There’s something so satisfying about a metal release that doesn’t bury its energy on the first three tracks, the kind that just knows how to keep the punches coming all throughout. For some reason, Kill This… turns out to be exactly that kind of record for those who prefer taking in a record in its
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If you can’t decide whether you want to sit with your feelings or make a few questionable decisions tonight, you might just find Betty Moon’s Strangely Beautiful a great addition to your playlist. Los Angeles-based artist, songwriter, and producer Betty Moon is back, and this time, she’s got a six-track EP that moves between yearning,
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If any of you are familiar with The Vampire Diaries or Supernatural, I’m sure you will understand when I say that when I hit play on Occurrence’s Anniversary EP, it immediately made me think of the late-2000s to early 2010s dramas. Somehow, I am back in my room secretly trying to sneak in another episode
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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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Rock doesn’t always need volume to prove a point. Sometimes all it needs are fuzzy guitars, rough vocals, and a good story to picture a whole life behind every track. That’s exactly what Lyndo Jaco gives in his latest EP, “3”. Somewhere in Happy Valley, South Australia, Lyndo Jaco is busy making rock the old-fashioned
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Ghosts and Logic don’t exactly sound like they belong in the same sentence, yet for Eli Wise, this might just be the most accurate way to describe all the contradictions that come with the past and the present. There’s a lot of life packed into the nearly decade-long gap between Eli Wise’s earlier days as
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Picture this. Four different people, all standing in the same room, telling the same story, yet none of them sounded quite the same. At some point, it felt like that’s what happened in the studio with Energy Whores while they were making Invisible. Energy Whores is the brainchild of Carrie Schoenfeld with Attilio Valenti and
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Think: a quiet speakeasy that doesn’t get too crowded, or a dimly lit lounge in the middle of the day. You can hear the room around the music. You feel the atmosphere first, and logic comes second. It’s raw, punchy, and steady—this is how I describe Jimmy Codean’s latest release, 757. What starts off laid
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The best rock records rarely begin during a brainstorm. They begin with a simple thought: “Forget reinventing rock. Just play it like your life depends on it.” Somehow, that feels like the scenario that happened to Lior Golan’s MIDNIGHT TRAINS. Producer, composer, and guitarist Lior Golan met Gabriel Lefelman 15 years ago, and the two
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