You know how most debut singles feel like they’re trying really, really hard to sound like something you’ve already heard? This isn’t that. Lily Galin’s “What’s Your Story” somehow lands with the kind of clarity and emotional weight you normally only get from an artist on their third or fourth album; the point when they’ve […]
Some songs burst into the room like they’ve just kicked the door down with a confetti cannon. I’d Be A Fortune by Dedrick Soul is not that. This is the musical equivalent of someone sidling up to you at a crowded party, starting a story in a low voice, and by the time you’ve realized
Some collaborations feel like they were cooked up in a marketing department: everyone in matching outfits, smiling in front of a banner that says synergy, while someone in the corner is already working on the press release. SETSUNA is not that. SETSUNA is the musical equivalent of two strangers meeting at a bus stop, realising
So, I listened to an album called The Walrus, the Ninja, and the Gypsy from Sydney, and I’m pretty sure I accidentally unlocked a third eye I wasn’t aware I had. It’s by Black Astronaut Records, which is apparently not a record label but a collective, a consciousness, or possibly just one very determined person
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The new song “Little Game” by Kris Kolls is cheeky, charming, and just the right amount of chaotic. It’s the musical equivalent of a slightly toxic situationship you know you shouldn’t be in but can’t help loving anyway. It captures the playfulness of a flirt gone too far, the emotional whiplash of texting someone you
So there’s this track. It’s called “I Found a Monster.” It’s by Seth Schaeffer, and listening to it is a bit like being emotionally waterboarded by your inner child. You know, the one who’s still mad you never learned to skateboard and occasionally dreams in grayscale. But, weirdly, in a good way. Like therapy, if
There’s something uniquely chaotic about rebranding your hip-hop duo by putting on color-coded gloves and announcing your creative rebirth like a pro wrestling tag team emerging from an extended nap. And yet, that’s exactly what Normal Saturday; the once-quiet, now-very-much-not-quiet duo of Crumbs and DK 4 Now, have done with their return album TwoHandTouch. Orange
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Sun to Rise is a four-track EP by Stephen Foster, and it features songs wherein this isn’t even the kind of music that kicks the door down or even knocks politely. It’s more like the emotional equivalent of mist forming on a window. You’re not sure when it started, you’re not even entirely sure what
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Let’s say you’ve had a long day. Not the catastrophic kind, just the standard existential dread with a side of self-doubt. You want something to listen to that won’t lie to you about how everything’s fine, but also won’t actively make you feel worse. Congratulations. You’re exactly the kind of person Michael Lazar made Daydreaming
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My Spanish is bad. Not in the “oh I’m a bit rusty” way; more in the “I thought ‘sombras’ meant ‘some bras’ until this morning” way. And yet, none of that seemed to matter when I listened to Helladdict’s self-titled debut EP. That’s the thing about metal: it doesn’t care if you paid attention in
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