Don’t you just miss it when songs don’t try to be overly complex? Like when it allows you to just hit play, catch a feeling, and let yourself get carried away with whatever impulsive decision it’s suggesting? For some reason, Drea Dominique’s Roll gets it so well. Her path to indie R&B has taken a
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Let’s be honest. There are a lot of songs that have been written about being a mighty man. But for some reason, only a few wear bravado quite like Brian Asha’s Mighty Man. The best part? He made it sound so damn good you’ll start moving to the beat before you can even question the
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Bobby Pickett’s spooky 1962 classic Monster Mash is a sure sign to bring out the carved pumpkins, drape those cobwebs, and let the Halloween season begin. It has become a staple, bringing a familiar dose of spooky fun whenever October rolls around. For Sheldon Mashugana, this is such a perfect excuse to revisit the classic
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Covering a classic sounds easy until you remember everyone’s already heard it before. That’s what makes it a double-edged sword: listeners may love the familiarity, but comparisons to previous versions are almost inevitable. Yet Stephani Ezatoff’s take on Elvis Presley’s “Run On” has a way of pulling you out of those comparisons. Stephani Ezatoff is
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There’s something beautifully compelling about making a song out of every reason people gave you to quit. You just answer them with a quiet, stubborn, “no looking back.” The studio must have been full of the kind of energy that makes you believe anything is possible with QUINTESSE feat. KARL JOSEF’s latest release, On my
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There’s something so compelling about Plain Drifter’s latest release, Cracks in the Mirror. It sounds good, obviously. The guitars bite, the melodies know exactly how to make you stay. But underneath all that is something that is harder to fake: vulnerability. The kind of vulnerability that a lot of rock records seem to have forgotten
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When the velvet breeze of Dubai night air meets the nostalgic warmth of classic Manila romance Jesse Posis finds his sweet spot on Ako at Ikaw Magpakailanman. This artist feels like pulling listeners into an intimate twilight setting filled with delicate nylon-string acoustic strums and swinging percussion. The track glides along a smooth rhythm reminiscent
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You just gotta love it when an artist doesn’t pretend the mess around them isn’t real. They throw it onto the table and say, “Yeah, let’s talk about it.” Trey Bruce’s All Americans sounds exactly like that, no sugarcoating needed. Three decades of writing songs probably explains why Bruce knows exactly what he wants to
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Everyone can talk about burnout and urban anxiety. Yet somehow, only a few make space for the idea that you don’t have to figure it all out just yet. That’s the kind of comfort you’ll find in fernvie’s newest single, Dito Muna Tayo sa Pagitan. It feels exceptionally fitting for the Manila-based band fernvie to
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Some nights call for fogged-up windows, warm skin, a little reassurance, and a song as catchy and intoxicating as GlowDriver’s latest release, Tell Me. A repeated “tell me baby” could easily go wrong, but somehow, GlowDriver makes it work. What could feel excessive instead becomes a hook, a pulse, and a little spell through contemporary
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