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Photo by Krišjānis Kazaks Autumn Girl Cry – She Listens to Girl in Red alternative Belgian bedroom pop artist Autumn Girl Cry delivers sweetly-sad slices of dreamy, low-key atmospheres. With reverbed guitars, captivating drum loops, and hazy vocals, her poetic lyrics create a captivating experience. Drawing comparisons to beabadoobee, AutumnContinue Reading

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Photo by Александр Македонский Laura Wolf – Alluvial Fan alternative  Making music that is both intelligent and fun is a perennial challenge, yet for cellist, singer, and producer Laura Wolf, this balance seems to come naturally. Her recent single, “Alluvial Fan,” is taken from the album “Shelf Life,” self-produced betweenContinue Reading

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Sir Bobby Jukebox, the moniker of Dublin artist Bobby Aherne, has released his sophomore effort, the breathily-titled Sir Bobby Jukebox in the Organ Loft at Midnight. This collection of persistently offbeat and contagiously irreverent songs might lead one to mistake it for comedy or children’s music. However, Bobby skillfully navigatesContinue Reading

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Photo by Ihor Malytskyi  Viktor Benev – Aera IDM / glitch On his recent single “Aera,” the Bulgarian electro-acoustic artist Viktor Benev creates a beguiling environment of gentle splutters, simple piano keys, and delicate production in which to practice explorative sonic experimentalism. Benev’s musical education may have its roots inContinue Reading

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        Photo by Kyle Johnson    Mervyn – Control alternative From the deepest recesses of the French Republic comes the awesomely industrial sounds of producer and composer Mervyn. On the recent single “Control,” the mononymous producer blends highly acidic electronic production with sweeter and more emotive sweepsContinue Reading

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Photo by David Sager  elshuffles – months of electronic dreams electronic London-based electronic artist elshuffles’ “months of electronic dreams” is a glitchy and pensive composition with a motivational undertone. While the emotional potency is akin to a video game soundtrack, the single constructs a world just as colourful and detailedContinue Reading

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  Old-school riffage is alive and well in Bristol. Multi-instrumentalist Oli Duerden may be best known for his work with the early-21st-century rock band Left Side Brain, but since that group’s hibernation period started in 2014, Duerden hasn’t put down his guitar. Instead, the riffs on his sophomore solo EP,Continue Reading

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  Newcastle upon Tyne musician Graham Thompson has been an active member of his local music scene for the past 25 years. Cutting his teeth with the groups OZO, Jinn, and Gullich, Thompson is an experienced artist who knows the rules well enough to break them into something idiosyncratic. Thompson’sContinue Reading

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Photo by Randy Laybourne Antarctic Wastelands – I Can’t Feel You Anymore  ambient  Hong Kong-based producer Ben Tatlow creates startling mellow ambient under the pseudonym Antarctic Wastelands. His most recent track, “I Can’t Feel You Anymore”, is a full-on luxury to the ear, yearning soundscapes that develop with cool tonesContinue Reading

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Melburnian psychedelic rock band Skybelly sound like they’re playing from a dive bar somewhere in the multi-verse. The group is fronted by artist Sara Nelson, a highly expressive singer with a flair for adding colour to her already flavourful songs with peculiar vocal deliveries and personifications. The project’s sophomore album,Continue Reading