Forget the demo-like, DIY edge because Lloyd’s Money has officially stepped out of the basement to make a statement after wrestling with their sound. And what you’ll get isn’t just pop, or surf, or rock, but all three in their six-part EP, The Dawn. Hailing from the shores of Halifax, Lloyd’s Money delivers their professional
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After four years away, Mike Masser is back, and apparently the man didn’t spend that time crocheting or birdwatching. No, he made 5, an album that opens the door by kicking it clean off the hinges. This isn’t a polite return to the scene. It’s the kind of record that stomps into your living room,
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If you’ve ever missed the times when music used to be fun, carefree, and simply present, The New Citizen Kane brings that spirit back with a nostalgic, dance hall-ready EP CAUSING A COMMOTION. Kane Luke, known as The New Citizen Kane, is a singer-songwriter, producer, and visual artist from England. His works not only reflect
There’s something inherently funny about an album trying to be both sprawling and intimate. Like, imagine someone handing you a shoebox filled with postcards and saying, “This is the Odyssey.” That’s Circle the Dream. It wants to be a folk record, a prog record, and a diary all at once, and instead of collapsing under
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Imagine locking yourself in a dimly lit room. Not for dramatic effect, but because it’s 3AM and turning on the light feels like too much responsibility. That’s the emotional ecosystem Nate G cultivates on me myself i, a self-produced dive into solitude, self-awareness, and the unbearable tightness of being alone with your own thoughts for
It only needs jangly guitars, pounding drum hits, and stimulating vocals to spark an ignition of late teenage summer. And when it hits you, it’s impossible to ignore. Leazes overflows with that unfiltered energy in their latest single, “Melissa In Action”. Hailing from the UK, Leazes have been making waves in the alternative/indie scene since
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If a song was recorded more for the feeling and authenticity than for perfection, it would’ve been A WOLF LIKE ME’s Driving With Lilly. You’ll get no spectacle, no unnecessary layers, only an embrace to imperfection that’s endlessly replayable. Aaron Reiter’s brainchild, A WOLF LIKE ME is back with the summer’s indie rock anthem Driving
LARJIMAR’s Metro Subterráneo is the sort of album that sounds like it should have been just another half-baked SoundCloud experiment. It’s the kind of thing you click on, hear a half-finished beat and some vague crooning, and never return to again. Instead, it lands as a surprisingly coherent, strangely hypnotic project. It takes Afrobeat grooves,
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Days growing shorter, flowers withering away, and the warmth of summer fading slowly. This is how Michellar sings a farewell from one season to another with a stand-out track “September”. Recorded in San Francisco with final touches in Staffordshire, Michellar collaborated with Helen Walford to deliver an emotionally rich track for the inevitable unfolding of
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Do you ever wonder what happens when a musician perfectly executes an idea into an art? Like it just leaves you in awe, wondering how it’s possible to turn a mere idea into something so vast, grand, and epic? Codemachia’s Gladius Æternus is the exact manifestation of that. Gladius Æternus is more than an album,
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