The best empowerment songs don’t always come with soft beats and gentle reminders. Sometimes, it sounds like heels on a concrete floor and a woman who knows exactly where she’s going—that is Yaz on her latest single, Who Said That? Bay Area artist Yaz is back, and she further amplifies what it means to be […]
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What does grief sound like when it’s stripped of metaphors or consolation? Garrett Anthony Rice answers that question with his latest release, Going Up (To See Him). Now based in Greystones, County Wicklow, Garrett Anthony Rice has set his sights on making a significant impact in the global music scene. With Going Up (To See
There’s something so different about hearing grief sung by someone who has lived long enough to know it doesn’t always leave. It just sits there, still, until you’re left asking questions like, “How will I ever know?” George Styles is back with How Will I Ever Know, along with a 25-year history embedded in its
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There’s a line in Misery Winter that pretty much explains the whole damn song: “I turn around and walk it again.” And rather than attempting to break that cycle, Noah James Mass wraps it in fuzz and blues-infused energy. Noah James Mass’ Misery Winter is what you might get if The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys,
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There’s something so fitting about calling an album Slightly Out of Focus when the whole thing feels like it was pulled from the blur between memory and the present. And to think that it took 19 years for Brendan Ranney to release it to the world just makes the album feel more earned and personal.
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There’s something so refreshing about hearing a musician in his fifties write about infatuation without pretending he’s got everything figured out. In Think Yer In Luv, Joe Rian keeps it real: falling for someone isn’t usually dramatic—it’s repetitive. And that’s what makes it funny, a little pathetic, and definitely relatable. Joe Rian found his way
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Desire sounds different when you run it through an alternative-rock amp. Somewhere in the studio, Magenta Ray must have figured out exactly how to make it with their latest single, A Kiss Like This. Magenta Ray could easily settle for being another guitar-driven rock band. But they chose something darker, stranger, and far more seductive.
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Most artists try to make fear sound as loud as possible. Somehow, Rob Fletcher never felt the need to. As if he trusted the listener to sit with discomfort instead of drowning it out in his latest single, Hells Gate. Hailing from Wonthaggi, Australia, Rob Fletcher approaches alternative rock with an unwavering commitment to complete
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It definitely takes some courage for an artist to make grief this audible while everyone tries to distill it down until it’s easier to digest. And that’s probably why the honesty in 11:11 by Kristy Chmura feels earned and sacred. Kristy Chmura continues to cement her path through intimate lyricism and emotive vocals with her
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