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Vikthor And Francesca Monte Forge Electrifying Techno-Pop EP “Body And Soul – Take Me Higher”

Vikthor and Francesca Monte have crafted something unexpectedly magnetic with their "Body and Soul - Take Me Higher" EP, via Carl Cox's esteemed 23rd Century Records. This collaboration feels like watching a master chef pair ingredients that shouldn't work together, yet somehow create the perfect dish. The Naples-born techno architect Vikthor brings his signature dark electronic intensity, the kind that made Carl Cox label him a...

Guitars and Ancient Mysticism Collide on Kalligary’s “Only Fans”

With Kalligary dropping their new single "Only Fans", we are thrown headfirst into a beautifully chaotic collision of teenage melodrama and ancient mysticism. Led by Russian songwriter and frontman Nikolai Konovalov alongside producer and multi-instrumentalist LukStar, this Berlin-based duo has engineered a genuine sonic anomaly. https://open.spotify.com/track/2TSBylZgzCCVczN802OF2n?si=ZWuzY3PLQ1mm_p5taYx4Ww The track strikes immediately with a blasting, high-energy assault of layered alternative rock guitars, yet its musical skeleton refuses western...

Pure Road-Trip Bliss: Roses and Rain Unveil “Until Further Notice”

On their buoyant new single "Until Further Notice," Roses and Rain plot an exhilarating escape hatch out of daily monotony and toward the open...

Portuguese Kiss-Off Powers Monique Maion’s “Karen”

Nobody wants a neighbour who scripts their smile. Monique Maion puts that pressure at the centre of “Karen”, a Portuguese-language single. The Brazilian singer, songwriter...

Laura M. Gives First Love A First Draft In “Fly Away”

The most arresting thing about Laura M.’s “Fly Away” arrives before any attempt to overstate it: the single is the 15-year-old singer-songwriter’s first song...

Glass Rabbit Make The Loop Tighten On “Damn Shame”

Glass Rabbit make the pressure audible on “Damn Shame”. The new single begins with intimacy, then gives that closeness somewhere to go: into a...

Vigatron And Burner Let “Hollow Apologies” Run Loose

Vigatron’s “Hollow Apologies” refuses the idea that a hip-hop artist must stay in one lane. His Burner-produced album works from a simple rule: follow...

“Unpretty” Finds Arabella Lucia Facing Herself

The algorithm gets a stare-down on Arabella Lucia’s ‘Unpretty’. Her alt-rock take on TLC’s 1999 classic comes with crashing drums, thumping bass, burning guitar...

Rami Stops Waiting To Be Saved In “Save Myself”

Waiting for help can quietly become a way of delaying a decision. Rami takes that uneasy idea and gives it a clean, personal focus...

Rachael Sage & The Sequins Keep The Storm Out In “Canopy (Acoustic)”

Rachael Sage & The Sequins do not let “Canopy (Acoustic)” treat refuge as a soft-focus idea. Their third single ahead of "Under My Canopy" puts...

Asylum Talks About His Struggles & More On New Song “Still Standing”

There is something deeply compelling about a song that refuses to pretend everything is okay. "Still Standing" arrives as a country rap/rock anthem that...

“EMA” Gives Sienná A Spiritual Charge

A record can move fast without chasing the obvious route. “EMA”, Sienná’s nine-track experimental electronic album, begins from that possibility. The Kyoto-born, Oslo-based artist builds...

Lyons Lane Makes The Messenger Take The Heat On “You’ll Talk About It!”

The worst person to deliver bad news helped create it. Lyons Lane makes that ugly truth the calling card for “You’ll Talk About It!”,...

ErickOscar Lays It Bare with “Two Flags, One Heart”

ErickOscar lays his life bare on "Two Flags, One Heart", constructing an earnest, home-spun tapestry of Americana that carries thirty-four years of dual citizenship...