Author: Michael Filip Reed
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The Future According to Piergiorgio Corallo: Uneven, Diverse, and Defiantly Human
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The question of whether one can predict the shape of the future without mystical abilities…
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“If They Use It Cynically, I Walk Away”: JD Days Set Boundaries for Their Christmas Songs
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A Christmas album in 2025 is a genre that long ago transformed into background noise…
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Stevie Holland’s “Talk to Your Tomatoes” Is Peak Jazz Absurdism
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Stevie Holland sings to tomatoes, and I understand why. Jazz has long forgotten that it…
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The Debut Album by Heisenberg Principle “Icarus” Is Here! I’ve Been Listening To It Non-Stop, and I Have a Lot To Say!
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I think you’re familiar with the feeling when you’ve been following a musician for a…
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Thirteen Fragments, One Paradox: Deconstructing The Beginning of Eternity by Archangel One
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Archangel One exists in the musical space as a phantom—a figure devoid of biography, media…
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Daforce Reconstructs Rap from Outside Its Borders in His Brand-New Single “Survival”
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Rap and space. What’s the connection between them? Before “Survival” by Daforce, I would have…
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One Song at a Time: Gregory McLoughlin and the Radical Act of Human Contact
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Do you feel a certain irony in the fact that a musician who spent years…
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Phantom Pat Maps the Many Faces of Night Across 11 Cinematic Tracks
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You know how all the facets of night can easily unfold across 11 tracks? That’s…
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Jon-Olov Woxlin’s One-way Ticket from Earth: A Scandinavian Kitchen Becomes Hallowed Country Ground
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When a Swedish musician sits down to record American country music in his own kitchen…
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Sujae Jung and Wolf Stratmann: “Jazz for Us Has Always Been About Community and Connection”
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Jung Stratmann Quartet has released Confluence — an album featuring New York scene legends Steve…
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Drowning in Reverb: Steven Bonaventure’s ‘Delirium’ and the Aesthetics of Fog
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An EP of four tracks – a format Steven Bonaventure approached deliberately while recording Delirium…
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‘Reef’ by Francis’ Scream’s: The Track That Empties Your Head And Unlocks Your Shoulders
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Shores hold memory. Each tide drags sand somewhere new, storms rewrite the coastline, bodies pause…
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Lux Griffith: “I Really Feel Like I’m Somebody Different Every Day, I Just Go Wherever That Takes me”
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Lux Griffith. The name came from a matchbox. The surname was borrowed from a Berserk…
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‘Together In Agony’: The Whips Build a Sunset From Darkness
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School bus. Hauling equipment. Gigs in half-empty clubs. The Whips walked this path completely, without…
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Shani Weiss – All About Life: An Intimate Examination of Human Relationships at the Crossroads of Confession and Artistic Statement
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Turning forty is a strange threshold for a musician. Too early for summative statements, too…
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Got a Vinyl From Dar Stellabotta Directly, and It’s the First Time I’ve Heard a Cigar Box Guitar Sound This Good
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There’s a paradox in how we consume music today. Spotify’s algorithms analyze our preferences down…
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DominiNiobe Is Ready to Share What She’s Been Hearing: “My Music Isn’t About Forgetting, It’s About Reconnecting”
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The Roman producer spent a decade making music in private. Now, as a nurse working…
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Matt DeAngelis Won’t Play By Your Rules: The Indie Provocateur’s Latest Gambit
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The epic ballad by Matt DeAngelis unfolds under the persistent, almost tangible influence of the…
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Simon Talbot and Peter Toussaint’s Simon Called Peter II: Layered, Improvised, and Unapologetically Excessive
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Simon Talbot & Peter Toussaint returns with Simon Called Peter II—a sequel to the original…
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A Groundbreaking AI Remake of the Debut Album ‘American Split’ by Eddie Sing & The 31 Days Changes the Game’s Rules
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Two years later, musician Eddie Sing & The 31 Days returns with a remake of…
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Lux Griffith Is Creating Flowers on Scars—And Monsters Kinder Than People
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Cinema exists at the border between illusion and reality, and the best films know how…
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Erik Flaa Recorded Where ABBA Made Joy—He Brought the Opposite: Inside the Fog-Soaked Revelation of ‘What Is Not’
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When a musician disappears for seventeen years, either they’ve left the stage permanently, or they’re…
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The Irish Lassies Chart a Course Between Two Worlds on Immigration Stories
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Despite being together for just three years, The Irish Lassies have made a meteoric rise…
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On Searching/Finding, Sloe Paul Proves Vulnerability Is the Highest Form of Courage
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Nineteenth-century Romantics transformed autumn into an aesthetic object worthy of philosophical contemplation. Kerouac sought eternal…
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Hail Your Highness Build Their Own Universe on “Reset The Stars”
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Jessie Bobenmoyer and Niki Ryland are playing a dangerous game—they take mathcore, djent, dream pop,…
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Diana Ringo — The Wolf in the Feed: “I’m not trying to be liked — I’m making art”
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Diana Ringo doesn’t do anything halfway. The Finnish artist—classically trained pianist, film composer, BBC Radio…
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Human Creativity Collides With The Digital Frontier On Fondly Kip’s New Album ‘The Velvet Way Home’
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Humanity evolves, and musicians’ creativity finds new paths of self-expression. In this sense, the phenomenon…
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Goosebumps Guaranteed: Nina June Teams With 12-Piece Orchestra on “The Lighthouse (Particles)”
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Nina June returns with “The Lighthouse (Particles),” a track that cements her status as one…
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On Prospect Gallery, Morning Wars Trade Ambition for Precision: Album Review
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Music remains one of the most malleable art forms, a medium where the collective anxieties…
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SKAAR Returns With “Medicine,” a Venom‑Kissed Alt‑Pop Awakening
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Grammy Award winner SKAAR returns with a new breakthrough single, “Medicine,” released under the Made…
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Drew Schueler Dissects the Anatomy of Friendship on the Starkly Beautiful “Mirror”
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I had been waiting for a new release from Drew Schueler for quite some time,…
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DF Tram’s “Bittersweet Afternoon” Is a Pandemic Artifact That Refuses to Acknowledge Its Own Darkness
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When a musician takes on a new project, only a general direction opens before them—a…
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Marc Daniels Celebrates the Peak of Female Sexuality on Country’s Most Dangerous New Single ‘Cougar Town’
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Marc Daniels ceased being just another country musician drifting with the tide of the genre…
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“Only Heaven Knows” by Patrick Davis: The New Pulse of American Country
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Let’s talk about country. Not the kind you’re thinking of—not the dusty boots and the…
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‘Drowning’ Marks the Ambitious Return of Simon Talbot with Peter Toussaint
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Today, Simon Talbot teams up once again with Peter Toussaint, returning with the first single,…
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Dan Rose’s Voice Carries Grit, Heart, and Urgency Across “To The Bitter End”
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Dan Rose’s origin story sounds almost perversely backwards: he wrote lyrics before he learned to…
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Vinyl, Mutation, and Memory: Inside Chris Portka’s Expansive New Record
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This vinyl showed up in my mailbox straight from Chris Portka himself, and that’s the…
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Side Project Skip Proves Retirement Can Be Revolutionary on the Uneven but Passionate ‘The Friday Night Detour’
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You’ve put in the work, paid your dues, and now it’s time to chase those…
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“Uncertainty is quite the main reason I write music” — Candid Interview With Nikita Lev
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Nikita Lev’s latest single “No One Is Gonna” feels like a quiet implosion. Built on…
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Simon Called Peter: From One Bold Album to Another Without Ever Meeting
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Look, I honestly tried to understand what’s happening with music in 2025. Half the artists…
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Persistence, Obsession, and a Star-Studded Orchestra: Kent Parker’s Instrumental World of The Way
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You can conquer new heights in the realm of creativity at any age! Talent and…
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After Years Away, Evenlee’s “Narrow” Proves They’re Worth the Wait
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Evenlee just released their new single “Narrow“. They took their sweet time coming back, and…
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Garreson’s ‘Monte’ Honors Grandpa’s Legacy with Unfiltered Emotion and Twang
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What does a person experience after the death of someone who once guided them into…
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Leepeck: “Art is about searching, and sometimes the search takes us to unexpected places…”Finding Folk Between Mountain Cabins and New York Streets
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Today, we’re sitting down with Leepeck, a singer-songwriter from Warsaw who is steadily carving out…
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Mukura’s “Onward and Backward”: The Black Pearl That Bridges Ancient India and Modern Electropop
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The most challenging aspect of creativity is utilising folk motifs! It’s so easy to make…
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PREMIERE! Jim Stanard – “Kansas”: When Americana Gets Its Soul Back
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Jim Stanard just dropped “Kansas” today, and I need to talk about this track because…
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Mexican Rock Quartet Captain Mantis Channel Monterrey Heat Into ‘Vice Market’
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Do you ever have those moments when you press “play” and the universe around you…
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Why Meena’s Debut Album ‘Different Now’ Is a Portal Into a New Manchester
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Today I’m clearing my schedule. Notifications off, the strongest tea brewing, because I already know…
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Grammar Tha God Sounds Euphoric On Combative New Single ‘COWARDS & PRETENDERS’
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Rapper Grammar Tha God has released a new single, ‘COWARDS & PRETENDERS’. Performed in the…
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Blockhouse Valley – ‘It’s Alright’ When the World Falls Apart and Music Saves
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Blockhouse Valley from Michigan rolled out eight tracks called “It’s Alright,“ and it’s the kind…
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James Campbell Releases New Single ‘Gringo’ — Full Music Review and Breakdown
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The work of James Campbell has been a true revelation for me. His music weaves…
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Waldo Witt Shares Dreamy New Single “Once In A While” – Full Review Inside
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So… You ever hear a song that just clicks? Like, three seconds in and you’re…
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Married? Annoyed? Still in Love? Heisenberg Principle Gets You with ‘Chalk and Cheese’
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Heisenberg Principle — a name that screams either Berlin techno or someone who takes quantum…
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Why Matt DeAngelis’s ‘I’m Just The Keyboard Player’ Is the Most Relatable Song About Tour Life
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Matt DeAngelis is back, and boy, has he decided to flip the script on us.…
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Tired of Polished Country Pop? Murray Hammond Revives Cowboy Testosterone with a Track That Bleeds Grit
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We’ve gotta talk about Murray Hammond’s latest single, “Take This Heart And Lock It Up.”…
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Even If You Think You’re Ready for Etudes Study Group, You’re Not — Welcome to Their Mind-Bending World of Sonic Rituals
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Etudes Study Group is one of those acts that challenge the very idea of categorization—experimental…
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Young Dervish Lets His Fretless Guitar Sing on New Single ‘Jellymaster’
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Young Dervish — aka Zakariya Khan — comes in swinging on a self-built fretless electric…
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Marc Daniels Just Weaponized Nostalgia and Called it ‘Good Old Days’ — a Sun-Drenched Ode to Youth, Built For Summer Playlists
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Marc Daniels just put out a new track called Good Old Days, and there’s something…
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Been Looping Past Lives by Eli Lev and Forgetting Half My To-Do List — Worth It!
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It always starts quietly. With a breath. With a hush. With someone humming alone in…
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Brand New Single FEAST Shows Grammar Tha God in Full Command of Beat, Voice, and Atmosphere
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If rap in 2025 is a buffet of lo-fi confessionals, sadboy trap ballads, and algorithm-chasing…
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Maia Sharp Quietly Wrecks Us (in the Best Way) with ‘Is That What Love Does’
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Maia Sharp’s new single ‘Is That What Love Does’ hits like a soft nudge from…
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With ‘Land After Rain, Pt. 2’, Sunbeam42 Pushes Ambient Toward the Elemental
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Ambient music—ah, ambient music. If you’ve been following my reviews for any amount of time,…
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Weekly Spotlight: We Picked The Tracks That Genuinely Grabbed Us!
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The music world never sleeps — but you do, and that’s where we come in.…
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Aidan Leclaire Band Unleash Raw Energy and Big Ideas on New Album ‘Hail to the Dogs’
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The Aidan Leclaire Band is back, and their latest offering, “Hail to the Dogs,” dropped…
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The Blueprint Survived — Bleak Returns the Way It Was Always Meant To: Exclusive Interview with the Band’s Frontman
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Bleak is back. Back to clear the wreckage, call things by their name, and prove…
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The Art of Erosion: Matt Berninger’s Return on Get Sunk Is a Masterclass in Atmospheric Storytelling
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Matt Berninger returns with his sophomore album, Get Sunk, stepping confidently outside the shadows of…
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Jewelles Imani Kicks Off Her Pop Era with a Cheeky Grocery Store Anthem
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Jewelles Imani. New name. New song. New genre. ‘LABELS‘ marks her first step into the…
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Arabella and The Heist – ‘Ruckus’: Rock Lives But It’s Got Bloody Knuckles and a Busted Nose
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You know what’s refreshing? A rock song that doesn’t sound like it was written by…
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On ‘False Alarm,’ Emma Harner Turns Homesickness Into a Stripped-Back Folk Confessional
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Emma Harner’s new single ‘False Alarm‘ is a quiet little gut-punch — the kind of…
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“Center Of Your World’ Breathes In A Completely Different Way Than I’ve Done Before” Fernando’s Eyes Steps Out From The Shadow Of His Own Past
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Hard to believe, but in an industry where every third artist trembles at the thought…
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Introducing Psyclo: The Multi-Dimensional Talent Trailblazing a New Route for Pop
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Psyclo, the ridiculously talented singer-songwriter, producer, and audio engineer hailing from China—but now making waves…
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“The Creative Process, From Writing to Recording, Is Where I Feel Most Alive”A Life Rewritten In Song — Kent Parker’s Return To Music After Decades Away
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Kent Parker’s story is the kind of thing that sounds made up until you realize—no,…
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With Rollerbird, Astara Black Trades Pop Conventions for Something Stranger, Smarter, and More Honest
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Whitney Cline’s ‘Rollerbird’, under her new project Astara Black, is not a crowd-pleaser. That’s the…
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“I Want Every Sonic Detail to Reflect Who I Am” Inside Youstee’s Vision for Soulful, Cinematic Pop on His Own Terms
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Youstee is operating on a frequency that feels rare in the current landscape — somewhere…
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Play. Connect. Be Heard. Why Every Musician Needs to Know About Music Masters Collective – An Interview with Founder Henry Stout
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Among all the projects that promise to bring listeners closer to music, Music Masters Collective…
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‘Fool’ by Dylan Dunlap Is the Soundtrack to That One Text You Shouldn’t Have Sent at 2AM
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The new Dylan Dunlap single ‘Fool‘ — It’s kinda wild how something so safe and…
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Avilynn Drops Toilet Flush Track to Mock Spotify — And Yes, They Sent Her Royalties for It
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Avilynn — Berlin-based DJ, former label curator, experimentalist, sonic provocateur — just dropped a new…
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The Sympathy Of All Things Turned ‘Mourning Ghosts’ Into Collapse — Now ‘Our Sacred Pleasures’ Lingers Like an Afterimage
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The Sympathy Of All Things is back. You might remember his previous single ‘Mourning Ghosts’,…
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Simon Talbot Asked About Favorite Colors. What He Did With the Answers Is Kinda Beautiful
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Simon Talbot has long been a kind of strange musical reference point for me. But…
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Before Release Day Hits! Mama Said’s ‘Change In the Weather’ Already Sounds Like a Debut That Lands Right On Target
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I think many people know that feeling during an evening walk under a cloudy sky,…
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“It’s How I Hear The World Speeding Up and Losing Meaning.” — Matt DeAngelis’ ‘For Better’ Throws a Sonic Haymaker at Digital Burnout and Comes Out Glorious
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If you’ve spent any time lately rummaging through the bottomless pit of cookie-cutter pop tracks…
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Jon-Olov Woxlin’s ‘Ur egen fatabur’ Returns Music to Its Roots with Solo Violin
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Jon-Olov Woxlin. A man who once decided he wanted to make music in the spirit…
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Louis Emory Returns with ‘The Siege,’ a Rock Single Built on Grit and Simplicity
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‘The Siege’ is the new single from Louis Emory and The Reckless Few and immediately…
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Heisenberg Principle Rolls Out a Bloke Anthem With ZZ Top Riffs, Phil Collins Vibes, and a Hook That Sinks In Fast
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Greg Stehle, the mind behind Bendigo-based project Heisenberg Principle, is clearly operating in a pocket…
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Militarie Gun x Dazy Dropped a Track That’s Equal Parts Club and Existential Crisis
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Militarie Gun and Dazy are back at it. ‘Tall People Don’t Live Long’ is the…
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Kela Sako Joins Slack Key ‘Ohana and Immediately Steals the Spotlight
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Slack Key ‘Ohana’s latest single, Slack Key Blues, is a sun-soaked, steel-stringed invitation to let…
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Brooke Daye’s ‘Blue’ Shows Up, Wrecks You, Leaves in Under 2 Minutes
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So, this thing kicks off already dipping in attitude. The kind that grins at you…
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A Little Country, a Little Art Rock, a Lot of Heart: The Ram Sticks the Landing on New Album ‘I Am Nowhere, I Am Everywhere’
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When I played ‘I Am Nowhere, I Am Everywhere’, a strange feeling caught up with…
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‘Buses Replace Trains’ Is Pure Sad Boy Cinema and Matt Maltese Knows It
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Matt Maltese drops another little heart-tugger on us, and honestly, it’s gorgeous. ‘Buses Replace Trains’…
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“Now I Am at a Point Where My Voice Is Liberated.” A Conversation With Lacy Rose About Her New Album, Legacy, and Clarice Lispector
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When you sit across from Lacy Rose, you don’t get the sense you’re speaking to…
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Two Sisters, One Breakdown, and a Dream Rock Anthem That Punches Back – Hail Your Highness Drop ‘You Again’
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Okay, okay, okay. Dream rock. Two sisters. A history steeped in religious control and personal…
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40 Lashes Find the Sweet Spot Between Heartbreak and Amp Feedback on ‘My Eyes’
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You know what this is? This is a bruised little anthem cooked up in a…
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Marcus Orelias Went from “Actor, Writer, Designer” to Making One of the Best R&B Albums of the Year
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Marcus Orelias is an artist who somehow manages to blend sophisticated soul, tender R&B, bursts…
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“BB” by The Feather Doesn’t Overreach — It Just Delivers a Smooth, Airy Groove Perfect for Doing Absolutely Nothing
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The Feather’s new single “BB” dips its toes in the pastel-tinted waters of ’80s nostalgia…
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Didn’t Expect To Get Emotionally Steamrolled By A Folk-Country Record, But Even The Dying by Matthew Moore Got Me Good
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There are albums that, you know, don’t really need explaining — and yet you sit…
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‘I Don’t Feel That I’m Competing With Younger Artists, I Am Just Doing The Music That Fits For Me’: Jim Stanard On Staying True To His Sound
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There is a quiet clarity to Jim Stanard’s work — a deliberate, measured voice that…
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Blue Cactus – ‘Bite My Tongue’ and Why This Country Sounds Like America 2025, Not 1995
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Look, if you thought ’90s alt-country died somewhere between Lucinda Williams’ discography and a dusty…
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TEHYA – “dust dog” and How a Dirty Pup Became the Perfect Heartbreak Metaphor
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Alright, picture this: you get sent off to the middle of nowhere, some random cabin…
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When The Structure Collapses and The Beast Breaks Loose! Marcus: the Apex Predator!’s New EP Tears Up The Script From The Very First Seconds
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Detroit has never cared for polish or polite bows. What matters here is drive, volume,…
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“Making And Performing Music Is A Compulsion I Just Can’t Shake”: The Sympathy Of All Things On Why He Couldn’t Stay Silent Any Longer
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Five years of silence is a long stretch, especially for an artist used to turning…

