With how the music is evolving today, you get to miss the feeling of just enjoying the process of creating music. Nowadays, you have to have a flashy gimmick, have metaphoric lyrics, and all that pizazz, but Ping Machines’ track, ‘From 1 2 another,’ told us otherwise. “From 1 2 another” started with this bassy […]
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Remember The Days by The Arcade Lights Remember The Days by The Arcade Lights feels polished without losing its punk pulse. The song hits fast and confident, packed with pop-punk energy that instantly throws you back to the early 2000s. Driving drums. Bright guitar octaves. That familiar rush that makes you want to turn the
“Train to Nowhere” is the sort of song that immediately signals it is not here to be polite. This is not a holiday release meant to soundtrack gift-wrapping or half-remembered family arguments; it is a piece of music that wants to sit you down and quietly ask whether you’re actually okay. Framed as a journey
We are now in an age where everything is handed to us on a silver platter. We have AI and the internet to help us with almost anything, but Sabrina Nejmah’s newest single, ‘Don’t You Worry,’ is a track that even AI would never think of recommending. ‘Don’t You Worry’ started with this uplifting and
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In my years of reviewing music, believe it or not, there is a safe and proven way to create and arrange music. But to break it down to its core and literally break the rules can be either awesomely good or terribly bad. Better to Sleep is a prime example of stripping music to its
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Don’t you just love it when artists refuse to be subtle? They don’t ask for space. They either take it or make damn sure it’s theirs in the first place. That’s the exact energy of Lisa Jo’s “Lord of the Night”, and it honestly feels more like a mindset than a record. With over 30
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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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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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“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,
