Super Pyramid’s ‘Comment if This Is Paradise!’ is a baroque pop odyssey through helplessness and hope
Super Pyramid’s ‘Comment if This Is Paradise!’, the debut album from Montreal-based artist Ben Rowley is a sweeping, deeply textured journey through the liminal spaces of emotion- grief and awe, solitude and connection, beauty and disintegration. Crafted across provinces and over several years, the album bears the fingerprints of itsContinue Reading
Codemachia wields sound as story on ‘GLADIUS ÆTERNUS’
Some records are more like worlds. With ‘GLADIUS ÆTERNUS’, Codemachia deliver a sprawling, instrumental odyssey that reads like both a cinematic score and a concept album. Framed within the cyberpunk fantasy saga The War of Memories, the record refuses to sit quietly in the background. Instead, it demands immersion, summoningContinue Reading
Amanda Emblem finds stillness and storms on ‘The Wood’
Amanda Emblem has always written with an eye on the horizon- songs shaped by the land, the water, and the quiet yet relentless cycles of nature. On her fourth album, ‘The Wood’, the Australian songwriter doubles down on that instinct, crafting an acoustic-driven record, a meditation on connection, change, andContinue Reading
M’ADAM confronts memory and mortality on sophomore album ‘Before We Die’
Cork’s Adam O’Donovan, better known by his moniker M’ADAM, has always carried a reflective streak in his music. But on his second album ‘Before We Die’, that quiet introspection expands into something larger, delivering a work that grapples with grief, the traces of memory, and what remains when we’re gone. ProducedContinue Reading
LB Beistad finds power in vulnerability on must-listen album ‘Tsunami’
Nashville’s indie scene has a way of producing artists who balance grit with grace, and LB Beistad is the latest name to carry that torch. Her debut album ‘Tsunami’ is a sweeping statement- a record that folds together indie rock, Americana, and pop with the intensity of a storm buildingContinue Reading
Rupert Träxler explores the shadows on single ‘Darkness’
Vienna’s Rupert Träxler steps boldly into his own creative universe with ‘Darkness’, a single that feels as much like a cinematic journey as it does a metal track. The release sees Träxler assume full command of his craft- writing, performing, recording, and producing every sound we hear- and the resultContinue Reading
Lauren Presley channels summer euphoria on ‘Trade Secrets’
With ‘Trade Secrets’, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Lauren Presley proves that joy can be just as arresting as heartbreak. Known for weaving dark-pop textures and emotionally raw narratives, Presley takes a luminous turn here- one that feels like rolling the windows down on a long summer drive, volume up, world wide open.Continue Reading
Robin James Hurt breathes life into Dublin’s streets on ‘Hey Mary (Play a Song for Me)’
Robin James Hurt has always had a gift for taking everyday moments and elevating them into something mythic. With ‘Hey Mary (Play a Song for Me)’, his latest single ahead of the forthcoming album ‘A Song, A Story Told’, he turns his gaze toward Grafton Street- Dublin’s unofficial temple ofContinue Reading
Ramblerman confronts the shadows on ‘Lemonade (Charity Single)’
Canberra songwriter Ramblerman (the creative outlet of Stephen Dobson) doesn’t deal in throwaway moments. His songs feel designed, not in the clinical sense, but in the way an architect sketches lines that inevitably become shelter. With ‘Lemonade’, his latest release, Dobson turns a period of private darkness into something raw,Continue Reading
Herman Martinez channels chaos into cosmic clarity on ‘UltraTerrestrial’
Atlanta multi-instrumentalist Herman Martinez has a gift for turning turbulence into art. With his new album ‘UltraTerrestrial’, he’s built an otherworldly document of that process. Written and performed entirely by Martinez, then shaped in collaboration with producer Ahmed Mahmoud and engineer Chase Cassara, the record feels like an act ofContinue Reading