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In short, “All Along” by The Proper Hustlers is a song that assumes you’re smart and sad

“All Along” by The Proper Hustlers doesn’t strut into the room demanding attention. Rather, it drifts in like a memory you didn’t invite but suddenly can’t stop thinking about. And in a musical landscape where volume is often mistaken for meaning, The Proper Hustlers have somehow managed to craft something far more dangerous: a quiet […]

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If you’ve ever tried to better yourself via YouTube essays, mood boards, or 3-hour podcasts about dopamine detoxing, I Didn’t Think About Noah by Sean at the Hotel is your intervention

“I Didn’t Think About Noah” is what happens when you take all your worst thoughts about being alive online, smear them in glitchy synths, and then light the whole thing on fire with a distorted scream. It’s the sonic equivalent of staring into a cracked phone screen at 3AM, trying to remember if you actually

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Emerge victorious with Brandon Mitchell’s newest inspiring album Gametime

Beneath the parallels of sport, Brandon Mitchell’s newest album Gametime carries much more depth and meanings. The album is a collection of 15 tracks featuring several artists with different styles of hip-hop. It carries resilience, faith, and positivity over trials and tribulations, perfectly wrapping each song with its sports and athletic-like concept. It takes you

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The final boss doesn’t stand a chance against Game Boy by YME

Imagine you’re booting up a game console from 2002, but instead of a startup chime, it screams back at you about boundaries, rage, and self-worth. That’s Game Boy, an EP from YME, which is a project that doesn’t ask if you’re ready. It assumes you’re not, and kicks the door in anyway. Right from the

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The Sound Of “Paradox Room” by ARPRAXIS Is Not What It Seems

Finding such complicated yet interesting art is hard nowadays, but here’s an exciting treat for those who dig music that sounds bright and lively but means the exact opposite: “Paradox Room” is a six-part EP that when their true intentions and meanings are revealed, your head is bound to spin round and round. In collaboration

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If Lies All Lies is what LED sounds like on their first try, keep your eyes on the light

There’s something undeniably magnetic about a debut that knows exactly what it wants to be. LED’s first single is just that: assured, dreamy, and deceptively sharp around the edges. Born out of a chance meeting at a film summer camp near Malibu, the trio originally wrote the song for a short film produced by the

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Blueprint Tokyo’s Neon Circuits and the Mission of Hope is a well-crafted collection for the resilient and the hopeful

Blueprint Tokyo is back with more cinematic soundscapes and anthemic tracks with their newest album Neon Circuits and the Mission of Hope. It features 16 tracks that highlights the band’s music identity with their excellent fusion of indie rock, textured layers of synths, along with vibrant pop sensibilities. If you’re ever interested in artists like

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Everything I’ve Ever Loved by Palm Lakes is a reminder about the things that truly matter

There are memories that stay with us for a long time — not as burdens but something that carries us forward. And most of the time, it’s the people and moments we spent with them that shapes the person we are today. Palm Lakes touched and unearthed these moments with their latest single “Everything I’ve

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Maddox Jones’ single “21” is a warm and gentle hug wrapped in a song

Growing as a wise and experienced adult does not happen overnight. It won’t arrive in a single moment where everything suddenly falls into place. It hits piece by piece without time slowing down. Yet, despite feeling like you’re running out of time, there’s still a sense of hope that comes when you realize that everyone’s

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Fríða Hansen’s “Happy Place” Is A Warm Hug

Talk about saying ‘I love you’ without actually saying it. With a complex, intercountry influential background, “Happy Place” is simple and cohesive at its core, as if all of the essentials are taken from it and brought about through a personal and meaningful perspective. On top of that, you might just have a person pop

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