Where Did The Music Go is one of those albums that shows up knowing exactly what it wants to argue, looks around at the state of modern music, and basically says, “No, actually, we’re doing this the long way.” JT Curtis has released a full-blown progressive rock concept album in 2026 which, by itself, already […]
Karma Smile is Coolonaut’s third album in just three years, and that speed alone tells you a lot about why this record exists. This isn’t a carefully planned “statement album” designed to land at the perfect cultural moment. It feels more like a reaction, almost a reflex. The kind of record you make when staying
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Listening to Dead Internet feels like falling face-first into your own phone at 3 a.m. You know, that moment where you’re doomscrolling, half dissociated, half weirdly emotional, and everything you see feels fake but also way too real? That’s this album. Cam Ezra isn’t trying to make something cozy or polite here. This is music
“Falling in the Dark” is one of those debut tracks that doesn’t tiptoe into the room; it saunters in, flicks the lights off, and goes, “Okay, we’re doing feelings now.” It’s the first official appearance of Dean RÖK, and honestly, it already feels like he skipped the “shy experimental phase” most new projects have and
“Come Out Lazarus I – Life Is Over” doesn’t behave like a typical opening track. Instead of easing the listener into People Zero, the concept album by Andrea Pizzo and The Purple Mice, it drops you straight into its emotional and philosophical deep end. As the first chapter of People Zero, the song functions less
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There’s a specific kind of tension that runs through Sorry Not Sorry, the second EP from London-based singer, songwriter, and producer EL$ON. It’s the tension between wanting to move on and not quite being ready to let go. This project feels less like a comeback and more like a confession. The shift in identity isn’t
“Even Steven” arrives with a grin on its face and a strange little secret under the hood. At first listen, it sounds like a lost single from some alternate late-’70s radio dial; it’s warm, slightly off-kilter and charming in the way only songs with actual personalities can be. But behind that easygoing retro glow is
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Omnesia’s take on “Dirty Love” isn’t just a cover so much as it is a controlled detonation of Frank Zappa’s original spirit, rebuilt with modern tools and a deliberately unstable sense of identity. Where Zappa’s version was sleazy, satirical, and knowingly grotesque, Omnesia approach the song like a piece of “future vintage” art; something dug
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I guess the easiest way to explain this EP is to say that Vincent Projects sounds like someone found a lost heavy metal band from the late ’70s, right before they accidentally flew into the Bermuda Triangle, and decided to finish mixing the tapes out of sheer curiosity. Not in a nostalgia-bait, “remember when rock
“Fire Escape” feels like the musical equivalent of standing on your apartment balcony at 2 a.m., staring at nothing in particular, and suddenly realizing you might be okay. Not fixed, not magically transformed into a better version of yourself, but okay enough to keep going. That quiet, hard-earned reassurance is the emotional center of Cooper
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