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What Dahlia’s Syco-Femia Shows Us Isn’t the Future of Music. It’s the Reality We Already Live In: Where Emotion Is Content, Heartbreak Is a Branding Strategy, and Pain Is Just Another Preset

Imagine watching Mark Ronson’s Oh My God video and being greeted by a spectral digital Lily Allen crooning in a smoky dive bar that feels pulled straight from a sad dream about 2007. At first, you think, “Ah, okay, CGI Lily Allen, that’s clever,” but then something unsettling creeps in. She’s too smooth. Too precise. […]

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Talon David’s Paradise State of Mind is a Beam of Light Against the Storm

When music goes beyond entertainment, it breathes – and in Talon David’s newest single, she delivers the art of keeping one’s sanity with a bright and uplifting anthem Paradise State of Mind. Single-handedly crafted from start to finish, the track radiates power and hope if you want to dance against the noise. Paradise State of

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“Spirit Box” by Love Ghost Proves Once Again That Sometimes, the Scariest Thing in the Room Is Your Own Feelings, Especially When They’ve Got Reverb

Imagine, for a moment, that Bring Me The Horizon and blackbear got stuck in the same elevator, decided to make a track together, and then asked a haunted piano to do the intro. That’s “Spirit Box” by Love Ghost; a song that takes the concept of speaking to the dead and, instead of turning it

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You Don’t Listen to God of the Dead by Rosetta West So Much as Navigate It

Rosetta West is not a band you discover so much as a band you stumble across by accident, possibly in a thrift store bin, or via a strange dream that ends with a cryptic recommendation whispered by a 200-year-old bluesman. They are the type of band that doesn’t so much release albums as they do

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Kris Kolls is Back with a Chic, Charismatic Pop Gem “Little Game”

Imagine if pop hits that flawless blend of polish and soul? Kris Kolls got that sonic treat that delivers both. With her newest single Little Game, she strikes that sweet spot, capturing an everyday relationship drama into a playful intimacy. Little Game screams pop right from the very first beat. It has that sleek, catchy

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Neska Rose Sparks with Funk and Style in “Bubbling!”

Something’s rising, and it’s sitting between groove and sugar-dipped chaos from underneath. What you’ll get from Bubbling! by Neska Rose is that kind of tension and it’s masked with a seamless blend of dazzling horns and playful ad-libs for that energetic burst of neo-soul/funk-pop. The jazzy brass that kicks off from the start instantly lets

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CREEPIN/FURTHER (2 IN 1) is a Dual-track Statement on motion, On Heritage, on Pushing The Form Without Shouting About it

Before we get into it, I’ll admit something: I had to Google amapiano. If you’re more used to boom bap and breakbeats than log drums and jazzy pads, you’re probably in the same boat. Turns out, amapiano is a South African genre that blends deep house, jazz, and kwaito, anchored by airy melodies and unmistakably

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Kyle Waves Sends You Straight Into Euphoria with Pop-Centric EP “Signals”

Kyle Waves is back to cut through the noise with a pop-centric and glossy EP that is more than just a collection of songs. With Signals, Waves delivers carefully curated bangers that perfectly balances peak lyricism and sleek production. The NYC queer pop artist is set to release Signals on July 25th. Blending in six

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a_shes Creates An Immersive Space About Growing Up With “young adult fiction”

This record is no doubt an essential for all young adults everywhere — it explores yearning for big dreams, change, starting anew, and the fear of it all. Each song walks with you, understands you through the process of adulthood, deeming them suitable companions to keep trekking and exploring the world like it’s your oyster.

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Bloomfield Machine’s Copium isn’t about escape or reinvention; it’s about survival

There’s something oddly refreshing about Copium, the latest from Bloomfield Machine. It’s not because it’s particularly groundbreaking or life-changing, but because it’s not trying to be either. In a music landscape where every release comes with a glossy press kit, a hype cycle, and some vague promise of “pushing boundaries” or something of the sort,

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