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Across Its Ten Tracks, Avaraj’s The Crumble Isn’t Neat, nor Should It Be

Ian Ureta November 10, 2025 0

Protected: Industry Plant Is a Love Letter to Imperfection, to the Joy of Making Noise With Your Friends Until It Starts to Sound Like Something True

Ian Ureta November 9, 2025 0

Sleeping Fits Is an Album About Friction Between the Organic and the Artificial

Ian Ureta November 9, 2025 0

Bastion’s Wake “Go Tell the Bees” Is A Vessel Of Stories For Everyone Who Has Lived, Lost, and Returned

Ada May Sacil November 8, 2025 0

On Pertinax, Suris Are Out Here Writing Songs About Feeling Too Much

Ian Ureta November 7, 2025 0

Epic Scales Feels Refreshingly Tactile; Like It Was Built With Hands, Sweat, and Maybe a Bit of Divine Frustration

Ian Ureta November 6, 2025 0

okay(K) Presents: Modest Tyler Is an Experiment in Sincerity

Ian Ureta November 6, 2025 0

Ollie K’s The Mysterons Is a Time Capsule From the Future

Ian Ureta November 5, 2025 0

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

Ian Ureta November 1, 2025 0

Protected: Ultimately, Rare Brew Isn’t About Nostalgia So Much as Endurance

Ian Ureta October 31, 2025 0

Kill Me Kate’s Self-Titled Album Is Less a Debut Than a Document and More Proof That Art Can Outlast Distance, Bitterness, and Even Time

Ian Ureta October 30, 2025 0

On Underwater City, Florent Dares to Deliver a Body of Work That Demands Immersion

Ian Ureta October 26, 2025 0

Haus of Sound Is Here to Light the Fire on Campfire Stories

Ian Ureta October 4, 2025 0

Beauty of the Wisdom Is Not Reinventing Rock, but It Is Fun

Ian Ureta October 3, 2025 0

All in All, Gothic Aesthetic’s Tales of the Dark Forest Is Messy, Melodramatic, and Sometimes Absurd

Ian Ureta October 2, 2025 0

Love Ghost’s Gas Mask Wedding Is Cathartic, Uncomfortable, and Unforgettable

Ian Ureta September 30, 2025 0

Dee Dasher’s “Conscious Home” Feels Like A Space That Belongs To Everyone

Ada May Sacil September 28, 2025 0

“Fog” Is Bells Deep’s Take On A Fragmented World

Kate Clarice Lee September 27, 2025 0

Vincent Projects “Lumang Gitara” Introduces Kundiman with AI

Ervin Besana September 26, 2025 0

Memento Mori Comes Across Less Like a Polished Debut and More Like a Manifesto

Ian Ureta September 26, 2025 0

This Is in Fact the Album Everyone Wants: Messy, Collaborative, Equal Parts Heartfelt and Absurd

Ian Ureta September 26, 2025 0

Jordan Corey’s The Tunnel + The Light Is an Album for Liminal Spaces

Ian Ureta September 24, 2025 0

Monach’s A Light to Guide You Feels Both Meticulously Constructed and Bracingly Immediate, Which Is a Neat Trick to Pull Off for a Debut

Ian Ureta September 14, 2025 0

By the Time Call Me When You Get This Fades, You Don’t Just Walk Away Humming Choruses. You Walk Away Knowing Lauren Ash

Ian Ureta September 11, 2025 0

Freidrich$ Isn’t Hiding Behind Style on Wish; He’s Letting It Crash Into His Own Awkward Sincerity

Ian Ureta September 10, 2025 0

Mike Masser’s 5 Is Volatile, Cathartic, and Often Uncomfortable; That’s Why It Matters

Ian Ureta September 6, 2025 0

Circle the Dream Shows Nom de Plume Truly Comfortable With Restlessness Itself

Ian Ureta September 5, 2025 0

Nate G Cultivates on Me Myself I, a Self-Produced Dive Into Solitude, Self-Awareness, and the Unbearable Tightness of Being Alone With Your Own Thoughts for More Than Five Minutes

Ian Ureta September 5, 2025 0

LARJIMAR’s Metro Subterráneo Understands That Melancholy Doesn’t Have to Be Suffocating

Ian Ureta September 1, 2025 0

Codemachia’s “Gladius Æternus” Is Not Just A Concept, It’s A Vision

Ada May Sacil August 31, 2025 1

Baby T’s 40 isn’t a record built for a season; it’s built to last

Ian Ureta August 29, 2025 0

Shu Lee Made a Dare on Fusion of Colours

Ian Ureta August 27, 2025 0

Bank Statements by BobbyBullRun is motivational fuel wrapped in clean beats and sharper business bars

Ian Ureta August 27, 2025 0

There’s A Lot Unraveling In Alex Wellkers’ “reach the stars”

Kate Clarice Lee August 22, 2025 0

With Reborn, Amara Fe’s New Wave Crashes

Ian Ureta August 19, 2025 0

Here’s the Thing About When I Close My Eyes by Boy Grapes: It’s Contradictory, Messy, Abrasive, and Occasionally Exhausting

Ian Ureta August 18, 2025 0

Chikit’s Pretty Like a Devil Is an Album About Vulnerability and Bravado

Ian Ureta August 17, 2025 0

Michael Ess Offers A Little Bit Of Everything With “Where The Light Breaks”

Kate Clarice Lee August 16, 2025 0

The Shrub Layer Is a Record That’s Confident Enough to Be Exactly What It Is: Intricate, Unpredictable, and Slightly Damp

Ian Ureta August 9, 2025 0

Feel Intimacy in Motion with “2 Is Company” by Von LaRae

Ada May Sacil August 9, 2025 0

The Earth & All Within Isn’t Interested in Being Subtle

Ian Ureta August 9, 2025 0

“Jazz For Gen X” by The Revenge Society is Not Just an Album, It’s a Sonic Archive that Bites Back

Ada May Sacil August 7, 2025 0

Staying Up Late With Black Astronaut Records’ “The Walrus, The Ninja, and The Gypsy From Sydney”

Kate Clarice Lee August 6, 2025 0

On Permanent Solution for a Temporary Problem, Sjelløs Has Crafted a World Where the Glitches Are the Message and the Buffering Is the Feeling

Ian Ureta August 4, 2025 0

What Dahlia’s Syco-Femia Shows Us Isn’t the Future of Music. It’s the Reality We Already Live In: Where Emotion Is Content, Heartbreak Is a Branding Strategy, and Pain Is Just Another Preset

Ian Ureta August 2, 2025 2

You Don’t Listen to God of the Dead by Rosetta West So Much as Navigate It

Ian Ureta July 30, 2025 0

a_shes Creates An Immersive Space About Growing Up With “young adult fiction”

Kate Clarice Lee July 25, 2025 0

Bloomfield Machine’s Copium isn’t about escape or reinvention; it’s about survival

Ian Ureta July 25, 2025 0

BRAINMAZE isn’t just an album; it’s a document of someone refusing to give up, even when it’d probably be easier to shut down and disappear.

Ian Ureta July 21, 2025 0

Breathing Under Water by Start Forward is a quiet rebuttal to the idea that everything needs to be fast, shiny, or viral to be worthwhile

Ian Ureta July 16, 2025 0

Stupid Sexy Paulo by Paulo and the Problems doesn’t arrive. Rather, it materializes

Ian Ureta July 11, 2025 0

Activation by The Shields. is the sound of someone picking up the pieces, not to make a mosaic, but just to hold them for a while

Ian Ureta July 5, 2025 0

Blunt Blade makes the bold choice to slow things down and ask for something deeper on Forgiveness

Ian Ureta July 1, 2025 0

Sunrise Sunset by Ben Sinclair isn’t pitching this album as the second coming of indie

Ian Ureta June 25, 2025 0

Mystery of the Self by Brother Barnaby is that rare debut that doesn’t just gesture toward potential; it quietly fulfills it

Ian Ureta June 24, 2025 0

Ehson Hashemian’s Believe is emotionally devastating in a way that’s somehow also motivating

Ian Ureta June 22, 2025 0

We Make Fire, They Make Smoke by Maverick Smith isn’t just worth a listen; it demands one

Ian Ureta June 19, 2025 0

The Flashpot Moments’ “sillygoose” Has Your New Favorite Songs

Kate Clarice Lee June 18, 2025 0

On The Edge by Heisenberg is a bold, no-holds-barred statement from five artists making music that hits hard and doesn’t let go

Ian Ureta June 16, 2025 0

Shara Strand’s Love Forever Is a Pop Album About the Most Radical Idea in the World: Loving Without Irony

Ian Ureta June 14, 2025 0

“Gravity Sessions” Are Handpicked Favorites by Rosetta West

Kate Clarice Lee June 10, 2025 0

Chili Island by Chili Guys is a sun-drenched, feel-good album from a talented crew who just want you to smile, dance, and maybe call your dad

Ian Ureta June 9, 2025 0

IN ALL MY NIGHTMARES I AM ALONE by Post Death Soundtrack reminds me that music doesn’t have to be tidy or catchy or algorithm-friendly

Ian Ureta June 8, 2025 0

Velvet Coffin by Neverlyn isn’t here to fix anything. It’s here to validate the mess

Ian Ureta June 7, 2025 0

Preternatural Dreams by Matthew Shadley Band is just craftsmanship and conviction and a healthy respect for the listener’s intelligence

Ian Ureta June 7, 2025 0

Golden Fields of Sheffield by Leeds will give you all the space to love, remember, and dream

Ada May Sacil June 5, 2025 0

Emerge victorious with Brandon Mitchell’s newest inspiring album Gametime

Ada May Sacil June 4, 2025 0

Blueprint Tokyo’s Neon Circuits and the Mission of Hope is a well-crafted collection for the resilient and the hopeful

Ada May Sacil June 1, 2025 0

Attack of the Clout Chasers by Zach Tabori is like if someone made an elaborate pie chart about how everything is terrible, but did it in crayon, while on fire, and then turned it into a musical

Ian Ureta May 31, 2025 0

GUS SEVENTY SEVEN’s NINE PATHS IN ONE DIRECTION is a grunge rock album you didn’t know you needed

Ada May Sacil May 27, 2025 0

Beautiful Lies by Eric Sleeper is a grunge-laced therapy session for the hopelessly disappointed

Ian Ureta May 23, 2025 0

Manu Chevalier’s “Planet Groove from Marseille” Is A Disco Must-Have

Kate Clarice Lee May 21, 2025 0

Butterfly by Starchild is offering something most albums are too scared to: sincerity

Ian Ureta May 17, 2025 0

MUSIC FOR MY FRIENDS by Geoff Westen dares to be fun, melodic, dramatic, and genuine

Ian Ureta May 14, 2025 0

Gus Defelice actually understands what makes the world-ending feel like something, and The Sound of Inevitability soundtracks that well

Ian Ureta May 4, 2025 0

MTVKID is a messy, beautiful scream into the void. Play it loud

Ian Ureta April 30, 2025 0

Canary Complex’ Album “A Whisper of Spring” Radiates Elegance

Kate Clarice Lee April 27, 2025 0

Paul Cogley’s The Silent Sea is less “an album” and more “a meticulously crafted emotional gut-punch”

Ian Ureta April 27, 2025 0

Pourquoi? C’est L’Amour by La Need Machine understands the assignment

Ian Ureta April 27, 2025 0

Don’t Give Everything by Holy Dose is leading the charge, and you’ll get left behind if you don’t keep up

Ian Ureta April 27, 2025 0

There’s a Certain Kind of Bravery in Writing a Song Like “Fly Away”

Ian Ureta November 8, 2025 0

Emerge With A Strength That’s Earned And Lived With “Wasteland Whispers” by Pentrilox

Ada May Sacil November 6, 2025 0

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

Ian Ureta November 4, 2025 0

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

Ian Ureta November 4, 2025 0

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

Ian Ureta November 2, 2025 0

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

Ada May Sacil November 1, 2025 0

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

Ian Ureta November 1, 2025 0

“Ruckus” by SHY.COMFY.DENSE. Hits Hard Without Gimmicks And Ego

Ada May Sacil October 31, 2025 0

Rooftop Screamers’ “Forsaken” Is A Foreboding Doom In Grit and Distortion

Ada May Sacil October 30, 2025 0

Love Isn’t A Fleeting Moment in TaniA Kyllikki’s “I Promise I’ll Wait For You”

Ada May Sacil October 24, 2025 0

Micki XO’s “Power Outage” Hums Like It’s Running on the Last Bit of Battery Life but Refusing to Shut Down

Ian Ureta October 19, 2025 0

Transgalactica’s Track, “The Great Escape: Famine,” Is the Alternative That We Need

Ervin Besana October 16, 2025 0

For All Its Screaming, Distortion, and Collected Chaos, More Than It Leaves You With Is Not an EP About Despair; It’s About What’s Left After It

November 9, 2025

The Sad Season Bring Back the Raw Heart of Rock on “It’s All Too Loud in Here”

November 8, 2025

“Live at the George Tavern”: A Reminder That the Most Exciting Thing About Music Is When It’s Happening Right Now

November 8, 2025

Future Magic and Voxx Use Electronic Sound Not as Armor but as Exposure on Collisions

November 8, 2025

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

November 2, 2025

WAIN’s Still Colorful Isn’t the Sound of an Artist Finding His Voice; It’s the Sound of One Trusting It

October 20, 2025