We are spoilt for choice when it comes to pop tunes about facing difficult times. They typically drop with an almighty chorus, a few sweeping orchestral arrangements and a suggestion that you’re probably best walking around on a mountaintop while you’re at it. On My Way by QUINTESSE featuring KARL JOSEF stops along the way
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There are albums that aim to sound autumnal, and then there’s an album that sounds like it was recorded somewhere behind an abandoned farmhouse while the trees were secretly plotting your demise. Hoxsey’s Harvest Moon Sessions is very much in the latter camp. Over 13 songs the album is a mixture of gothic folk, alt.
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Your brain is a lousy roommate. It never pays rent, eats all your snacks, and is remarkably adept at reminding you of that one thing you did in 2014 at the worst possible time… right when you’re trying to sleep. That internal babbling, meanwhile? That’s the core of Nellie Feldmann‘s latest project, When The World
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Some songs arrive dressed for the occasion. Walks on Water arrives barefoot, smelling faintly of incense, old books, midnight air and the kind of romantic trouble that probably requires several volumes of poetry to explain. Layla Kaylif’s second single from her forthcoming album is an unusually literary piece of pop: a sensual, atmospheric duet that
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Sweat hangs heavy in the humid night air when the first distortion pedal clicks open and everything in the room suddenly vibrates. On their explosive single Hold on, Cagayan de Oro quintet NOOZA channel pure ’90s grunge catharsis while breathing fresh life into modern alternative rock. Khalil sings with a throaty desperate sincerity that grabs
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When the brutal daily grind grinds your bones down to dust and your brain keeps spinning long after punching out of the clock, music becomes a sacred release valve. On Out of My Head, Filipino alt-rock powerhouse NOOZA harness that exact suffocating exhaustion and transform it into a massive tidal wave of distorted guitars and
Creeping in like a midnight fever dream Arizona singer KREGG strikes a surprisingly raw nerve on his single Away From Here as dark rhythmic verses give way to a towering wave of heavy melodic guitars. The song opens with an ominous acoustic bounce that almost feels like a nocturnal storytelling session and then slams into
Late night screen glare has a distinct temperature and 1oftheothers captures that exact unhinged nervous energy on his thrilling new single obsessed. The track kicks off with a brooding muffled electric guitar line and hushed confessions before detonating into a full blown wall of distorted guitars and walloping live drums. Mike Hawkins strips away every
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Guilt and exhaustion wash over the senses when chronic illness turns everyday existence into an uphill battle. On their ferocious new single Still Sick, independent hard rock act Revelation 23 turn that daily friction into an unyielding wall of distortion and emotional defiance. The track arrives alongside its companion piece Contagious as a bold account
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