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One Empty Toybox Makes Cyberstalking Weirdly Catchy on “Cyberstalking”

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“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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Miss Verona Turns Toxic Attraction Into Dance Pop Fun With “Bad for My Reputation”

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Let’s be honest: there’s something knowingly fun about something that admits you’re about to make a bad decision and then sets out to make that decision sound absolutely irresistible. Miss Verona’s “Bad For My Reputation” fully commits to that contradiction, morphing betrayal, temptation and otherwise unadvised romantic entanglements into a glossy, dance-driven pop record. The

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

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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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BLØSMM’s “Poser” Turns Being Called a Poser Into a Battle Cry

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There’s something wonderfully stupid about the insult “poser” when you really think about it. It is basically someone saying “You are pretending to be the thing you want to become” as though everyone who has ever tried to reinvent themselves simply woke up one morning already finished. BLØSMM’s “Poser” takes that accusation and turns it

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Frozenroom Ignite Arena-Sized Metal Core Fire on Triumphant New Single

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Picture standing at the edge of a dark highway while FROZENROOM fires up their latest single “The Fire” with a crushing riff that shakes your chest cavity. The guitars hit like heavy machinery and the opening sequence pulls no punches as it builds an arena-sized momentum. You can hear decades of Alternative Metal heritage humming under the

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Spoony B’s “99 Apples” Makes the Beautiful Mess of Spoony B Its Priority

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Some rappers take ages to curate an image, and then there is Spoony-B, whose response to all this artistic branding, to me, seems to have been-well, what if I just sound like a public safety risk? And yes, that is part of the enjoyment. The South Philly rapper (born Brandon Baich) is an artist who

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G Sharp BIG 40’s “Salt” Turns a Fentanyl Warning Into Raw Hip Hop Rock

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There are songs that want to make you feel good, songs that want to make you dance, and songs that apparently looked at the fentanyl crisis and went, “Right, we’re going to need guitars for this.” That is “Salt,” the single from Washington, D.C. artist G Sharp BIG 40. Inspired by a news story about

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THROES NYC’s “The Wires Out” Is Made for Nights When You Feel a Little Reckless

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You just got to love it when EPs are named exactly like how it sounds. THROES NYC’s The Wires Out is pretty much that—everything is exposed, buzzing, sparking, and maybe one bad decision away from catching fire. THROES NYC is the brainchild of Queens, NY natives Michael Bozzo and Courtney Leo, who have been making

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