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 […]
If Still Colorful were a painting, it wouldn’t hang politely in a gallery; it’d spill off the canvas, pooling on the floor, too vibrant and too curious to stay contained. WAIN’s latest EP sounds like that: equal parts cinematic scope and bedroom intimacy, a record that glows with emotion but never overplays it. The Portland-born
Sometimes, music hits harder when it has no pretense, no disguise, bonus if it’s not afraid to fill the room with stories without uttering a single word. Ratyński’s “Surprise Stopover” does exactly that, and it’s less like an EP but more of threads weaved together with nothing but strings and silence in mind. Surprise Stopover
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There’s a certain type of folk record that feels less like an album and more like someone cornered you at a bar and started telling you about their week with a battered acoustic guitar as punctuation. Dan Rose’s To The Bitter End falls squarely into that category, and I mean that in the best way
Here’s the thing about sophomore releases: most of the time, they’re either a desperate attempt to copy what worked the first time or a wild overcorrection that makes you wonder if the band resents you for liking their debut. Loser Demon’s EP2 does neither. Instead, it feels like a band realizing they can actually stretch,
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In a world where lyricism and arrangement intertwine with simplicity, the universe gave us the EP Just Silence from Freiburg, Germany’s very own, Barbonus. Join me as I lay out this EP’s beauty and why it’s a gift from Barbonus to you. The synth riff throughout the first track, “Just Silence,” created this sci-fi video
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The moment Sarina enters the stage, expect an extraordinary, striking performance that deserves to make headlines. And with her latest project The Fool, you’ll get a curation of tracks that is less like an EP and more of an unapologetic statement with no filter, no restraint. Tokyo alt-rock/pop-punk artist Sarina is back with The Fool,
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When Hayley Williams first put together what would eventually become Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, it wasn’t really an “album” in the usual sense (or at least not yet). It was a jumble of ideas, fragments, moods; all these little pieces that didn’t add up to a polished, radio-ready sequence. Instead, it asked you
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Forget the demo-like, DIY edge because Lloyd’s Money has officially stepped out of the basement to make a statement after wrestling with their sound. And what you’ll get isn’t just pop, or surf, or rock, but all three in their six-part EP, The Dawn. Hailing from the shores of Halifax, Lloyd’s Money delivers their professional
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If you’ve ever missed the times when music used to be fun, carefree, and simply present, The New Citizen Kane brings that spirit back with a nostalgic, dance hall-ready EP CAUSING A COMMOTION. Kane Luke, known as The New Citizen Kane, is a singer-songwriter, producer, and visual artist from England. His works not only reflect
