Author: Gabriel Rivera
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‘We’ll Be’: Tom Prowse Merges Radio-Wave Textures and Afro Hip-Hop Rhythms Into a Mantra For Our Time
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Tom Prowse music belongs to those musicians who prefer to ignore local heritage and construct…
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Summer Colds Makes Grunge Sound Hopeful on the New Album Missing Out
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Nic McNamara’s father’s Johannesburg studio became his first musical education. Lucky Dube recorded there, Ladysmith…
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The Songs We Leave Behind: Jeff Thomas’s Final Gift to the World
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Fifteen years between albums is an entire era. Children grow up, cities change, people pass…
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The Dangerous, Unpredictable Electronic Music Returns: ShiShi’s Blood Tape Reviewed
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You know how the otherworldly is closer than it seems? And how music can convey…
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CO-ED DORMS: Post-Punk Dressed in Formal Wear, Then Dragged Through Broken Glass
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Violin occupies rare air in rock music. Warren Ellis turned his bow into prophecy with…
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AMERICAN DREAMERS, Vol. 3: Carver Jones Concludes His Trilogy With More Questions Than Answers
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The romance of abandoning stability for art continues to work as a narrative, although in…
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A Voice That Knows How to Hold Loss and Light at Once: Inside Marilyn Hucek’s Debut Album
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Marilyn Hucek feels. You can hear it from the first bars, though you understand it…
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Artillery Saints Craft the Coldest Music Industry Satire of the Streaming Era
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Artillery Saints’ aka Ally McKenzie,”Control & The Cousins” sits in a lineage that includes The…
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Shell Games Reject Revenge on Tense New Single “Let Me Have It”
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What do you do if you can’t leave a toxic, difficult person? Some will suggest…
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EXCLUSIVE: Precious Pepala Making Jealousy Sound This Good Should Be Illegal! Discussing the New Single “Dream Cheater”
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Betrayal in a dream? That specific kind of deception that happens behind closed eyelids, in…
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Odhran Murphy Brings Country Music Home to Its Celtic Roots on “Dance To You All Night”
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Ireland, with its emerald valleys and ancient stone walls, has always spoken its own musical…
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The Hype Machine: Grammar Tha God’s ‘RIDER’ and the Art of Anticipation
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Grammar Tha God knows how to keep an audience on the hook. Each of his…
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Me Then You: Ehson Hashemian Makes the Case That Love Conquers All, One Track at a Time
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What do you do when the world is falling apart? This question has been asked…
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Last Relapse: The Return of Psychedelic Trailblazers
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I remember how in the mid-2000s we all lived in some kind of intoxicating state…
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Firerose Returns From Hell With New Vocal Range on “Shining Armor (Rise Again)”
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Firerose‘s story fits into a Hollywood drama with a countdown: a girl from Sydney who…
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Modest Tyler Explodes Genre Boundaries on “Okay(K) Presents: Modest Tyler”
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Words possess power. They can kill, they can resurrect, they can create a legend out…
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“Provocation Is Just Another Way of Asking Our Listeners to Pay Attention” — ShitNoise: Unmasking Experimental Rock
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The French troublemakers’ fourth album is a genre-bending statement. Frontman Aleksejs Macions explains why they’re…
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The Story Behind ‘Next’: How Ali and the Wild Geese Turned Crisis Into Art
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Tragedy in life is a kind of threshold or boundary where life divides into before…
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2ŁØT Recast Their Entropy as Euphoria on The Albert Harvey Mix
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2ŁØT with their new EP “The Albert Harvey Mix” in which the absolute don of…
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Neil Potter Emerges From Decades in the Shadows With a Debut Worth the Wait
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It is no secret that the creative path represents an extended odyssey through territories of…
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Experience The Gothic Ritual Touch Of Scandinavian Aesthetics With The Second Album “Being Human” By Killing Kind
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There exist moments in history when geographic identity and global turbulence merge into a single…
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Grace de Gier’s “Done” Is the Sound of Burnt-Out Millennials Fighting Back
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When your body craves a bright, energizing drink, it somehow always turns out to be…
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Percheye: The Sofa as a Metaphor for Transformation — “Music Didn’t Kill My Shyness — It Just Taught Me How To Live With It”
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Paris-based musician Tristan Rolland, frontman of the band Percheye, assembled a full band and released…
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Percheye Turns the Therapist’s Couch Into an Altar on SOFA
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There’s something almost comical about how we romanticize bedroom pop. We call it “intimate,” “honest,”…
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Sybax: “We Don’t Identify With This Logic” The Caen Duo Talk Canceled Gigs, Buried EPs, and Why Their 22-Minute Track Isn’t For TikTok
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When French post-rock duo Sybax name their songs after English towns—Bolton, Poole, Fareham—it’s not wanderlust.…
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Paul Nourigat: Curious Directions Album Review: Late-Blooming Wisdom Takes Center Stage
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Life always offers choices. Therefore, a person can always decide for themselves: to forgive or…
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The Wait Is Over! Color Theory Releases ‘This Bright Circumstance’: 12 Tracks Against Anxiety, Recorded from a Couch
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The bedroom producer transforms personal trauma into a groovebox-powered meditation manual, offering solace through retro-futuristic…
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This Ain’t Real, but It Feels Essential: HalfCutLemon’s Radical New Chapter
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HalfCutLemon are back. After a period of silence, the Danish experimentalists arrive with the album…
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Against the Algorithm of Productivity: Chris Lafe King Stages a Beautiful Uprising on His Debut
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The relentless pursuit of high work efficiency represents one of the defining scourges of modern…
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The Cinematic Sound of Sex, Freedom, and Real Madrid in EME’s Debut Album ‘gangster‑ish’
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Music often becomes the truest medium for revealing what’s hidden deep inside the soul and…
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Stasi Mai Drafts the Definitive Map of Long-Distance Love, With a Harmonica as Her Compass
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The geography of the heart has its own time zones, its own brutal, sunlit delays.…
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The Shocking Truth Behind the Band Name “Sun Within” Will Make You Hear Their Music Differently
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The new single from Sun Within, “Synthesis + Realization,” is a jolt of precisely the…
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‘METRO9’ by Case Trick Is a Soundtrack That Thinks Like a Novel, Breathes Like a Film
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Film soundtracks have always been a crucial part of the art form: they shape atmosphere,…
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Noise, Drone, and Dictators: On TWIN, Sybax Stretch the Edges of Sound Until Genre Breaks
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When describing certain music bands, we are always inclined to attach a kind of label:…
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‘The Maga Song’ by Albert A: A Satirical Strike at America’s Political Culture
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Albert A is a musician equally at ease with jazz, teaching, and delivering songs with…
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Australia’s Most Wanted? Grammar Tha God Proves It on ‘DEMONS’
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In rap, the first statement is always crucial. You can release dozens of freestyles and…
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Delaney Faulds Wrote a Song for Her Ex’s New Girlfriend – And It’s Absolutely Brilliant
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What do you do when you find out your ex is dating someone else? Put…
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Frank Hannon’s Reflections: Music Born in an Attic, Forged by Life’s Storms
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As sad as it may sound, it’s often life’s losses and hardships that allow a…
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When Vinyl Restores Music’s Soul: Bad Self Portraits and Their Confessional ‘I Think I’m Going to Hell’
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I’m sitting here with this record in my hands, tilting it towards the light, staring…
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The Forgotten Chapters Was Just The Beginning. What Jaden Sade Is Doing Now is Simply Cosmic
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After The Forgotten Chapters, it seemed there was nowhere left to evolve, but here Jaden…
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Minstrel Boy: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan by Chris Gregory Charts Dylan’s Darkest Years with Precision
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The second book in Gregory’s trilogy about Dylan, Minstrel Boy: The Metamorphoses of Bob Dylan,…
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How Cameron Nickerson Turned His Darkest Day Into His Best Song: We Break Down the New Single
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I’ve been covering music long enough to spot something special when it hits my desk.…
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“We Don’t Sit Down Thinking Let’s Make 60s Music” – Date of Birth Discuss Debut Album, Mental Health Themes, and Norway’s Underrated Music Scene
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Sometimes you spend weeks trying to pin down an artist for a chat, and Date…
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Bad Self Portraits Deliver a Song That Makes You Rethink Faith, Doubt, and Personal Struggle
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An indie-rock song about religious fear? That’s “I Think I’m Going to Hell” by Bad…
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The Sympathy Of All Things’ “Amargi”: This Is What Happens When Grief Gets a Guitar
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The Sympathy Of All Things is a well-known musical project from Lancaster, a city in…
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Meet Del Roscoe, This Year’s Most Unexpected Musical Discovery
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Gothic indie Americana? That’s the question Del Roscoe poses with their self-titled debut, and honestly,…
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Robert Jon & The Wreck Drop Explosive New Album ‘Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes’ The Southern Rock Masterclass of 2025
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The ninth album by Robert Jon & The Wreck, ‘Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes,‘ is a…
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The Inadequates Drop ‘Genevieve’ – Proof That Sad Breakups Can Still Sound Pretty Good
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Back in 2017, three guys from the small Australian town of Brisbane decided to form…
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Freidrich$ and the Secret Garden of ‘Wish’ — What’s Waiting Inside?
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Finding the album ‘Wish’ by Freidrich$ is like stumbling upon a secret garden right in…
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Josh Merritt’s ‘Devil’s Still Red’ Turns Desert Heat Into Pure Country Swagger
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Josh Merritt’s new single ‘Devil’s Still Red’ has that dusty, cracked-leather energy you want from…
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Lance Herman’s “My Lonely Heart” Proves Sometimes the Best Medicine for Heartbreak is More Heartbreak
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Lance Herman keeps building his reputation among folks who love to dive deep into their…
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The Little Details in Fig Tape’s ‘Run It’ That Keep You Hitting Replay – And Yes, We Wrote a Whole Review About It
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I was genuinely hooked by the new single ‘Run It’ from Norwegian artist Fig Tape.…
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The Honest Magic of Lior Holzman’s ‘Time Capsule’—Acoustic, Intimate, Essential
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Time Capsule by Lior Holzman just steamrolled into my headphones with all the tenderness of…
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Heartbreak in Five Acts: Tristan Turdean Turns Grief Into Conceptual Rock EP With Visuals
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Tristan Turdean just cooked up this conceptual short film-slash-rock EP hybrid called 5 SONGS TO…
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Atomic Tom Raise the Stakes (and the Chorus) With Glitzy Rock Storm ‘Wake Up The Night’
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Coming out swinging from the land of overpriced coffee and permanent Williamsburg twilight, Atomic Tom…
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Julia Hutchinson Nails the Pop-Country Sweet Spot on ‘Good As It Gets’
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Good As It Gets is pure comfort food. You know exactly what’s coming — the…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Chan The Human Shifts Gears Across Genres On Second LP ‘He Became Everything’
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There’s a moment around track four on He Became Everything where I stopped trying to…
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Between Belfast Streets and Emotional Fallout — Jack Devlin Hits a Raw Note
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Jack Devlin has always leaned into a kind of wide-eyed sincerity that can border on…
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London’s Winterblind Hit Their Peak on the Relentless and Uncompromising ‘EGO’
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When you name your album EGO, you leave subtlety behind. The listener dropped straight into…
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What Happens When a Veteran Musician Stops Chasing Hits and Just Plays? You Get Johnny Batchelor’s Surprisingly Personal ‘Ain’t Nobody’
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Johnny Batchelor. Yes, that Johnny Batchelor—the man who once fronted the Dropbears, one of those…
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Anson Jones Drops a Sun-Soaked R&B Track That Actually Feels Good
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Anson Jones’ new single I Just Want to Hold You is a big warm hug…
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Simon Talbot’s New Album Follows HALO’s Glow Down a More Obscure, Beautiful Path
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Simon Talbot has never looked like an artist interested in entertaining. Even in HALO, where…
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Wading Through Static With Erik Flaa — Thoughts on His New Single ‘Waiting for a Change’
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Erik Flaa’s new single ‘Waiting for a Change’ moves with a restless kind of weight…
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Deep, Stylish, Alive: Why ‘Turning Magic On Its Heels’ by Graham And The Band Upstair Is Already Earning Praise from Everyone Who’s Heard It
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Graham And The Band Upstair. First of all — immaculate band name. Sounds like the…
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dwn bad Drops the Polished Act and Lets the Guitars Bleed on ‘Good Luck Have Fun’
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Here comes dwn bad with a new EP titled Good Luck Have Fun, and before…
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Casino Square Talk Trip-Hop Without Gloss, Their New EP ‘Temple Of The Mind’, and Why ‘Technologic Regression’ Almost Became Its Title
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Casino Square is one of those cases where you think you’ve got the genre all…
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ADD | OCD’s Dear SSRI Is a Song For Those Who Always Take The Weird Route — And Somehow Win
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I went in expecting a pretty standard alt-rock or indie pop cut. You know the…
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Trip-Hop Isn’t Dead. It Just Moved to France —Casino Square’s ‘Temple Of The Mind’ Is a Masterclass in Range
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When I hit play on Temple Of The Mind, I wasn’t sure if I was…
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Jordan Phoenix Breaks Himself Open on ‘A New Liberation & The Star Child From America’ — A Beautiful Reckoning with the Ruins of the American Dream
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I knew Jordan Phoenix had a new album coming, and before it even dropped —…
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Zach Tabori Goes Nuclear on ‘Attack of The Clout Chasers’ — A Chaotic, Satirical, Genre-Melting Acid Trip with Teeth
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If Frank Zappa dropped acid in a TikTok algorithm and woke up in a cyberpunk…
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Shell Games Escaped a Toxic Relationship Through a Guitar Riff and a Board Game! Review of the New Single
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Shell Games are back, and they brought some serious nostalgia-core with them. ‘Please Don’t Sink…
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Mallory Warman Channels Drama and Dust in a Confident First Outing
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Mallory Warman’s debut single Part Time Man is a strong vintage cut dipped in the…
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The New Album By Noah Gazmen Is A Sequential Chronicle Of Experience, Divided Into Ten Episodes
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The first thing that hits your ears — this album has bones. It does not…
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Old-School Attitude, Punk Inflections, And The Drama Of A Casino — Rich Chambers Squeezed Every Drop Out Of Being Alone In Vegas
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Rich Chambers is back with a new single, and let me tell you — the…
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From Chile With Noise — Helladdict Reignite the Spirit of Protest Metal With Three Relentless Tracks
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Helladdict have released a self-titled EP, and let’s be real from the start: these guys…
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With “Philadelphia,” Clare Perrott Avoids Folk Tropes and Lands on Something Much More Honest and Immediate
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Clare Perrott’s “Philadelphia” is one of those rare debut singles that walks into the room…
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A Fainting Spell You Can Sing Along To: ‘Call a Doctor’ Pushes Moving in Slow to New Heights Without Picking Up the Tempo
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The new single from Moving in Slow, titled ‘Call a Doctor,‘ ‘has dropped, and yes,…
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Jhon Maze Drops a Track That’s Basically Built for Parties, Playlists, and People Who Know How to Move
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Jhon Maze is sliding into the room with ‘Me Tienes’, a track that barely waits…
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Jake Huffman by ‘On The Edge’ Is Straightforward, Tight, and Weirdly Catchy
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Jake Huffman is back after more than a year, and he came back swinging—with a…
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Sax Squeals, Drums Crash, Piano Burns — Carl Bagge’s Latest Is Free Jazz in Full Collapse
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This new Carl Bagge single, Små lätta moln, is EIGHT minutes of pure Swedish jazz…
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Brian Halloran Builds a Room With No Exit and Calls It Disquiet: Reviewing a Decade of Quiet Collapse
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Today we’re taking aim at Disquiet — an album Brian Halloran spent a full ten…
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Catch The Breeze Deliver a Track That Cuts Through the Noise Without Raising Its Voice
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Yo, this is a certified heater. Denmark’s own Catch The Breeze and their song ‘Seaside’…
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Desk Job Leaves the Riffs Behind and Delivers a Love Song That Actually Feels Earned on ‘Camellia’
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Desk Job just dropped a new single — totally unexpected, way off their usual path,…
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Stephanie Bettman’s ‘Out Of The Darkness’ Sounds Like a Folk Album, a Funk Album, a Latin Album, and a Pop Album All Having a Group Hug
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I love exclusive listening sessions. It’s pure bliss. I love that feeling: sitting there, knowing…
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“It Definitely Represents a Level of Closure and a Need To Release It All Through Art.” Rich Pagano on Turning a Five-Year Hell Into a 40-Minute Record
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Rich Pagano doesn’t trade in mystique. His songs don’t hide behind metaphor or play coy…
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The Unplanned Release: How Subscotia’s ‘Sentinel’ Became an Album of Radical Vulnerability
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When an album like Sentinel by Subscotia lands in your lap, you don’t immediately know…
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If You’re Gonna Ditch the Production, You Better Sing Like Matt DeAngelis — ‘Rock And A Hard Place (Stripped)’ Review
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When an artist decides to release a stripped-down track, it’s already a sign the composition…
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Alt-Rock? Synthwave? Ambient Grunge Monkcore? Dan Smyth’s New Album Says Yes
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The new album ‘What It Is and What It’s Not’ by Dan Smyth is a…
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Amarillo by The Beveled Edges Is Sad, Smooth, and Weirdly Effective
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How many times have I told myself to stop listening to sad songs? More than…
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Darren Pickering’s THREE Sends Modern Jazz Into a Cinematic, Synth-Driven Orbit — Yes, This Is an Exclusive Review of the New Album
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Alright, folks, gather ‘round because I’ve got the lowdown on a release that’s so exclusive…
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Baleine’s II Is What Happens When You Give Musicians Too Much Freedom and They Actually Use It Well
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It’s honestly strange that there still isn’t a dedicated subgenre for albums like this. You…
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“II Was Made With Guts and Heart. As the Heart Ebbs and Flows, So Do These Songs.” Baleine’s New Album Rides the Edge Between Tenderness and Turmoil
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Baleine is a Paris-based trio playing instrumental post-rock, but before you roll your eyes: no,…
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This New Michael Sanders Track??? Unreal. “the wild” Is On Repeat Already
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Just gave “the wild” by Michael Sanders a spin, and wow—this one hits the spot.…
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Jack Schneider – ‘Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain’ and Why I’m Now Fully Addicted to Lo-Fi Country
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Okay, full disclaimer: I haven’t heard the original. Yep, that Willie Nelson version, written by…
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Five Albums in Five Years, and Somehow ‘V’ Still Finds New Ground to Break — Green’s Genre-Jumping Obsession Hits a Wild New Peak
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The latest album from Michael Joseph Green — V — marks his fifth release in…
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Breaking Every Rule in the Book: Anthony Mills Unleashes a Sonic Storm with ‘hook lyin and sinker’
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I honestly don’t know what to think anymore. I thought I’d heard it all. I…
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Moody Indie Pop With a Kaytranada Groove? Jaydi’s “Complicated” Hits Different
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‘Complicated’ doesn’t try to hide what it is. It leans into its own murk. Think…
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Devil in the Desert by TULLE — Dust In Your Teeth, Salt On Your Wounds, And a Deal You’ll Never Wash Off
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“Devil in the Desert” is like a cowboy joke with no punchline — by the…
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Welcome to the Basement Rave of Your Nightmares: my•escy Unleashes ‘Fallen Fruit’
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They say in Venice, California, every other person’s on a skateboard, squinting into the sun…
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“We’re Not Going To Change Our Sound Just To Be More Viral.” How Sans Patrie Stays True To Rock In The Age Of Trends
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Sans Patrie don’t seem like a band that’s trying to please everyone, but their stance…
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