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The Masterful Trap: DaLomonze’s “Picture Day”.

Listening to the new DaLomonze EP, "Picture Day," is a study in deceptive portraiture. You’re told it’s about capturing a moment, a fixed smile for the world, documenting personal growth. The Cleveland artist’s vocals are certainly grand enough for a milestone, full-bodied and cinematic, with an orchestral sweep that feels both holy and expensive. But something is hiding in the gorgeous frame. It’s not...

The Raw Urgency of Michellar’s “LOVE PEACE WAR- acoustic remix”

There is something frantically urgent about the way Michellar delivers "LOVE PEACE WAR- acoustic remix". After a staggering forty-year silence, a gap wide enough to fit entire lifetimes into this San Francisco songwriter broke the seal in 2023 and hasn’t stopped since. This track, inspired by the invasion of Ukraine, captures that specific, dusty nostalgia of Haight-Ashbury, seemingly channelling the ghosts of 1960s protest...

Vacant Shores Find Beauty in Collapse with Their EP

There is a particular shade of electric blue that appears on the inside of your eyelids when you rub your eyes too hard, a...