Category: More News
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“Somebody’s Maybe” by Aleeda Blu Is an All-or-Nothing Bet You Want to Lose
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I turned on “Somebody’s Maybe“ with the lazy expectation of yet another cosmic façade, and…
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On Still High…, Raw Soul Proves That Independence Has Its Own Kind of Gravity
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Eight tracks — and you realize someone has spent the last few years alone with…
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Alden Hellmuth Ignites Anticipation for Tether with ‘Face The Wall’
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Alden Hellmuth has presented a new single ‘Face The Wall’, and this release is also…
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Dumomi The Jig Drops ‘Time 2 Time’ and Instantly Sets the Mood
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Dumomi The Jig continues to consistently build his artistic identity, presenting the new single ‘Time…
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Orange Oak’s ‘well, well, well’: The Track You Can’t Get Out Of Your Head
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Orange Oak have released a new single ‘well, well, well’, another chapter in their carefully…
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The New Single ‘Same Shit, Different Century’ by Cyrena Wages Captures a Familiar Sense of Repetition
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Cyrena Wages once again makes people talk about herself with the single ‘Same Shit, Different…
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The Nth Power’s Never Alone Is a Jazz-Funk Album That Trusts the Listener
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The Nth Power have a habit that says a lot about this band: they release…
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Louis Emory and The Reckless Few Built The Siege to Be Lived In
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I’ve long noticed a habit of mine: whenever someone puts on a new rock record…
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“I’ve Been Using Music to Write About My Emotions Since I Was 6”: Maria Ellis on “Relapse”
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Maria Ellis grew up in a Greek Orthodox family on Long Island, writing songs before…
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“Hollywood X Vine,” Moving to the West Coast, and “April’s Fool.” A Candid Interview With Matt Nation
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Matt Nation is an independent artist from Brooklyn who at some point packed his bags…
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Paul Kahn’s Forgotten Songs Finally Found the Right Voice — Catherine Russell’s
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Songwriter Paul Kahn has released Willingness, a six-track country EP recorded with Grammy® winner Catherine…
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Jada Di’Larosa Made an Album That Smells Like Black Lipstick and Tastes Like Bourbon
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Jada Di’Larosa turned a vanity table into a stage and a sleepless night into a…
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Legend Is Back! Jernej Zoran’s Eighth Album Proves Patience Is the Ultimate Rock Virtue
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An eighth album is a strange point in a career. The first is a debut.…
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Somewhere Between Sleep and a Séance: Outsideness Drops “…From What?”
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Freidrich$ and Azalias joined forces under a shared banner — and the result buries club…
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Izzy Skinner’s Chapter Six: The Art Pop EP Where Violin Finally Takes the Lead
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Izzy Skinner has released Chapter Six — a five-track art pop EP built around violin,…
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Reverb as Architecture: Why Sydney J’s New Single is the Most Atmospheric Track of the Season
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Sydney J has released the single “Regulate” — a pop track with a folk undertone,…
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Field Day Review: Darren Black and Hamilton Gross Make a Case for the Stubbornness of Folk
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The “guitar plus fiddle” format has been holding its place in British folk for a…
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Dan Johnson Returns With Salt Cedar Rebels II — a Decade of Living, Compressed Into One Record
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Ten years is long enough for entire eras to rise and fall in country music.…
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Kiki Cavazos Declines the Pedestal She’s Being Offered
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American folk has always trafficked in biography as costume, and Cavazos arrives with a provenance…
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Alive Again Is the Sound of Jon Valenzuela Playing on His Own Terms — All Seven Tracks of It
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Jon Valenzuela, a guitarist from Sydney, Australia, releases his debut full-length LP Alive Again —…
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Corner in Bloom — Tiny Apartment Review: A Debut Worth Paying Attention To
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Corner in Bloom have released their new album Tiny Apartment — nine tracks built around…
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Kieran’s “Dangerous”: Where the Bassline Becomes a Pulse and the City Becomes a Character
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Night in music is almost always about contemplation. About beautiful melancholy, about solitude with a…
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“I Knew Exactly What I Was Trying to Say”: Layla Z and the Making of “Filthy Dirt”
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Layla Z is an indie rock musician from New York, a mother of two, and…
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Jake Dryzal — “Untogether”: Eight Diary Entries, One Coastline, a Folk Album That Found Its Own Shape
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Every musician has a folder. A folder that lives somewhere on a hard drive, in…
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“Flourish” by Shaina Hayes Is Four Minutes of Pure Sonic Honey and We Are Not Okay
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On “Flourish,” Shaina Hayes does what she does best — turns a quiet, intimate feeling…
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Where the Ice Gleams Like Metal: The Matthew Shadley Band’s Seventh and Most Daring Hour
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The Matthew Shadley Band have released their seventh studio album, The Great Divide — ten…
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“I Had Homesickness for a Place I Had Never Visited”: Alex Kilroy on Romania, Nashville, and Break My Chains
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Getting time with Alex Kilroy isn’t easy — not because of handlers or label gatekeeping,…
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Doug Howard on Controlled Lunacy, Swallowing Bees Onstage, and Building a Show From an ICU Bed
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Doug Howard has spent 45 years in rock ‘n’ roll — and still calls his…
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DJOUHER, “I Killed Her”: The Title Promised a Thriller. The Music Delivered a Sunrise.
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Provocation in a track title is one of the oldest marketing tricks in pop music.…
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On Whispered Awakening, Tomas Rodriguez Proves That One Guitar Can Hold an Entire World
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Whispered Awakening is the fourth album from Tomas Rodriguez, a Brooklyn-based guitarist with Spanish roots…
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“I Decided to Go Through With It While Being Terrified” — Jamma on Why She Waited a Decade to Release Music
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JAMMA is an Italian in Los Angeles who spent over a decade studying, performing live,…
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Rust and Redemption: The Garage Gospel of Christo Sedgewick and The Fabulous Regrets
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Christo Sedgewick and The Fabulous Regrets have released their second album “The Lonesome Tender Hollow…
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Charlie Aky’s Perfume Regret: One Breath in an Elevator, Three Minutes of Longing, and All of 2026 in a Single Pop Release
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Charlie Aky has released a single born from one breath in an elevator. The British…
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The Sound of Sleep: Inside Venetia Nadin’s Radical Experiment in Ambient Music
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Greek artist Venetia Nadin, based in Australia, has released a new single “Submerged” — a…
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Van Jams Vol. 1: The Hooten Hallers Return With Their Seventh Full-Length
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Country rock is a genre that knows too much about itself. It remembers its roots…
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Saxophones, Gothic Candelabras, and a Fallen Angel: Inside Andy Smythe’s Wildest Album Yet
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Andy Smythe has released his eighth studio album, Quiet Revolution — a continuation of the…
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PostOmnis feat. Talios Wing: The Single Where Dark Synthwave Finally Grew a Spine
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PostOmnis builds his sound on what most producers treat as decoration. His signature graves —…
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Friday the 13th Just Got Its Own Soundtrack: Maria Lane — “6 Feet Deep” Review
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Friday the 13th. A new single. Darkness that begins with sunlight. Maria Lane released a…
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Sleeps Under Beams Fused Dreampop and Indie Rock Until Neither Could Exist Alone
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Sleeps Under Beams have released a single that begs one question: how did three people…
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“These Times Take Things” by Mission From Dog: Why This Self-Released Album Deserves Your Attention in March 2026
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Mission From Dog (Casey Hess) belongs to that breed of musicians the industry only remembers…
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Ava Della Pietra Knows What Happens at 3AM: An Exclusive Interview
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Most people who land on Broadway before high school end up chasing that feeling forever.…
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Leather Over Glitter: How The Del-Viles Dragged Grunge Onto the Dance Floor
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What is grunge in 2026? Something behind glass at a museum. A flannel shirt on…
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The Boy Who Wrapped Pain in Stardust: Jeremie Soyan’s Debut in Four Acts
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Rap has a visual codex: dark tones, heavy bass, leather seats, gold chains, cigar smoke,…
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On Elegy for Euria, Classical Music Finally Learns How to Grieve Like a Goth
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Think it’s impossible to create gothic hits on classical instruments? Then you haven’t yet heard…
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Deborah Silver and the Count Basie Orchestra Prove That Rock Has Always Been Jazz’s Business
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A tribute album demands a concrete answer to a concrete question: why? The anniversary of…
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Alexis Strum Is Already Writing Album Four. She Admits This Might Be Insane.
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Releasing a heartbreak single the day before Valentine’s Day is either a provocation or a…
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Léah Duque Just Made the Sweetest, Most Addictive Pop Song of February
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Léah Duque dropped a single and a video, and I genuinely don’t know how to…
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Mia Salazar Fuses Huapango Complexity With Glacial Nordic Electronics
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For Mia Salazar, Stockholm serves as a cold forge where Mexican and Andalusian roots undergo…
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The Beast Has a Name: Rage Unfold Draw First Blood With “Omen”
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Hundreds of artists convinced that volume and aggression are sufficient arguments for existence. Sometimes that’s…
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Elise Trouw Collected What Men Said to Her and Turned It Into the Best Album of Her Career
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Irony is a capricious genre. Many people know how to use it; few truly master…
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Background Noise as Protagonist: silent collision’s Air Vent Lullabies Rewrites the Rules of Ambient Inspiration
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silent collision found inspiration where most musicians never even think to look — in the…
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Who Is The Ingrid? Three Lockdown Dreamers Who Decided to Ask the Uncomfortable Questions
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They named the band after someone who belongs to everyone and no one at the…
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“Acoustic Is the Foundation. Electric Is the Color” — Blocks of Life Frontman Pete Wiley Breaks Down the Sound of Whisper in the Dark
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There’s a version of this story where Pete Wiley moves to a city, finds four…
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Chamber Jazz at Its Most Honest: MAJA JAKU’s Blessed & Bewitched Earns Every Minute of Your Patience
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Jazz criticism has long developed a convenient way of talking about vocal albums — and…
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Broke Royals on Campr, Restraint, and Why the Loudest Are the Least Confident
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The new album by Broke Royals titled Campr came out in early 2025 and truly…
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Vinyl Floor’s Balancing Act Asks How Far You Can Soften Rock Before It Loses Its Spine
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Rock has always been about breaking boundaries, but what happens when those boundaries begin to…
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Lily Forte On Live Recording, Shakespeare, and Why The Stage Is The Only Real Cure For Existential Emptiness
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We live in crazy times, because now more than ever the Industry demands content. Remixes,…
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Jennifer Femme Avoids Jazz Clichés, Embraces Theatricality on Private Show
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Jennifer Femme has spent years navigating jazz circles as both a vocalist and instrumentalist –…
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Fools Parade by Tambyrlane: The Debut Album From Connecticut Scene Veterans Proves That Sincerity Stand the Test Of Time
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When Mike Molina openly declares “we proudly carry the banner of rock music’s greatest era…
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Bernice Marsala Deconstructs the Ballerina Fantasy on Lush “Music Box”
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Forget the porcelain figurine and tinkling melodies you’d expect from a music box. Bernice Marsala…
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“They hope I Stay Small. That I Don’t Make Enough Noise” – ColdPoison’s Scandalous Interview on “Sung to Sleep” and the Future of Hip-Hop
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I think many will agree with me if I say that rap has now turned…
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Judith Owen: The “queen of the bitter sweet” on Finding Joy in New Orleans, Being a Front Woman, and Why Happiness Doesn’t Kill Your Muse
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Some artists spend their careers chasing happiness. Judith Owen spent hers learning how to mean…
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The Audacity of Best Actress Calling Their Album “I Know It Sounds Bad” When It’s This Good!
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Very soon, on February 13th, the new band Best Actress will release their album with…
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Matt DeAngelis’ “In This World” Is Defiantly Out of Time—And Asks If a Good Melody Can Outlast the Moment
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When Coldplay released “Clocks” in 2002, piano in rock became legitimate. By 2008, every other…
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ColdPoison Takes Aim at Rampage Jackson on Confrontational New Single “Sung to Sleep”
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ColdPoison versus Rampage Jackson! Yes, you read that right — ColdPoison versus Rampage Jackson, the former UFC fighter whose media…
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Siqian Li on Her Debut Album — “There’s Still Room for Music That Invites People to Walk Through it”
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Getting in touch with Siqian Li turned out to be a quest. Between rehearsals, flights,…
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Paula Tartell Turned Her Ex’s Demeaning Nickname Into “Sugar Tits,” Her Most Defiant Single Yet
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Paula Tartell spent one night in her Brooklyn bedroom writing a song under the name…
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Brock Davis: Nothing Lasts Forever Album Review: A Rare Triumph of Sincerity Over Style
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Americana has long turned into a mummified genre. Somewhere between the third folk revival and…
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Inside the Fragile Architecture of Lauren Mian’s Off Script: A Debut Built on Starlight and Surrender
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Travel has long ceased to mean buying tickets and packing suitcases. Tourism has transformed into…
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Dave Stryker’s Blue Fire Burns Backwards Through Six Decades of Groove
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Van Gelder’s studio is basically a shrine at this point. The room where they cut…
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Mt. Gribley Chronicles Three Years of Solo Parenting and Transatlantic Distance on Moss on the Stone
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Matt Jarrett, who records folk under the name Mt. Gribley, spent three years suspended between…
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On “Are We Done,” Jane Marie and Jessica Mia Turn Compromise Into Revelation
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When two artists decide to join forces, the result can be a predictable exercise in…
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On To Be Happy, Elizabeth Anne Announces Herself as an Artist Without Limits
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A debut release is always a major event for a musician, as this is when…
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“I Do Not Want Music to Become Something I Do for Money”: Inside Bellefolie’s Beautiful Madness
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Bellefolie recorded her new single “Restless Nights” in one take. Her voice slips from English…
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Thomas Luke on Releasing a Debut Album at 22: “This Feels Like a Starting Line”
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Pianist Thomas Luke took the BBC Young Musician prize in 2020, played Wigmore Hall, Lang…
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illo.trio Transforms Chamber Improvisation into a Psychedelic Soundtrack of Wandering Consciousness
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Jazz has long ceased to be simply a genre with a defined set of rules.…
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fhae: life in cycle Review: Ambient Music for Accepting Change
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The experimental ambient-folk project fhae, created by Ellena Ramsay and based in Meanjin, combines ethereal,…
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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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Exclusive! DRAMATIST’s Wasting Words: The Album That Debuted at Wacken and Will Change Everything in 2026
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A debut without the right to error—such luxury is available to few. DRAMATIST chose Wacken…
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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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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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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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Black Lace and Brutal Riffs: “After the Dark” by Marco Cusato & The Legend Band Rises from the Shadows
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Darkness conceals plenty. For some, it’s black lace draped over a bed, hiding passion from…
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Everyone Who Heard Lily Forte’s “The Luckiest” Is Calling It the Song of the Year—Here’s Why
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Lily Forte is engaged in what might be called an archaeology of feelings. “The Luckiest“…
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She Whispers, Moans, and Takes Control: Inside ANASTÁZIE’s Most Dangerous Track Yet
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British R&B has been living in a state of constant mutation in recent years. The…
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Between the Highway and the Stars: Trans Atlantic J. and the New Coordinates of Sound
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Psychedelic rock has long ceased to be a monolithic genre. For decades, musicians have been…
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Bailey Grey Bet Everything on Authenticity—And Won! Love It All Shows Why That Matters
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In the career of any musician, there comes a moment when one must choose between…
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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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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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Three Years in the Making, Lunar Lock’s Debut Shows a Band Learning to Question Its Influences
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Cold wave in 2025 exists in a strange temporal paradox. A genre born in the…
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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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Francis’ Scream: “If I Had Listened to the Perfectionist in Me, I Wouldn’t Have Released Anything at All”
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Francis’ Scream released his first music this year. The singles are guitar-heavy and scraped clean…
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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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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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On Debut ICHI, UZU Delivers Hard Rock as Liturgy for a Blackened Sun
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Rock music has long exhausted its vocabulary of revelations, truly. Every attempt to invoke the…
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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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Jung Stratmann Quartet’s “This Wine Tastes Very Dry” Is an Exercise in Elegant Tension
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New York has always been a place where traditions collide and reimagine themselves. Jung Stratmann…
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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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Lily Forte’s “Out of the Blue” Makes You Anticipate Her Debut Album
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Lily Forte belongs to a generation of artists for whom retro is already a kind…
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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…

