We are spoilt for choice when it comes to pop tunes about facing difficult times. They typically drop with an almighty chorus, a few sweeping orchestral arrangements and a suggestion that you’re probably best walking around on a mountaintop while you’re at it. On My Way by QUINTESSE featuring KARL JOSEF stops along the way
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There are albums that aim to sound autumnal, and then there’s an album that sounds like it was recorded somewhere behind an abandoned farmhouse while the trees were secretly plotting your demise. Hoxsey’s Harvest Moon Sessions is very much in the latter camp. Over 13 songs the album is a mixture of gothic folk, alt.
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Your brain is a lousy roommate. It never pays rent, eats all your snacks, and is remarkably adept at reminding you of that one thing you did in 2014 at the worst possible time… right when you’re trying to sleep. That internal babbling, meanwhile? That’s the core of Nellie Feldmann‘s latest project, When The World
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Some songs arrive dressed for the occasion. Walks on Water arrives barefoot, smelling faintly of incense, old books, midnight air and the kind of romantic trouble that probably requires several volumes of poetry to explain. Layla Kaylif’s second single from her forthcoming album is an unusually literary piece of pop: a sensual, atmospheric duet that
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There are few things more dangerous in music than a song announcing that it is about the entire human experience. That is an enormous amount of emotional territory to cover in a few minutes, and it usually comes with an equally enormous guitar solo. Steven Luke’s Seasons (To Be Human) at least has the good
Once in a while, you’ll come across songs that sound insanely good, then you hear the lyrics and go, “Wait… there’s actually a lot going on here.” Today, that song is PRJCT MGR’s Capitalize (feat. Nora June). And it starts like a weird classroom exercise, with layers tiptoeing around one another. You can practically hear
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There are albums that just arrive with their own lighting department. You know the type. The press copy says “after-hours.” There are probably signs that glow faintly in the dark. Someone’s definitely wearing a leather jacket. Every couplet or so is about the intersecting themes of wantonness, risk, seduction, running away, or running away from
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There are songs that arrive fully assembled, wearing a little name tag that says, “Hello, I am a single.” Then there are songs like The House Flies’ “Lost Literature,” which apparently started as a bassline and simply refused to stop growing until it became an entire song. Honestly, fair enough. The four-piece band from Moline,
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BR33Z WORLD’s Black Heart features eight tracks, but there’s much to unpack. It’s about survival, treachery, allegiance, ambition, the blocks, and resilience, but it’s not eight songs sounding the same. BR33Z WORLD moves through rage, regret, mistrust, edge, and resolve, making his personal story multifaceted. Born in San Francisco and raised in Oakland, but shaped
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