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The Inner Battlefield: HZPROD’s “War Within”

The first few bars of HZPROD’s new single, “War Within (Radio Edit),” don’t so much start a song as they do raise a curtain on a scene already in grim, perpetual motion. There’s a cinematic weight here, a feeling of vastness and confinement all at once. The beat hits with the grim finality of a heavy vault door swinging shut, trapping you inside the...
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Step into the Current: Roger Knox’s “Buluunarbi & The Old North Star.”

Roger Knox’s “Buluunarbi & The Old North Star” has settled in, and it’s like unearthing a geode – outwardly unassuming country bedrock, but crack...

Is This Us? Rubanq’s “Worldwide Dead” Forces a Hard Look.

Rubanq’s “Worldwide Dead” slides into your listening not with a bang, but with the gritty inevitability of a slowly tightening knot. Joel Patric, the...

The Unforgettable Truth: My Glass World’s “Stranded Assets” Barges In.

My Glass World and their new album, “Stranded Assets,” have barged into my ear-space, rather like that one uncle at a wedding who insists...

Geo Chandler’s “Spent”: Wired, Weary, and Wonderful.

Geo Chandler's new single, “Spent,” arrived like an unexpected late-night espresso – jarring, yes, but with a curiously welcome clarity. It sets out to...

Fearless & Fragile: Lisa Goldin’s “How Love Can Start”

Lisa Goldin’s new single, "How Love Can Start," has a way of sneaking up on you, much like the scenario it so tenderly sketches:...

Rhythm Pals’ ‘Lookin’ Good’: Pop-Funk Joy for All Ages.

Rhythm Pals’ new single, ‘Lookin’ Good,’ shimmied into my listening rotation, and honestly, it’s got the kind of bounce that could coax a smile...

Sam Lewis Steps Into Twilight with “Juan Garcia”.

Sam Lewis’s "Juan Garcia" isn’t a song that arrives with a fanfare; it feels more like a figure glimpsed in the twilight, carrying an...

Moonlit Electronics: Wolfgang Webb Searches for “The Lost Boy”

Wolfgang Webb's "The Lost Boy" arrived not so much as a collection of tracks, but as a sonic correspondence from a place where streetlights...

The Hypnotic Pull of Patrick Hynes’ “Baby’s High Again”

Patrick Hynes’ new single, "Baby’s High Again," doesn't so much arrive as materialize, like a half-remembered scent of bourbon and regret clinging to a...

The Irresistible Pull of Silja Rós’ “Letters from my past”

Silja Rós sends us “Letters from my past,” and it’s as if one has been handed a velvet pouch of smoothed sea glass, each...

“Break It”: Jessie Bird Delivers Raw Camrose Honesty

Jessie Bird's new single, "Break It," feels less like a song strategically dropped and more like a personal diary accidentally left open on a...

The Gentle Power of Seann Medicina’s “As Without So Within”

The arrival of Seann Medicina's "As without So Within" EP feels less like a new record dropping and more like someone’s carefully tended, slightly...