There’s a certain audacity in writing a song about a schizophrenic patient breaking out of a mental facility, stumbling into a circus, and watching lions eat clowns. On paper, that sounds like the kind of pitch you’d get from someone cornering you outside a record shop in the ‘90s; wild, messy, and maybe brilliant, maybe […]
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There’s a special kind of boldness in titling your record Grace First. It’s the sort of name that sounds like it should be stitched on a motivational pillow, but in practice becomes this sharp thesis statement: whatever else happens, whatever braggadocio or flexing or chaos exists in the record, it’s grounded in the simple idea
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There’s an epidemic of sad songs that lacks real depth. And when it falls flat on substance, you’d know they value it as aesthetic than vulnerability. Edie Yvonne refuses to be a part of that with Look Me In The Eye. Edie Yvonne is a 16-year-old LA-based singer-songwriter. With the release of Look Me In
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Don’t expect something formulaic and half-baked because ninemansion got it all from style to substance. With Jennifer’s Body, he delivers a futuristic yet emotionally raw sound that’s not just your average hip-hop track. Virginia-based recording artist ninemansion began as a producer in 2020, diving into rapping in 2023. Known for his seamless blend of emo-plugg,
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The trouble with a lot of modern pop is that it feels designed by committee; engineered for playlists, calibrated for TikTok, as if the only goal of a song is to survive fifteen seconds before being swallowed by the algorithm. That’s why when a song like Ooberfuse’s “Better Than Gold” comes along, it feels a
There’s something inherently funny about naming your album summrWondr. It looks like someone took out all the vowels because they were too expensive, but what you get in return is an accidental mission statement: no excess, no fluff, just the essentials. And that’s what this record feels like; an album stripped down to memory, sample
“Sweet Foxhound” is wired on shoegaze, tone consistency, and a coherent relationship between the bassline and the drums. It’s weirdly endearing and nostalgic, the way this song accurately captures a side of alternative and indie that we rarely come by these days. Be prepared to jam or zone out to five minutes of fun. The
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In 2025, it’s rare to hear a hip-hop record that feels like a record. Most “albums” now arrive as Spotify fodder: trend-chasing playlists designed by committee, padded with features from whichever TikTok darling has clout this quarter. John Keenan’s Wreckage of the Past, though, doesn’t play that game. It’s 18 tracks, entirely self-produced, with no
Here’s the thing about albums called Dream Odyssey: you expect them to be either unbearably pretentious concept records with hour-long synth drones and a booklet of poetry stapled to the sleeve, or a perfectly fine indie project about “journeys” and “growth” where the word odyssey is doing some fairly heavy lifting. Carpe Diem, a duo
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The thing about songs with titles like “Liberal Anthem” is that you expect them to be bad, or at least unbearably smug, the sort of thing a think-tank would use in a promo video where some smiling intern types “equity” into a whiteboard and everyone claps politely. And yet, against all odds, Polish duo Transgalactica