EP Review

Brian Bee Frank Ignites a Raw Rock Odyssey in ‘Chasing the Dragon’

Brian Bee Frank’s first solo EP, Chasing the Dragon, blends the vibe of a Swedish studio with memories from the 1960s. On the lead single “Hate,” he reflects on his youth to find lessons for today’s divided world. The track “Time” feels like watching a sunset you wish would last a little longer. The song […]

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Spitting the Tea: A Beautiful Horror Is Ultimately About the Mind Under Stress

There’s a particular kind of brain spiral that happens at 2:17 a.m. You’re replaying a conversation from 2019, planning your five-year trajectory, imagining your enemies thriving out of spite, and somehow also convinced a minor typo will end your career. It’s not quite anxiety, not quite ambition. It’s more like your mind has decided to

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Uprooted Is Intimate, Controlled, and Quietly Defiant

Let’s begin with a cassette tape. Not metaphorically. Literally. The first thing you hear on Uprooted, the new EP from Toronto-based alternative R&B artist Ember L.I, is the soft, unmistakable click of plastic and magnetic tape being shuffled into place. It’s eight seconds long. It does almost nothing. And it tells you basically everything you

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By Embracing Distortion, Ambience and Melancholy, EL$ON Has Crafted a Project That Feels Cohesive and Emotionally Grounded.

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

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An Dan’s “Blood Flooded Song” EP Is A Cursed Legend In Heavy Metal

If you’ve never heard a collection of tracks that feels less like music and more like a medieval arc series, An Dan’s “Blood Flooded Song” EP definitely works like a tragic manuscript where love isn’t nostalgia but a legend and damnation passed down through generations. An Dan is a five-man heavy metal Greek band based

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Vincent Projects Offers Something Refreshingly Straightforward: Heavy, Melodic, Theatrical Rock That Sounds Like It Escaped From Another Era and Decided to Stick Around

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

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Cali Tucker’s “Santa Baby” Will Make You Love Holidays More

Forget those solemn carols for the holidays because Cali Tucker’s newest cover EP, “Santa Baby” brings you the classics with a twist. The kind that flickers in familiarity with a velvet, mesmerizing performance that only she can pull off. Hailing from Country Music Royalty, Cali Tucker’s love for music was deeply rooted in a legacy

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