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Annika Bellamy Spins a Daydream of Sunshine Drenched Romantic Escapism on “That’s What I’m Thinking”

Annika Bellamy’s “That’s What I’m Thinking” isn’t much more than an audible day-dream, with the notable distinction being that Bellamy makes it sound like the best damn thing on earth. It takes a profoundly mundane experience -being unable to stop thinking of somebody- and essentially asks: “What if we just go with it?” The answer is […]

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Stray Kids’ Lee Know Donates ₱4 Million to Help Nepal Flood Victims

Stray Kids member Lee Know is using his success to help people facing one of Nepal’s worst natural disasters. The K-pop star donated 100 million Korean won, roughly $72,000 or around ₱4 million, to World Vision for emergency relief efforts following the devastating floods in Nepal. The donation was made on August 28 and was

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One Empty Toybox Makes Cyberstalking Weirdly Catchy on “Cyberstalking”

“Cyberstalking” is, objectively, a pretty terrible thing to experience. One Empty Toybox has nevertheless decided that the appropriate response is to make a song about it that sounds like it might be having an unusually good time and, weirdly enough, it works. The band’s “Cyberstalking” takes a subject that could very easily become a miserable,

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Segrëgates’ “No Rhyme or Reason” Is More About Attitude Than Algorithm

Modern-day rock ’n’ roll could use a little more attitude and a lot less pretending. Thankfully, there are bands that are more than willing to say it out loud, and Segrëgates does exactly that on their latest release, No Rhyme or Reason. Segrëgates formed around 2010 with Motorhead serving as a major influence, and they’re

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Floyds Row’s The Carlisle Sessions Finds New Life in Old Folk Songs

Floyds Row’s The Carlisle Sessions is a five-track EP that digs through old folk material and gives it a fresh coat of paint without pretending the past needs to be perfectly recreated. The group, formed out of collaborations at the University of Oxford, approaches traditional music less like a museum exhibit and more like a

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IamSnap’s “Last Round” Turns Inner Turmoil Into a Fight Song

Australian hip hop artist IamSnap takes a deeply personal experience of anguish and wrests it into an unexpectedly encouraging affirmation on “Last Round,” a single that personifies depression and anxiety not as the abstract conditions they are but as a force that needs to be wrestled with. The immediate creation of tension begins in its

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“FREDDY” by EllyMarD Is a Punk Rock Love Song to A Nightmare on Elm Street

When it comes to horror fans, there are two types of people: people who hear the name Freddy and immediately think of a large brown animatronic bear who may or may not be housing children’s bodies and/or souls inside them and people who hear it and instinctively check whether they’re dreaming. EllyMarD is very clearly

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Magenta Ray Turns Rom Com Chemistry Into Dark and Cinematic Rock

Magenta Ray turns rom-com chemistry into dark and cinematic rock on their latest track “A Kiss Like This” and they aren’t exactly going the quiet, tender approach. Instead, Magenta Ray ups the stakes of the classic crush by exploding their familiar blend of lush indie riffs, expansive guitar landscapes, ethereal vocals, and darkwave undertones into

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