You can’t call it pop music if it doesn’t play between chaos and sleek hooks. And there are rare cuts like Eylsia Nicolas’ “A Beautiful Mess” thriving in that duality, the kind that will leave you aching and glistening at the same time. Eylsia Nicolas is an American singer-songwriter of Irish and Filipino heritage. From […]
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Dee Dasher’s Conscious Home is an album that’s simultaneously grounded in her Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania roots and ambitious enough to flirt with big legacy energy. Let’s get one thing out of the way: Dee Dasher’s voice. If Stevie Nicks ever wandered into the 21st century folk-pop landscape, clutching a ukulele instead of a tambourine, she
Every once in a while, a love song sneaks up on you, not because it’s saying anything particularly groundbreaking, but because it’s delivered with such brutal sincerity that you’re forced to sit down and reckon with it. Enter Cydan’s “falling 4 u,” a track that feels less like a song and more like the emotional
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Heartbreaks doesn’t always need to be disguised in raging percussion hits and overly-dramatic lyrics to be relatable. Michellar’s latest single Never Say Sorry takes a soft, quieter road to prove it still hurts—even more when it’s delivered in a soul-stirring voice. Commemorating their one-year milestone in the music scene, Michellar is back with another evocative,
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So, Meena put out an album called Different Now. And honestly? It is. Different, that is. It’s one of those records that refuses to sit down politely and say, “Here’s a genre you can file me under.” Instead, it leaps across shoegaze, trip-hop, electronics, and whatever other moods happen to pass through the studio, then
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Breakup songs are a dime a dozen. Half of Spotify’s indie playlists are padded with them, and most sound like someone opened GarageBand, whispered into a USB mic, and called it “vulnerable.” But “terminal”, the new single from Ottawa duo Wotts, does something different. It doesn’t cry at you. It doesn’t romanticize collapse. Instead, it
There’s a certain type of rapper who spends years buffing their sound until it’s as glossy and frictionless as a Spotify playlist made for dental offices. BruceBan$hee is not that rapper. His new EP, 4th Wall, is what happens when you take the polite façade of modern alt-rap, set it on fire, and then throw
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Chris Portka truly understands what makes music great and timeless. You won’t get anything half-baked, or a contrived attempt to be familiar. The Album Everyone Wants is true to its name, not because it’s anchored in mainstream trends but because it’s completely its own, honest and intentional. The Album Everyone Wants is Chris Portka’s most
I can pretty much sum up what it means to be an artist today, but instead of writing thousands and thousands of words, I’ll let Jordan Corey’s newest album, “the tunnel + the light” show you. The wah guitar riff throughout the first track, “Friend Like Me,” fits the overall vibe of the track. If
Once in a while, there are songs that emerge like it has clawed its way out from centuries just to tell history. Transgalactica’s Joyce Of The Market belongs to those few cuts, the kind that isn’t just for entertainment nor for a simple nostalgia. It’s not hard to see why Joyce Of The Market is
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