Album Review

Cover albums are always weird little artifacts. They’re not quite nostalgia, not quite reinvention, but something awkwardly in between, like borrowing someone else’s clothes and hoping people compliment you on your taste. Weezer’s infamous Teal Album proved that if you lean hard enough into karaoke-level sincerity, you can make an entire generation simultaneously roll their […]

Listening to Gothic Aesthetic’s debut Tales of the Dark Forest is like being handed a script to a play you didn’t know you’d been cast in. Every track feels like stage directions written in eyeliner; every riff is a velvet curtain being yanked open by someone who definitely owns a candelabra. It is gothic metal

Every once in a while, a band comes along that doesn’t just write songs; they build confessionals and then dare you to step inside. Love Ghost’s Gas Mask Wedding is one of those albums. It’s raw, often chaotic, occasionally melodramatic, but in a way that feels earned rather than indulgent. The whole thing reads like

You’ll always know when an artist isn’t fixated on the idea of polish and perfection from the way their music resonates. Dee Dasher‘s Conscious Home belongs to those rare cuts, and if you’re the type who loves their music raw, genuine, and honest, then you’re in for a treat. Jim Thorpe-based artist Dee Dasher is

Jumping right into this record, this one’s perfect for those who criticize, those who mourn global systems, or for those who just enjoy indie music in general. “Fog” is a collection of niche-sounding songs that you could tie up with the world today, deeming it a poetic, real, and unfiltered album. If there’s one thing

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