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

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she’s green emerges transcendent on ‘Chrysalis’ EP

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she’s green emerges transcendent on ‘Chrysalis’ EP
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she’s green emerges transcendent on ‘Chrysalis’ EP
Bathing Suits rip up the dance floor on “I Can Be A Freak”
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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
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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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Paige Kennedy decides not to live “Life In Fear” on new single

October 4, 2024 Matt

Being yourself, your true authentic self is something many of us will encounter in our lives. Those who don’t or aren’t able to may be living in fear of judgment,…

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ALPHABET’s debut single “Artificial Light” shines brightly

September 27, 2024 Matt

Relative babes in arms ALPHABET have only been playing live for around a year or so. While that’s probably akin to a decade to any eager new band seeking to…

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A Place For Owls ponder the Earth’s plight on their new single “broken open seed”

September 13, 2024 Matt

Self-described as a Denver, Colorado-based emo band, A Place For Owls is an emotive guitar five-piece that has been crafting a brand new album how we dig in the earth,…

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Wings of Desire command us to “Shut Up And Listen” on their new EP

September 6, 2024 Matt

As the hazy, anthemic wash of guitars and dual vocals surrounds you on the opening title track of this four-track EP, you’re transported into an energetic musical world bristling with…

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DU BLONDE announces “Sniff More Gritty” album and lead single “TV Star”

August 29, 2024 Matt

Pink-loving polymath Du Blonde (aka Beth Jeans Houghton) strums her way through the melancholy intro of “TV Star” with jangling indie rock grit and an almost detached melancholy as she…

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Bottlemoth launches more bombastic indie folk salvos with a brace of new tracks

August 27, 2024 Matt

Hot on the heels of their debut single “Tattoo,” Bottlemoth, the indie-folk five-piece, have dropped surprise twin tracks, “You’ll Always Have Us” and “Everything Works Out In The End”, as…

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Ellur is searching for answers on soaring new single “God Help Me Now”

August 16, 2024 Matt

Ellur aka Ella McNamara is a profoundly thoughtful singer-songwriter. The word authentic gets bandied around a lot but here, on her new single, the title track to an upcoming EP,…

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Kelly Lee Owens drops summer “Sunshine” ahead of new album

August 16, 2024 Matt

With the British summer somewhat missing in action so far it’s up to Welsh producer Kelly Lee Owens to fill that void and drop an infectious and resolutely positive electronic…

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Half Waif shares moving new single “Figurine” from her upcoming album “See You At The Maypole”

August 9, 2024 Matt

Half Waif aka Nandi Rose has been a gentle, alluring presence on the music scene since she began sharing her highly personal stories a decade ago. Her diarist lilting approach…

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Half Happy mixes dream pop and post-punk on new single “Well Done Honey”

August 9, 2024 Matt

Like the honey mentioned in their new song, Welsh indie newcomers, Half Happy drip sweetly sung vocals into your ears on their new single. A diaphanous hazy summer sound features…

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Mould release their punchy melodic punk, debut ‘Mould’ EP

August 9, 2024 Matt

Mould is a rising power pop and punk inhabiting trio, bursting out of Bristol, England with the release of their debut Mould EP. Launching with the raucous “Cables,” a song…

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