In the modern music economy, where “albums” are often just glorified TikTok delivery systems and attention spans have been reduced to the lifespan of a sneeze, The Quiet One is, frankly, obnoxious. In a good way. Let me explain. It is 33 tracks long. Thirty-three. That’s not an album. That’s a novella. That’s an unabridged […]
Bearing a pop rock, emo-esque tune, this Noctæra single also consists of a story that will get heads turning and attention piquing. It’s vague in a sense that it would make audiences want more, yet precise enough to make them relate to select lines. Through questions, assumptions, and hopefulness felt in the words, it’s as
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Pillowprince is an Oakland-based indie band with a name that sounds like it belongs to either a shoegaze project or a particularly edgy Etsy store, and a debut EP that does not waste time. pretty, baby! is a genre cocktail of indie rock, shoegaze, slowcore, and queercore, which is to say: it’s both emotionally devastating
There’s a sense of familiarity and nostalgia between the lines, and a clear distinction of Guided by Voices’ influence on the overall vibe. “Open Highway” is a win for those who dig indie, alternative rock, and lo-fi tunes, as this record is everything in between; it’s almost difficult to figure out which category it fits
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Krohme’s “Before the Animals Know You’re Dead” is not here to entertain you. It’s here to test whether or not your soul is up to date. Following the apocalyptic grief spiral of The Ceremony of Innocence, which is an album that sounded like it was pulled from the wreckage of a society that tried “vibes”
Eyes Like Torches at the Gate by Ratyński is a two-track classical guitar EP that gently crawls out of the abyss of modern noise and politely asks if you’d like to cry about the nature of change for approximately seven minutes. And somehow, by the end of it, you will have done exactly that, without
Let’s get one thing straight: Fu Lai by Yudes is not here to make you feel cool; it’s here to make you feel everything. This isn’t some curated global fusion playlist with easy hooks and celebrity cosigns. No phonetic training wheels, no Dua Lipa cameo to guide you in gently. This album opens in Mandarin-English
Some albums ease you in, like a warm bath. Saline is not one of those albums. Saline is the equivalent of being dragged into the ocean by some primordial horror, held under until your lungs burn, and then being thrown back onto the shore, gasping, confused, and somehow wanting to do it again. This debut
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Let’s be clear from the start: Gemeinsam Stark by Stahlschmiede is not here to make friends. It is here to smash your expectations into a fine powder, weaponize them, and throw them directly back at your face with the force of a blast beat summoned from the gut of a dying star. Formed in the
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Eric Schroeder has apparently decided that subtlety is for cowards. Cat’s Game is what happens when a musician who’s spent years carefully crafting harmonic introspection finally looks around, shrugs, and mutters “screw it” before plugging in everything he owns and turning it all the way up. The result? A lean; loud; emotionally wrecked album that
