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Every “Is Rock Dead?” article since 2004 has been wrong about people still making plenty of rock music, and Tides Will Turn‘s debut album is a wonderful example of this fact. But what is truly surprisingly rare, even now, is an album from an actual band that seems genuinely invested in the prospect of making

Let’s be real: there’s something inherently funny about comeback narratives in indie music because they almost always get framed like the artist spent years meditating alone on a mountain before descending with ancient wisdom carved into stone tablets. In reality, most of the time it’s just someone going through a catastrophic emotional spiral while staring

Nowadays, it’s rare to find an album that feels sonically complete from the sound, the lyrics, and the overall atmosphere. But The Tacet Mode arrives with Not How You Color, fully realized and strikingly cohesive from start to finish— and for a debut? That says a lot. The Tacet Mode is the brainchild of Morristown-based

Most concept albums about nuclear annihilation fail for the exact same reason most apocalypse films fail: they secretly think the apocalypse is cool. Not morally cool, obviously. Nobody making these things is sitting there twirling their moustache whispering “yes… nuclear winter… excellent.” But aesthetically? Absolutely. There’s usually this underlying excitement to it all. Giant explosions,

Let’s talk about albums that aren’t made for blasting, big speakers. Sometimes, all you need is to sit in your room, plug your earphones, and listen to something like Connie Lansberg’s newest album, Aeroplane. Not for fun, not for vibes, but definitely for meaning. Melbourne-based jazz vocalist and songwriter Connie Lansberg is back with a