August 2025

Leather Laces Aren’t Just Setting the Mood on Marching in the Fog; They’re Staging a Siege

Some bands make music you can throw on while you do the dishes. Leather Laces do not. You can’t fold laundry to Marching in the Fog without feeling like the socks are staging an uprising. Their third single is not background noise. It’s foreground warfare. Marching in the Fog doesn’t politely request space; it takes […]

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Chloe Sofia’s The Girl Next Door Is Less a Revolution and More a Revival

There’s a strange kind of nostalgia baked into The Girl Next Door. On the surface, it’s a shiny debut pop-rock single from Chloe Sofia, but a quick listen and it becomes clear that what you get is pure early-2000s teen-slacker-rock; the kind you’d hear sandwiched between Michelle Branch and Avril Lavigne on a high school

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Standout Drops from Indie Filipino Artists that You’ll Actually Want to Hear

If you think you’ve heard it all, you’re totally wrong. These days, the local scene is brimming with fresh, unique drops from rising indie acts—each one carrying distinct sounds that will straight up make you say “OPM can sound like this.” Here are some releases from emerging Filipino artists you don’t want to miss out!

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When Music Stops Pretending: Thoughts And Notions, Aneka Abarrientos, and Dagger Dion

Thoughts And Notions – A Love So Real (20th Anniversary Edition) There’s something brazenly charming about a band saying, “Remember that old song we did decades ago? Yeah, it deserves to exist in HD.” Thoughts And Notions don’t just re-release A Love So Real; they rebuild it like mechanics resurrecting a beloved old car into

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“Way Too Hot” by zukrassverliebt is Your New Way to Flirt (Respectfully)

Have you ever looked at someone and thought “this person is way too hot to be real,” respectfully? If not, maybe you’re lying? But if yes, then you already know how Way Too Hot by zukrassverliebt feels like. zukrassverliebt is a pop-rock duo based from Germany founded in 2023. This time, they’re back to deliver

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Ball in the House’s “Take A Chance” is Unashamedly Romantic in the Best Way

Don’t you just love it when music makes you feel all giggly and carefree? Like this world is already messy as it is so why not just love, and feel, and dance your heart out? Ball in the House knows exactly how to elevate that feeling into their latest single Take A Chance. Ball in

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“Car Crash” by Love Ghost Is a Reminder That Sometimes, Devastation Doesn’t Need to Roar

There’s a certain kind of bravery in deciding, “You know what, we’re not going to hide behind walls of distortion, flashy production tricks, or layers of sonic bombast today. Today, we’re just going to sit down at the piano, strip it all back, and make you feel something.” Love Ghost’s “Car Crash” is exactly that

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Patrick Costello Proves on Baltimore City/Let the Brothers Breathe That Anger Doesn’t Have to Be Dour or Joyless

Elvis Costello has always been proof that pop music doesn’t have to be about holding hands on beaches or staring wistfully out of rain-streaked windows. Sometimes, it can also be about calling out militarism, or gleefully spitting bile at Margaret Thatcher in three and a half minutes flat. His best political work wore its anger

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“Ride Or Die Kinda Girl” Is Irian Darkwood’s Way Of Seizing The Day

Just from the gritty introduction and the classic rock riff, listeners already know that they’re in for a treat. “Ride Or Die Kinda Girl” is both a rock anthem and a naturally uplifting song, with its main themes of loyalty and bouncing back. You honestly can’t go wrong with an aggressive yet meaningful song like

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