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L.L.L. – Lift, Lift, Lick It, m0n0 jay
The title of m0n0 jay’s “L.L.L. (Lift, Lift, Lick It)” might have you thinking it’s a deeply seductive track riddled with intimate details. Perhaps you might even conjure a certain musical genre or sound associated with the types of music you’ve heard containing such themes. Well in our case, we…
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Cyanometer, Pocket Lint
From Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” to Coldplay’s “Yellow” to the Stones’ “Paint it Black”, songs with colors as the central focus are undoubtedly some of the most legendary in the modern canon. Often taking us on metaphorical journeys that colors can conjure in the mind, many of these songs assign specific…
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Through the Heat of the Morning, After Reno
It’s not a sense of urgency that carries the music forward in the recent single “Through the Heat of the Morning” from Scottish Americana artist After Reno. In fact, a single guitar strums the track’s foundational chords in such a carefree, unhurried manner that it feels as if the song…
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Undercover Bitch, Hallaballoo
Some of the most legendary tv, movie, and novel characters are not the most straightforward. When asked to describe why we love them so much, we might have to do some thinking about what subtle behaviors and mannerisms make them as compelling as they are. Is it perhaps true that…
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Living Backwards, Surrender The Ghost
Imagine music with an emo attitude, gritty early 2000s guitars, drums with a pop-punk sensibility, and lyrics that speak of an alternate universe where we live our life stories in reverse. It’s not Blink 182 or The Offspring we’re talking about; it’s Surrender The Ghost, Columbus, Ohio’s emerging alt rock…
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Earth Goddesses EP, Becky Raisman
Becky Raisman’s Earth Goddesses EP is a beacon of positivity and hope in an otherwise dark moment on planet earth. Featuring proud feminist themes and honest lyrics, the EP is an expression of the artist’s defiant convictions packaged in catchy, upbeat indie pop and rock. Drawing on some of our…
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How Do I?, Colour of Heartache
The sound of hitting the wall Colour of Heartache’s “How Do I?” is a brooding, atmospheric track with a definite trip-hop vibe, channeling the spectral moods of Portishead and The XX. The London-based duo, who formed in early 2025, use this debut single to explore the suffocating cycle of being…
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Amarna Letters, Lekursi
It’s not easy to put the music of Lekursi in a box. On one hand, with a lead vocalist that sounds at moments quite like Ben Gibbard, you might be tempted to associate them with modern indie pop. But despite the heavy use of electronic elements and the Gibbard-esque vocals,…
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Rose Garden, Marina Lang
Imagine taking vintage funky pop music that makes you want to get up and dance and combining it with the story of a hopelessly sad relationship. Don’t think too hard because Marina Lang’s already got this vision laid out seamlessly in her infectious pop tune “Rose Garden”. The track opens…
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never stop believing, sdoku
The Sheffield Sound via Southern Italy If you closed your eyes and pressed play on “never stop believing,” you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d just discovered a lost, more-orchestrated B-side from the Arctic Monkeys’ mid-career peak. sdoku is a 16-year-old independent artist producing and designing everything from his base in…
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