Eric Schroeder has apparently decided that subtlety is for cowards. Cat’s Game is what happens when a musician who’s spent years carefully crafting harmonic introspection finally looks around, shrugs, and mutters “screw it” before plugging in everything he owns and turning it all the way up. The result? A lean; loud; emotionally wrecked album that […]
Through solid basslines, slinky riffs, and defining beats, this album fully encapsulates the experiences and struggles of one that may be applicable to many. “Slow Progress” consists of twelve tracks, each of which tells a story within a similar path. It embodies the sound of alternative hip-hop, with rap that leaves no detail behind. It
You know when an album doesn’t just play, it sort of… arrives? Like someone gently kicking in the door to your emotional stability and saying, “Hi. Here’s my heart. Please look after it, it’s been through some things.” That’s All at Sea by daidrum. This isn’t just prog rock; it’s prog rock for people who
On February 21st, 2025, Dashed to Shivers, a band that sounds like they were formed when four Romantic poets were cursed to wander the Münsterland countryside until they learned power chords, released Undertow, their second full-length album. It also marks the debut of their new frontman, Sebastian Kavermann, whose voice is less “lead singer” and
By all conventional metrics: structure, genre cohesion, basic artistic restraint, Culinary Vendetta by Rubbish Party should not work. It is a deeply unserious concept delivered with unnerving sincerity. It is emotionally volatile music wrapped in what can only be described as an aesthetic best understood by those who’ve felt nostalgic grief over a dead Flash
TORRANCE’s debut studio album, Galaxy of Punks, isn’t content with being just a collection of songs. No, it’s a hyperactive, genre-smashing rollercoaster that grabs you by the face and demands you have a good time. It’s pop, it’s rock, it’s dance; it’s everything, all at once, and somehow, it works. TORRANCE himself is a full-on
Having a very early start in the world of music during his childhood in Australia, Ivan Bullock, the man behind the titles of Mystral Tide and Minorarc, embraced the field with open arms up until moving to Japan. Surrounded by music and creativity for most of his life, he expertized piano, experimenting with that very
Industrial-meets-alternative rock band Dozenz is back, and this time they’ve decided to smash alternative rock and electronic music together in a way that absolutely should not work—but somehow does. Their latest album is a ridiculous blend of raw emotion, industrial crunch, and sweeping cinematic nonsense, all wrapped up in a dark, moody aesthetic that somehow
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Have you ever heard an album so delicate, so beautifully constructed, that it makes you feel like you should apologize to it for existing in its presence? That’s Beloved by David Schaefer. This is an album so soft and introspective it feels less like a collection of songs and more like the ghost of an
It’s impossible to be able to define this record as one genre, one concept; it consists of tones found in one type of music, as well as beats and paces found in a completely different one. “If Seven Was a Number” sparks curiosity right from reading the album title alone. It’s a matter of journeying
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