What sells the album right away is how retro-funk its sound is. It hooks you right in from the very first beat, and perhaps it’s SEGANA’s unique tonality, but there’s something about their vocals that seems to be laced with an infectious groove, the kind that makes it almost impossible to resist the urge to
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You just gotta love it when an artist doesn’t pretend the mess around them isn’t real. They throw it onto the table and say, “Yeah, let’s talk about it.” Trey Bruce’s All Americans sounds exactly like that, no sugarcoating needed. Three decades of writing songs probably explains why Bruce knows exactly what he wants to
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Everyone can talk about burnout and urban anxiety. Yet somehow, only a few make space for the idea that you don’t have to figure it all out just yet. That’s the kind of comfort you’ll find in fernvie’s newest single, Dito Muna Tayo sa Pagitan. It feels exceptionally fitting for the Manila-based band fernvie to
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Some nights call for fogged-up windows, warm skin, a little reassurance, and a song as catchy and intoxicating as GlowDriver’s latest release, Tell Me. A repeated “tell me baby” could easily go wrong, but somehow, GlowDriver makes it work. What could feel excessive instead becomes a hook, a pulse, and a little spell through contemporary
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Grief is one of those feelings that seems impossible to put into words without making it sound bigger or smaller than it really is. Somehow, Starboard to Sunset finds its own way to navigate it with their latest single, Without You Here. That ability to express something as deeply personal as grief feels fitting for
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Once in a while, you’ll come across records like You’ll Talk About It! by Lyons Lane, where every track feels like it has something to say. There’s no obvious weak link here, just one damn good song after another. And maybe it’s because the five-piece band from Michigan knows exactly how to make old-school influences
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Once in a while, there are records you stumble upon that let you be a little weird, a little hopeful, and a little less afraid of not having everything figured out. Today, it’s Reetoxa’s latest EP, Double A Side 2 (Akaroa / Erica And The Stars). Melbourne’s Reetoxa is fronted by Jason McKee, who spent
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Let’s be honest. A baby-blue Bronco, a few questionable driving decisions, and two sisters figuring out life behind the wheel sounds like a bad idea. But something about Baby Blue Bronco by The Ruffles makes it sound so, so damn fun. And perhaps this latest single feels so adventurous because of the bond shared by
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