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Photo by Kushagra Kevat Joh Chase – Another Lover alternative “Another Lover” is the intoxicatingly heartfelt new single from LA-based artist Joh Chase. Deviating from the textbook break-up song, a playfully upbeat groove, a reposed guitar, and irreverent vocals lament the emotional energy required to end and start new relationships. RecordedContinue Reading

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Photo by Stefan Velea  Curse Of Lono – Krieger alternative Felix Bechtolsheimer is the London-based artist responsible for Curse Of Lono, an emotionally deep and sonically comforting project whose new standalone single “Krieger” is a peculiarly alluring mix of adult contemporary songwriting, softly-delivered vocals, and bass-heavy production. Based on theContinue Reading

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Mega Bog, the audacious avant-pop collective led by Erin Elizabeth Birgy, have released their enigmatic seventh album, End of Everything. Exploring the boundaries of experimental soundscapes and traditional songwriting, Birgy grapples with bewilderment through expressive and highly stylistic singing and production, seeking something palpable to convey surrender, mourning, and resilience amidst introspectiveContinue Reading

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Photo by Ömerhan Datlar Tom Verberne – Vicodin folktronica New Zealander Tom Verberne delights with percussive acoustic guitar, understated vocals, and thoughtful writing on his recent release, “Vicodin”. Achieving a peculiar guitar sound by jamming some paper between the strings on his guitar’s bridge, “Vicodin” is a gentle song thatContinue Reading

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Photo by Tibor Krizsak Daniele Sciolla – Magenta idm Italian electronic producer Daniele Sciolla spent several years working on his recent single “Magenta.” Personally recording and processing every sound, Sciolla slightly detuned his notes to generate microtonal scales, processing them through analog effects before repitching them to create an organic,Continue Reading

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  Photo by Gemma Evans Ruby Gaines – How It Looks  pop Glaswegian Ruby Gaines uses her impressive lungs to make soulful proclamations about the threats to our independence that come from miscommunication in complex human relationships in her recent single “How It Looks”. The lead single from Ruby Gaines’Continue Reading

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  Photo by Aishah Rahman Scasca – Glue (feat. Talipes Valgus) downtempo  Serbian electronic composer and producer Scasca has a gentle touch on his recent single “Glue”, which features the transcendent vocals of St. Petersburg resident Talipes Valgus. The Belgrade-based artist uses lo-fi textures to colour his spluttery and preciseContinue Reading

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Finnish neoclassical composer Aki Yli-Salomäki stretches his sparse compositions towards oceanic and blurred parameters on Jäi mieleen, an album of nine patient, thoughtful and colourful compositions for strings and synthesizer. The first three tracks see heavily sustained bows of cello and violin rise and fall around melancholia, sometimes finding disharmonicContinue Reading