Track Review

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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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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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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“Good Enough (Still I Try)” by Lawrence Timoni Is A New Explosive, Summer Hit

With a concept that is sure to pull a melodramatic audience right in, Lawrence Timoni describes this song as ‘imposter syndrome in summer groove’ which is witty yet accurate in itself. It’s another indie/alternative gem that may remind listeners of beloved acts like Tame Impala, Arctic Monkeys… the list goes on. But, despite those influences, there’s something

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Stand your ground and be confrontational with Rose Cora Perry and The Truth Untold’s newest release “Excuses”

Nothing slaps like a song fueled by letdowns and disappointments. And when this heartbreak drives the beat, you’ll start to resonate with every note and word. Rose Cora and the Truth Untold captures the core of this depth as they deliver this audacious and unapologetic track “Excuses”. Despite Perry facing emotional turmoil after separating from

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“Better With You” by Zeke Tha Freak is the musical equivalent of finding an old hoodie that still smells like the person you used to love and realizing it doesn’t hurt anymore

“Better With You” by Zeke Tha Freak is not here to revolutionize music. It’s not some avant-garde deconstruction of genre. It’s not trying to save R&B from itself. No. What it is trying to do is make you feel like you’re lying on your back in the grass, staring at the sky, remembering someone you’re

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Dreams by RISE is the kind of track that demands headphones, a long walk, and at least one dramatic stare into the middle distance

You know that feeling when a band releases a new single and you expect the usual: some decent riffs, a chorus, maybe a third verse that overstays its welcome, and then it actually slaps? That’s Dreams, the latest release from Liverpool’s own RISE, a band that seems dead-set on weaponizing emotional sincerity and melodic hooks

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