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November 2025

“Somebody’s Always Doin’ Something 2 Somebody” Feels Like the Sound of Someone Who Still Believes Guitars Can Tell the Truth

At this point, it’s hard to tell whether Robert Allen, a.k.a. DownTown Mystic, is making rock music or conducting a long-running experiment to prove that sincerity never actually went out of style. His new track, “Somebody’s Always Doin’ Something 2 Somebody,” feels like the sound of someone who still believes guitars can tell the truth, […]

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“Don’t Fall” Is the Sound of a Band Refusing to Rush What Actually Matters

“Don’t Fall” is the sound of a band refusing to rush what actually matters. For a trio that only meets once or twice a month in Chesham, Loudness Wars sound like they’ve been trapped in a rehearsal room for decades, slowly distilling every idea until it becomes something sharp enough to leave a mark. Their

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Reconnection EP Is a Small, Four-Song EP That Feels Like Someone Coming Back to Life in Slow Motion

There’s something endearingly unpretentious about RECONNECTION EP. It’s not trying to reinvent music, save the industry, or make you tweet about how “raw” it is. It’s just a person; Charlie Freeman, aka FREE/MAN, quietly figuring things out in public. After years of silence, a cancelled 26-city China tour, and a pandemic-shaped pause, Freeman’s decided to

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On “Fumes,” HorthWorld Is an Artist Catching Fire in Real Time, Running on Heart, Hope, and Fittingly, Fumes

Every now and then, a song comes along that feels like it’s been sitting in the corner of your brain, waiting for someone to write it. HorthWorld’s latest single, “Fumes,” is that kind of track; a rush of adrenaline disguised as a love song, built for the moments when affection and exhaustion start to blur

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Trueclaw’s “The Ones Remembered” Carries Loss And Legacy

There’s something so symbolic and moving when artists explore themes of existence and humanity, creating a space between collective struggle, triumphs, and endurance. And that’s the exact feeling you’ll get from Trueclaw’s latest release “The Ones Remembered”. Hailing from Uppsala, Sweden, Trueclaw is back with another compelling track as a rising force in the music

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Until They Burn Me Don’t Sound Like Anyone Else on A Carnival of Reveries Because They Don’t Seem to Care Who They’re Supposed to Sound Like

 It’s rare these days to find an album that feels lived in. So much of modern rock is polished within an inch of its life; auto-tuned, compressed, and algorithmically optimized until every trace of humanity has been surgically removed. Until They Burn Me want absolutely nothing to do with that. Their new record, A Carnival

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Maybe Everyone Else Can Get to Thain’s Ill Levels on “Still Sick”

There’s something beautifully unhinged about Thain’s “Still Sick.” It’s the kind of track that sounds like it was written in a fever dream and recorded before the adrenaline had time to fade. From the first few seconds of hard-hitting and yet simple percussion right until a razor-sharp guitar riff tears through the mix; the kind

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