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“Loneliest at Best”: RIOT SON’s Agony of Unsaid Words.

Listening to RIOT SON’s new single, “Loneliest at Best,” is a curious exercise in emotional time-travel. The sound pulls you back to the early 2000s, to a time of angular guitars and heartfelt, frayed-collar vocals. It has that nervous, shimmering energy of indie rock that always sounded best on a pair of wired headphones, the beat prodding you forward even as the lyrics confess...

Lab Rat’s “Rolling Loud”: A Sonic Lab-yrinth We’re Still Mapping

Lab Rat, the brainchild of Australian solo artist Dylan James, drops "Rolling Loud" onto our auditory plates, and it's... a lot. Like finding a half-eaten burrito in a washing machine – unexpected, a little messy, and you're not quite sure how you feel about it. It's alt-rock grunge rap, the musical equivalent of a Frankenstein's monster stitched together with ripped denim and existential angst. https://open.spotify.com/track/2nj7SwgzSJUCoaGKBKLLeT?si=8c79aa48403b479c The...

Pyrosion & Smhylie: The Unexpected Collaboration Of Grief And Musical Destiny In ‘One More Time’

In the vast auditory expanse that is the world of music, every once in a while, a collaboration will arise that will serve to...