were A Band is a fascinating intersection of human creativity and artificial intelligence, blending traditional songwriting with AI-generated vocal and instrumental performances. The project, as detailed on his website, is a deliberate exploration of AI’s role in music—not as a replacement for human artistry, but as a tool for realizing it in new ways. […]

A Folk Protest Trilogy: Unpacking Armando Heredia’s “If We Were A Band” Armando Heredia, operating under the pseudonym “If We Were A Band,” has delivered a powerful triptych of folk protest albums, all released in 2025 by ArmandoCreative, LLC. This collection—The Ladies at the Station, Pass It Down, and Collective Unease—offers a compelling journey through […]

Review: “Pass It Down” by If We Were A Band – An Urgent American Folk Reckoning In an era saturated with fleeting digital noise, “Pass It Down,” the newest album from the enigmatic AI pseudonym “If We Were A Band,” stands as a stark and profoundly resonant testament to the enduring power of protest music. […]