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Attack the Sound: “Love is War: Packed” – Catchy & Complex

Attack the Sound's "Love is War: Packed" EP is... a thing. A Chi-Pop thing, specifically. Chicago's own ATS is back, celebrating five years since the original "Love is War" single dropped, and they've decided to, well, pack it. Like a suitcase full of emotional baggage you're not sure you want to unpack. https://open.spotify.com/album/1d92wk2RdBsZy409vEXiM8?si=IDZjOJKYQ5G_JsIX49vl_g The central theme, in case the title didn't bludgeon you with it, is...

Lil Nas X – MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) (Official Video)

Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) (Official Video) Multiple Grammy award-winning artiste, Lil Nas X is here with the visuals to "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" shot and directed by Tanu Muino & Lil Nas X. Watch below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swmTBVI83k

Finding Peace in “Copium” by Bloomfield Machine

Listening to Bloomfield Machine's new seventeen-track instrumental album, “Copium,” feels a bit like stepping into a terrarium during a quiet downpour. The title itself...

Get Sticky with Rewind The Mind’s “Come On With Me.”

Listening to Rewind The Mind's new single, "Come On With Me," is like being pulled into a room where the air itself is the...

“Panic Buttons”: Joe Average’s Ecstatic Return to Rave.

Listening to “Panic Buttons,” the new single from the resurrected rave act Joe Average, feels like finding a party invitation tucked inside a government-issued...

The Civil War Within: Elena C. Lockleis’s “Mind – Vs. – Heart.”

Listening to Elena C. Lockleis’s new single, “Mind - Vs. - Heart,” feels like witnessing a civil war fought entirely within a single nervous...

Industrial Dissent: aktenzeichen_T’s “Midnight Between Lagrange Points”

Listening to aktenzeichen_T’s new EP, "Midnight Between Lagrange Points", feels less like putting on a record and more like unsealing a classified file. The...

Dancing Alone with thinking silly’s “Small Town Syndrome”

Listening to “Small Town Syndrome” by thinking silly is an exercise in delightful contradiction. Dylan Morrison’s project, shaped here by the production hand of...

The Bristol Collective Shines: “Kaya Street’s Summer Singles”.

Listening to Kaya Street’s new four-part single series—” Kaya Street Summer Singles” from "Revolutionary Minds" through to "Start Again"—feels less like queuing up a...

“Unforgiven”: Sophia Mengrosso’s Operatic War Cry.

Sophia Mengrosso’s new album, “Unforgiven”, doesn’t so much start as it does detonate, a thirteen-song treatise on survival. Her voice, a thing clearly trained...

Ben Gage Trades His Soul For Nothing In “Lookin’ For A Devil”

Ben Gage and "Lookin' For A Devil" arrive at a moment when the American dream feels particularly elusive. The Akron-born songwriter has spent years chronicling...

A!MS And ArrDee Serve Mediterranean Heat On “Need Somebody”

Anthony Melas, better known as A!MS, has spent years crafting his Mediterranean-infused take on UK rap from his base in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. Now he's...

Jack Horton Features Vesper Stockwell On “Never Know Why”

Take Jack Horton, a Portland-based singer-songwriter whose path to folk-Americana included stops at Japanese law school, Tokyo piano bars, corporate boardrooms, and government offices. His...

Kristen Castro Transforms Grief Into Golden-Hour Euphoria on “Summer Rain”

"Summer Rain" by Kristen Castro comes out at just the right time, like when the storm clouds part and the sun shines through, bathing...