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Ripsime - 'I’ll Understand', 'Dare', and 'Colours of Your Eyes'
Ripsime’s latest move marks a true reclamation for her. By resurfacing key songs from her early catalogue, she reveals the foundations of a creative world that’s now fully coming into focus. These reemerging tracks act like coordinates on a map, showing just how long she’s been quietly building toward this moment of complete artistic self-rule. At the heart of this revival are three strikingly different pieces. 'I’ll Understand' unfolds with fragile tenderness, its bare-boned

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Dec 18, 20251 min read


DAAY - 'Memories of the Future'
There’s something thrilling about a band that refuses to exist in one place at one time, and DAAY lean fully into that disorientation on their latest EP 'Memories of the Future'. This five-track release feels like a transmission from a parallel London where grooves warp, melodies mutate, and reality bends just enough to let something strange and beautiful slip through. At the core of the EP is a fascination with simultaneity, lacing this idea with movement and colour, letting

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Dec 16, 20252 min read


Louise Harrison - 'Blame It On The Moon'
There’s a quiet confidence that runs through 'Blame It on the Moon', the kind that doesn’t need to announce itself loudly to be felt. Louise Harrison’s latest album is intimate, reflective, and guided by a voice that knows exactly where it’s been and where it wants to go next. Rooted in deep musical understanding yet never weighed down by it, the record moves with a natural elegance. Harrison’s singing is the clear centre of gravity: poised, expressive, and emotionally precis

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Dec 15, 20252 min read


William Davidoff - 'Join Us'
William Davidoff doesn’t introduce himself so much as he flickers into frame like a distant signal. His debut album 'Join Us' emerges from the shadows of northern Germany with the quiet confidence of an artist who has spent years chiselling his world in private. The result is a body of work that feels lived-in, bruised, and strangely luminous, as if cut from the glow of late-night neon reflecting in puddles after rain. Where many electronic debuts arrive polished to the point

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Dec 8, 20252 min read


Vacant Shores - 'Vacant Shores'
There are releases that wash over you, and then there are releases that pull you under until you realise you’re breathing in a whole new atmosphere. Vacant Shores’ self-titled EP does the latter, offering a glowing, transportive step forward for a Bristol trio who have always known how to craft mood, but here learn how to command it. The expansion of the lineup has done something extraordinary: Suzy Alderton’s voice reshapes the group's horizon. Her presence is woven through

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Dec 5, 20252 min read


The New Citizen Kane - 'PSYCHEDELIKA Pt.1'
With his latest collection 'PSYCHEDELIKA Pt.1', The New Citizen Kane detonates back onto the scene, arms full of colour, chaos, wit, and wild ambition. This is a self-built multiverse where every track feels like a portal and every moment buzzes with the energy of an artist reclaiming his power in real time. Seventeen tracks in Part One alone, and not a single one coasts. Instead, 'PSYCHEDELIKA Pt.1' bursts forward like a prism, twisting heartbreak into neon reflections, turn

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Nov 28, 20251 min read


Ulrich Jannert - 'Wander Still'
Ulrich Jannert’s 'Wander Still' feels like finding a handwritten map tucked inside your own pocket, one you didn’t know you were carrying, but somehow recognise immediately. Spanning eighteen tracks and threaded through with warmth, clarity, and emotional candour, the album invites us into a world where self-discovery is slow, deliberate, and meaningful. Jannert has spent years quietly shaping his musical identity, and you can hear that history in every corner of 'Wander Stil

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Nov 24, 20252 min read


Jasio - 'Fantasy'
Canadian metal veteran Jasio Kulakowski launches his first solo chapter with an album that refuses to tiptoe into existence. Instead, 'Fantasy' erupts fully formed, drenched in colour, danger, and emotion, announcing a creator unafraid to tear down the walls he once helped build. What immediately stands out is how boldly 'Fantasy' abandons any expectation that a veteran of metal should remain tethered to riffs and rage. Jasio chooses a different frontier. He trades the roar o

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Nov 18, 20252 min read


Chellcy Reitsma - 'Carpe Diem'
With her new album 'Carpe Diem', Dutch-American powerhouse Chellcy Reitsma delivers a bold, genre-bending triumph that bursts with colour, emotion, and unfiltered truth. From the first note, 'Carpe Diem' sweeps you into a whirlwind of bluesy swagger, rootsy grit, and haunting beauty. One moment, she’s leading a defiant march through smoky, rockabilly-tinged rebellion; the next, she’s whispering lullabies of heartbreak and hope that linger in your mind. Every track feels alive

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Nov 5, 20251 min read


Duane Hoover - 'Magic Mirror Story Book'
Duane Hoover’s sophomore effort 'Magic Mirror Story Book' is a masterclass in reflective pop that simultaneously honours the past while crafting something entirely contemporary. Following the kinetic energy of his debut album 'Wayward Path', Hoover offers a panoramic exploration of melody, memory, and subtle emotional nuance. Hoover’s signature guitar jangle remains, but here it is married to arrangements that feel expansive and cinematic. The album’s textures are layered wit

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Oct 27, 20251 min read


Le Concorde - 'Second Mansions'
After a fourteen-year absence, Stephen Becker rekindles his Le Concorde project with 'Second Mansions', a record that feels like both a...

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Sep 25, 20251 min read


Anna Dahl - 'Little Bit Country'
Wisconsin's Anna Dahl bursts out of her hometown with the kind of confidence that makes you sit up and take notice. Her debut EP 'Little...

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Sep 9, 20251 min read


The New Citizen Kane - 'Causing A Commotion'
The New Citizen Kane has never been afraid to bend genres until they snap into new shapes, but with 'Causing a Commotion' he delivers...

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Sep 8, 20252 min read


Giant Killers - 'The Boy Who Went Delulu and Other Stories'
After a decades-long fight to reclaim their music, Giant Killers return with 'The Boy Who Went Delulu and Other Stories', a four-track...

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Sep 2, 20252 min read


Meegan & Tobin - 'Keep On Movin''
In a world where playlists are dominated by glossy beats and algorithm-driven pop, Jeff Meegan and David Tobin’s 'Keep On Movin'' feels...

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Sep 1, 20252 min read


Alex Wellkers - 'Reach The Stars'
There’s a rare kind of record that feels like a carefully constructed world, and Alex Wellkers’ 'Reach The Stars' is one of them. Across...

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Aug 26, 20252 min read


Antaeus - 'Dreaming Dog'
Every once in a while, a record comes along that defies category and expectation. 'Dreaming Dog' is one of those rare projects. Born from...

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Aug 18, 20252 min read


Saint Nick The Lesser - 'Growing up, Growing out'
Some albums arrive polished while chasing perfection. 'Growing up, Growing out' does the exact opposite, delivering a record that...

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Aug 13, 20251 min read


Rosetta West - 'God of the Dead'
If their recent live LP 'Gravity Sessions' was the purge, 'God of the Dead' is the feverish apparition of what's to comes. Rosetta West’s...

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Aug 11, 20252 min read


Michellar - 'My Alma Latina'
Some releases announce themselves with bombast, while Michellar’s 'My Alma Latina' arrives like a quiet invocation, one that blossoms...

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Aug 4, 20252 min read
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