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Too often, black metal emanates feelings of pain or hate. That visceral anger that develops deep inside each of us needs to escape and liberate the vessel from which it feeds its presence in the genre. This must be the core feeling black metal artists choose to place upon that […]
Long-time friends and songwriting duo Eb & Hal have won Best Album of the Year at the 35th New Mexico Music Awards for their “On My Way Home” album. They received six total nominations and also won Best Mastering Engineer (Andy Rogulich). “On My Way Home” was written during Covid-19 […]
Indie pop singer-songwriter Cha Wilde has recently released her latest album, “Love & Freedom.” If you’ve read our review on “Wilde & Browne,” an album Wilde made with her partner, Davey Browne, and enjoyed delving into, you are well advised to listen to this eight-track album, too. Cha asks herself, […]
That spark, vibrant energy, and rambunctious exuberance that runs through a person when they are young and just going for it fuels Glass Bandit on their fantastic latest single, ‘Ghost.’ Released just in time to spook things around on Halloween, with ‘Ghost,’ the 8-piece group looks to funk-filled musical influences […]
Once we were besotted with post-rock, the genre became the new alternative culture. A form of groundbreaking music that none of us could take the ears and eyes off. For the uninitiated, which included me until I listened to this record, CARVED INTO THE SUN is a California-based instrumental post-rock/progressive […]
Oslo-based band Mystery Dudes released their first album, “Exit Through the Wormhole.” Impressively, with their album, the heavy trio unapologetically explores various themes ranging from the cosmic to the supernatural while keeping high-energy jams fresh throughout. With “Exit Through the Wormhole,” Mystery Dudes are not shy about their many influences. […]
HURLENOIR is a French band that has flown beneath many radars since it first started in 2019. As much as a musician as a painter, HURLENOIR is an artist who exploits dark themes to challenge and engage in reflection on the often rugged course of life. With “Achromaria,” the band’s […]
Philly-based alternative R&B artist NIA has released her latest album, “Trauma Tales Vol 1“, and the record follows her complex identity and relationship to herself, loss, pain, and dependence. In a statement, NIA reckons that the project is “the introduction to who I am, who I’ve been, and who I’m […]
WILDE & BROWNE are indie pop singer-songwriter Cha Wilde and guitarist Davey Browne, who have teamed up to create a self-titled album of some sonic depth. The real-life married couple’s collaboration explores themes of seduction, love, polyamory, sex, and freedom, revealing much of their indie influences and pointing to an […]
“Bug,” PAGING DOCTOR MOON‘s second project, has an instrumental mix that is exactly what you might expect from the Western Pennsylvania-based band. In a statement, vocalist Kirsten Heibert says, “‘Bug’ is a short story of self-reflection in relation to codependency and loss. We wanted to take a step forward from […]