September 2025

So, here’s the situation: MEMENTO MORI, the debut album from Esbjerg-based artist L¥AN, isn’t just an album. It’s the soundtrack to a Psychedelic Horror Book they also wrote. Yes, really. On paper, that sounds pretentious. In practice? It’s surprisingly compelling. Recorded in a small apartment on what sounds like the barest of setups, MEMENTO MORI […]

Chris Portka has named his record The Album Everyone Wants. Which is a bold move. Most people don’t want any album at all. Most people want, I don’t know, a sandwich, or functioning public transit. But Portka is nothing if not audacious, and it fits: this is the most collaborative, ambitious, and frankly bafflingly sincere

Some albums arrive with a quiet confidence, and some storm into the room, waving their arms, demanding you listen. Jordan’s The Tunnel + The Light somehow does both. It isn’t shouting, but it radiates urgency, like someone leaning across the table at 2 a.m. to tell you a story they have to get out, because

Monach’s debut album is a project born from the wreckage of toxic relationships and the long shadow of mental health struggles, the record is an act of catharsis that manages to balance the intimacy of confession with the visceral charge of punk energy. It’s not a fresh-faced “here we are” but a bruised, oddly triumphant

I’ll admit: I didn’t expect to still be thinking about Lauren Ash’s music a couple months (has It really been that long?) after she dropped her first rock singles. At the time, “Cool Story, Bro” and “Dumpster Fire” seemed like interesting tracks that I knew I had to keep tabs on. So when news came