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Nasty Passion Brings Sunset Strip Fire To “Nasty”

Nasty Passion is back, and “Nasty” puts that fact first. The track opens the band’s upcoming album campaign. It also marks a clear move for a group reunited after years apart. Hollywood’s Sunset Strip culture shaped Nasty Passion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band built its name on high-energy rock, memorable live work and raw attitude. “Nasty” carries that history into a fresh...

Adla Lets Tender Risk Take Shape In “Catch Feelings”

There are rooms where a piano note can make ordinary light feel newly fragile. In "Catch Feelings", Adla seems to enter that kind of room with patience, letting emotion gather slowly rather than announcing itself too soon. The Sarajevo-born, Malta-based singer-songwriter and pianist frames her new single as the moment affection stops behaving casually and asks for a name. It is an intimate idea, but also...

The Poetic Poultice: “Couple(t)s” by Couldn’t Be Happiers Heals.

Couldn't Be Happiers have unfurled their new album, “Couple(t)s,” and it’s rather like stumbling upon an old, leather-bound book of family anecdotes in your...

Mtnt Declares “Limousine (Na Na Na)” a Banger – And We Agree.

Mtnt’s new single, “Limousine (Na Na Na),” arrives with its engine humming a curious tune, promising a collision of "the original sway of Bublé"...

Natasha Unpacks Pain in “Life’s Little Tragedies.”

Natasha, out of K.C., presents her new single, “Life’s Little Tragedies,” and it’s rather like an old, slightly melancholic tune you half-remember, then it...

“SEXUAL MANUAL FOR EXPERTS”: Ricky Leroy Brown’s Funky Lament.

Well, Ricky Leroy Brown has gone and done it, presenting us with "SEXUAL MANUAL FOR EXPERTS," and I confess, the title alone sent my...

Gary Mictian’s “All I Ever Wanted”: A Glimmering Sadness.

Gary Mictian’s "All I Ever Wanted" has just zapped into my ears, and it’s like being handed a perfectly ripe, glowing fruit by a...

TWOFEW Gets Unfiltered with “Let It Go.”

TWOFEW’s new single, “Let It Go,” lands with the resonant thud of a heartfelt admission, the kind you only make when the room’s too...

Embrace the Wild: Senior Dunce’s “Bestial” Arrives.

Senior Dunce's new single, "Bestial," has arrived, feeling less like a typical release and more like an urgent, slightly baffling philosophical tract wrapped in...

Listen: Dev London Casts a Hypnotic “Spell On Me.”

Dev London's new single, “Spell On Me,” slid into my listening queue, and frankly, the title felt less like an invitation and more like...

Hear the Truth: “Coughing Up Blood” by Micah Rose-Trespeuch.

Micah Rose-Trespeuch’s new album, "Coughing Up Blood," feels less like a listening experience and more like witnessing an urgent, almost involuntary act of transmutation....

A Fragile Tenacity: Simona-Valentina Unveils “Mirrors & Feathers.”

Simona-Valentina’s new album, “Mirrors & Feathers,” arrived much like an unexpected guest at a tea party – one who’s been through a rather significant...

Hear The Urgency: Ultan’s “The Tempest” Hits Hard.

Ultan’s single, "The Tempest," erupts not so much into the room as it does through the floorboards, dragging with it the scent of wet...

Who is Noah? Sean at the Hotel’s Unresolved Art-Pop Gem.

Sean at the Hotel’s latest single, "I Didn’t Think About Noah," doesn't so much start as erupt, a frantic confetti cannon of art pop...