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With Go Tell the Bees, Bastion’s Wake Doesn’t Just Level Up; They Arrive

Album Review, International, New Music

On my last deep-dive on Bastion’s Wake, you’ll remember his central argument: that the band’s debut showed a lot of potential. It was a blueprint, a proof-of-concept; the sound of musicians circling the perimeter of something bigger, stranger, and more emotionally ambitious than their own early confidence could fully articulate. Go Tell the Bees, their […]

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Love It All Has Become Something Larger Than Its Components: A Person

Album Review, International, New Music

Bailey Grey enters the indie arena with Love It All, a 15-track debut that behaves less like an introduction and more like someone finally deciding to live with the lights on. It’s a near-hour of emotional overabundance; the kind of debut that refuses to politely occupy a corner of your listening queue and instead sprawls

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GISKE’s “The Sound of Birdsong” Is A Hypnotic Folk-Pop Done Right

International, New Music, Track Review

Few records leave you with a feeling you can’t name, even when it was never yours in the first place. GISKE’s “The Sound of Birdsong” linger like that, pulling you into a space between midnight and sunrise. It’s quiet but never hollow, melancholic yet never drowning, it’s the sound of folk-pop done right. GISKE is

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Across Six Songs, Weiss Pokes at the Weird, Tender Machinery of Adulthood

EP Review, International, New Music

There’s something refreshingly unpretentious about Shani Weiss’s All About Life. It’s not trying to reinvent folk-rock or redefine singer-songwriter introspection. Instead, it’s quietly confident; the sound of an artist who knows that small truths hit harder than grand statements when they’re sung with sincerity. Across six songs, Weiss pokes at the weird, tender machinery of

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“Flowers” by Dirt Preachers Union and Joey Harris Is Uniquely Beautiful

International, New Music, Track Review

As a musician, covering songs is second to none, but what if that song came from a legend? Yes, you’ve read that right. Dirt Preachers Union and Joey Harris covered a song from the late Paul Kamanski. Join me as I discuss why ‘Flowers’ is now their original track. ‘Flowers’ started with this draggy-sounding feeling

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JulianTheGirl Unleashes Creative Vision In A Genre-Bending Collection “Tales From The Modem”

EP Review, International, New Music

You just gotta love it when artists aren’t afraid to explore, when their sound isn’t boxed and genuinely feels alive. JulianTheGirl’s “Tales From The Modem” is that kind of record: not built from trends or some formulaic pursuit of what is in but from genuine artistry and instinct. An artist knows how to open an

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“Forsaken” Is the Kind of Song That Sounds Like It Was Built in a Thunderstorm

International, New Music, Track Review

Here’s the thing about “Forsaken”: it’s not content to just exist as another riff-heavy alt-rock track. It feels like it’s arguing with itself; a slow-motion collapse disguised as a song. Rooftop Screamers, the ongoing project of Portland veteran Mike Collins, has always been a space for collaboration, but here, with Stephen McSwain on vocals, Collins

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Melt Into Bren.d.o and Kendra Chanae’s Neon Lit “Electric Love Affair”

International, New Music, Track Review

Picture this. It’s 2 AM and you’re with the love of your life. The city lights are starting to succumb into the night as the world starts to slow down. It’s the kind of moment that calls for a soulful, sultry sound to match the vibe. That’s where Kendra Chanae and Bren.d.o’s “Electric Love Affair”

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Abyss16’s “The Other CAR” Is Hip-Hop With Pride, Culture, And Bars

International, New Music, Track Review

A hip-hop track so good it feels like a street poster with graffiti fonts and vibrant colors made to be plastered on every corner of the city? That’s the exact energy Abyss16‘s “The Other CAR” gives, where pride, culture, and bars is present in every beat. Hailing from Oxnard, United States, Abyss16 steps on the

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“Wasteland Whispers” Is Quiet, Deliberate, and Utterly Disarming in Its Refusal to Dress Pain Up as Spectacle

International, New Music, Track Review

Every so often, a song comes along that doesn’t try to overwhelm you. It just sits beside you, patiently, until you realize it’s been saying something important the whole time. “Wasteland Whispers,” the new track from Indianapolis alt-rock outfit Pentrilox, is one of those songs. It’s not a cry into the void so much as

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