Music is so heavily programmed these days, you can almost hear the tick of the clock in every studio minute. Breaths are erased, vocals go through auto-tune until they sound like something from the lab, and each tiny blip and glitch is taken straight to the editing room for interrogation. Australian outsider-art musician, Hurb Jephasun,
Getting back into music after time away is one thing. Getting back into music with a song called “Silence” is another. Becky Arundel, a songwriter from Bridlington, East Yorkshire, is ready to return and she’s doing so with a fresh band. The title “Silence” does get us thinking: could this be about devastating heartbreak? A
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Life these days wears you out. What better way to escape the grind than to sing about it? “Bumblebees” is a German indie-folk song about a very simple fantasy: be free from the noise, reacquaint yourself with nature, be with the people you love, and live happily ever after. In other words, it’s a hippy
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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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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 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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Some musicians collect records. Hamish seems to collect stories. Three decades spent wandering England’s music scene, setting up the Rabbit Hole at Glastonbury, quietly supporting young bands, hitchhiking across America with a guitar, and somehow ending up at Lisa Bonet’s party after getting lost in Venice Beach have all become part of his story. He
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“Getaway Car” by Ivan Mudd comes out of the gate racing. Ivan Mudd’s first single delivers with fuzzy guitars, crunch, punk attitude, and a catchy melodic hook that makes the track immediately inviting. While it is a straightforward power pop tune, the band knows exactly how much grit and melody it needs to keep the
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