EP Review

Have you ever put on an album and suddenly felt like you were the main character in a slow-burning indie film about loneliness? That’s Breakfast, the latest EP from Hong Kong-based Besides. It doesn’t just play in the background; it seeps into the room, filling every quiet space with the kind of melancholy that makes […]

Ted Eckhardt has been at this music thing for a while, but with Mind at Ease, his solo project Peacock Coyote finally arrives like a well-worn leather jacket; timeless, effortlessly cool, and vaguely smelling of nostalgia. If you like The War on Drugs, heartland rock, or just the idea of staring meaningfully out of a

So, have you ever listened to a project that makes you want to run through a brick wall, but in a really energetic and yet cool way? That’s exactly what I PLEAD INSANITY does. unpolished* on their debut EP give us a six-track riot grrrl-infused adrenaline shot straight to the face, except the syringe is

There’s something about Marcus: The Apex Predator!’s EP that’s nostalgic, maybe how their guitars sound, or how they play their tunes overall, but they still manage to capture the fun vibe of indie rock throughout all five tracks of “Newborn Fossil”. If you catch the drift, there’s nothing better than instantly getting greeted by the

Emphasizing on grace and melodic structures, Pawel Ratynski lets the music speak for itself, for himself, and for everyone else. As a matter of fact, he claims that the role of music “builds our image of the world in a more universal and lasting way than words”. Let’s face it, every score is not like

Ungoliath embodies an incredible storyteller-esque aura within all four tracks of their EP “The Fourfold Descent”. It takes listeners on a journey, the undeniable feeling of being taken on a journey to the band’s world of emotions and perspective evident. Just from the titles themselves, one would see how poetic this whole record is; it

Let’s talk about The Journey, the latest album from Transcending Into the Unknown. They’re a band that sounds like they crawled out of a haunted roadhouse, had their guitars tuned under a blood-red moon and then decided to absolutely shred. This thing is six tracks of pure, cinematic rock ‘n’ roll doom swagger, the kind

You may be wondering, a glimpse of what, exactly? The7thGatekeeper released a cover EP consisting of seven tracks, and by listening to each and every one of them, you would get what I mean. Imagine taking something great to a park yet re-routing to go to the beach instead. It all starts with John Denver’s

Album photos by Steve Pyke In a world where genre lines blur more than ever, The Game of They doesn’t just walk the tightrope between styles—it frankly dances across it with confidence and a swagger over its step. Across six tracks, Naylor Stone’s The Game of They serves as both an introduction and an exploration

You know that funny feeling when you’re staring out the window of a moving car at night, city lights blurring past, contemplating every decision you’ve ever made while the perfect soundtrack plays in your head? It’s here on IS THIS WHAT I SEE?, the new synthpop EP from independent artist Myah, who has apparently decided