By the time a jazz group reaches its third album, there’s usually a choice to be made. You either double down on the sound that earned you attention in the first place, or you take the riskier route and ask questions your earlier work only hinted at. With Feux, Theorem of Joy chooses the latter
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Finding new music always feels better when it feels earned. That moment when a song hits and you already know it’s going to stay in your rotation. Like you just uncovered something before everyone else catches on. That’s exactly the feeling AMa by floodlit gave me. Floodlit is a Los Angeles–based five-piece made up of
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WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY is the kind of album that sneaks up on you; not because it’s quiet, but because it’s patient. Jernej Zoran’s seventh full-length record since 2012 doesn’t announce itself as a grand statement so much as it calmly sets up a chair, plugs in a guitar, and waits for you to
Real Shadows is one of those debut EPs that immediately signals it is not here to fight you for attention. It’s not screaming for playlist placement, it’s not doing the whole “hi this is my face and my lore” thing and it’s definitely not trying to convince you it was assembled by a committee of
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Hurt doesn’t have to be in some kind of sad, tearful ballad that sucks the life out of you. Sometimes, you just need glossy and electrifying beats to prove it hurts. Today, that song is Michellar’s latest single, “CROSSED”. Michellar is a talented artist based in San Francisco. And for her final release this year,
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Based on my experience, creating a rock track is one of the hardest things to market in today’s musical landscape, but Ben Rankin braved the waters and decided to give us ‘Save Your Tears’. Join me as I discuss this track in length and read why I’m adding this track to my playlist. The track
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In today’s landscape, it’s not just about the skills because we are all skilled enough to create music. It’s now a battle of character and identity, but what if the artist decided to showcase multiple identities just because they can? I’m talking about JeezJesus and his brand new LP, Somewhere Between Love & Misery. Join
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“Decide” is the kind of track born from a very specific modern purgatory: that existential waiting room you enter after a job interview, where time stops, your inbox becomes a malevolent deity, and every notification ping triggers a fight-or-flight response. It’s in that liminal space wherein dread and hope do the tango in. And somehow,
In a pool of empty feel-good tracks, Kat Moth’s “Let Your Light Shine” means every word it speaks. The best part? She doesn’t just promise things will get better, she shows you how to find the spark you thought you already lost. Kat Moth is a Berlin-based singer-songwriter creating alt-pop anthems for the late bloomers
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I have to be completely honest. Listening to a metal album can be really tiring. Some albums feel like we can just remix each song because they all sound the same, but The Dawn Razor’s latest album, ‘In Sublime Presence’, is, for me, an exception. Join me as I discuss this LP in length and
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