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Alison Goldfrapp’s intimate “Flux” continues her fearless growth

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Bathing Suits rip up the dance floor on “I Can Be A Freak”

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“Drunk Surfer” Seals the Deal on Westside Cowboy’s Must-Hear Debut EP

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she’s green emerges transcendent on ‘Chrysalis’ EP
Track Review
she’s green emerges transcendent on ‘Chrysalis’ EP
Bathing Suits rip up the dance floor on “I Can Be A Freak”
Track Review
Bathing Suits rip up the dance floor on “I Can Be A Freak”
Alison Goldfrapp’s intimate “Flux” continues her fearless growth
Album Review
Alison Goldfrapp’s intimate “Flux” continues her fearless growth
Something Old, Something New – Grouper “Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill” & Ethel Cain “Perverts”
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Something Old, Something New – Grouper “Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill” & Ethel Cain “Perverts”
she’s green emerges transcendent on ‘Chrysalis’ EP
Track Review
she’s green emerges transcendent on ‘Chrysalis’ EP
Half Happy mixes dream pop and post-punk on new single “Well Done Honey”
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Half Happy mixes dream pop and post-punk on new single “Well Done Honey”
Half Waif shares moving new single “Figurine” from her upcoming album “See You At The Maypole”
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Half Waif shares moving new single “Figurine” from her upcoming album “See You At The Maypole”
Kelly Lee Owens drops summer “Sunshine” ahead of new album
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Kelly Lee Owens drops summer “Sunshine” ahead of new album
she’s green emerges transcendent on ‘Chrysalis’ EP
Track Review
she’s green emerges transcendent on ‘Chrysalis’ EP
Bathing Suits rip up the dance floor on “I Can Be A Freak”
Track Review
Bathing Suits rip up the dance floor on “I Can Be A Freak”
Alison Goldfrapp’s intimate “Flux” continues her fearless growth
Album Review
Alison Goldfrapp’s intimate “Flux” continues her fearless growth
Something Old, Something New – Grouper “Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill” & Ethel Cain “Perverts”
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Something Old, Something New – Grouper “Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill” & Ethel Cain “Perverts”
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Nano Season (Flash Fiction)

June 7, 2025 Matt

It was a way to combat the sneezing. Violent, erratic, and oddly melodic sneezing that echoed everywhere like the entire city had caught a cold. Spring came late this year,…

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she’s green emerges transcendent on ‘Chrysalis’ EP

August 20, 2025 Matt

Minneapolis dream-pop purveyors she’s green spread their wings on Chrysalis (via Photo Finish Records), a lush, full-bodied metamorphosis in their sound. Across five tracks, the band plants its flag at…

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Bathing Suits rip up the dance floor on “I Can Be A Freak”

August 15, 2025 Matt

Bathing Suits’ new single “I Can Be A Freak” detonates Estelle’s “Freak” into a snarling, maximalist sampled powerhouse, equal parts abrasive guitars, pounding techno, and raw attitude. Operating under their…

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Alison Goldfrapp’s intimate “Flux” continues her fearless growth

August 15, 2025 Matt

For an artist who has always played with reinvention; as glam-rock mystic, electronic siren, ambient poet, and synth-pop high priestess, Alison Goldfrapp has rarely sounded as personally rooted and emotionally…

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Something Old, Something New – Grouper “Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill” & Ethel Cain “Perverts”

August 8, 2025 Matt

I’ve often found, with the music that I love, it’s the quieter artists who say the most whenever the world feels unkind. Not with their slogans but by tuning into…

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Wisp luxuriates in If Not Winter’s sonics

August 6, 2025 Matt

Wisp’s debut full-length, If Not Winter, arrives at the height of summer like a shimmering shoegaze fantasia, something aching, bred from restless longing and mythic yearning. Natalie Lu aka Wisp,…

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“Drunk Surfer” Seals the Deal on Westside Cowboy’s Must-Hear Debut EP

August 5, 2025 Matt

Westside Cowboy crash into summer with their most addictive track yet, the woozy, wide-eyed anthem “Drunk Surfer”. It’s the final teaser before the full drop of their debut EP This…

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The Youth Play channel shimmering urgency on “Last Day On Earth”

July 30, 2025 Matt

The Youth Play channel raw emotion on their new single “Last Day On Earth,” a standout preview from their upcoming someday, forever EP. Fronted by Latin American migrant Diego Bracho,…

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Eades flex their swaggering alt-country sound on “The Other Side of Life”

July 18, 2025 Matt

Packed with attitude and a fair amount of disdain for playing the ‘content creator’ game at the expense of making and playing the music they love Eades return with another…

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ashnymph’s debut single “Saltspreader” is a glitch-pop gut punch

July 9, 2025 Matt

London trio ashnymph are barely six months old, but their debut single “Saltspreader” feels like a band already burning through the slow lane. Made up of Will Wiffen (vocals/guitars/keys), Jonny…

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Tropical F*ck Storm sound the alarm with Fairyland Codex

June 26, 2025 Matt

It would seem that Tropical Fuck Storm are primed to prove how riotous they are. The more you continue to listen to their fourth outing, the more it becomes evident…

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Water Machine’s “God Park” debut album is a deranged delight

June 20, 2025 Matt

Glasgow’s Water Machine crashes onto the scene with God Park, a glorious debut that sounds like a post-punk petting zoo run by art school dropouts on a sugar high. These…

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Champ come out swinging with their anthemic debut “Taste To Run”

June 20, 2025 Matt

Hartlepool’s Champ launch their debut single “Taste To Run,” this week. It’s a slice of guitar-led indie rock that channels the restless spirit of post-industrial coastal towns. Shimmering Rickenbacker chords…

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Westside Cowboy unleash barnstorming hit on thrilling new single “Alright Alright Alright”

June 18, 2025 Matt

Westside Cowboy is no longer a best-kept secret. After setting Brighton alight at The Great Escape Festival and gearing up to open Glastonbury’s Woodsies stage as Emerging Talent winners, the…

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Patience and introspection power Lucy Gooch’s “Desert Window”

June 10, 2025 Matt

Lucy Gooch’s debut album, Desert Window, is a masterclass in atmospheric tension and release, a record that feels both ancient and contemporary, grounded and otherworldly. Building upon the ethereal foundations…

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