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Recommended EP: Stand Still – ‘In A Moment’s Notice’
Microdosed with anthems in burled riffs and a well-paced headcharge against life’s seasons, the second EP from the Long Island melodic hardcore leaves a timeless imprint.
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Mindforce – “Survival Is Vengeance”
The Hudson Valley hardcore band pile on the self-motivating might behind vocalist Jason P.’s existential brigade with the lead single from their new album, ‘New Lords’.
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Channel Tres – “Just Can’t Get Enough”
Imagine Depeche Mode lyrical iconism, disco classic perfection, and the sound of tomorrow’s vibes in collision across the same dance floor.
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Thanya Iyer – “leave the room and face the waves”
The first single from the Montreal-based songwriter’s new EP, ‘rest’, connects her inner most spirit and the natural world through dancing alt-pop healing waters and cosmic jazz.
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Jennifer Vanilla – “Humility’s Disease”
The former Ava Luna vocalist may be playing the part of a Devil’s advocate to the part of the brain working with its most toxic traits feeding in self-hate, but consider it an exorcism through reverse psychology and their bonkers art.
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Recommended Album: black midi – ‘Hellfire’
Chaos, chaos, and even more chaos, even when it sounds like all the calamity and human destruction in the fantastical tale have reached cease fire in the latest from the experimental art rockers.
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Healing Potpourri – “Fireworks”
The latest preview off ‘Paradise’ has an apt title, but not because the sound explodes loud and audibly in the way you might imagine….
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Recommended Album: beabadoobee – ‘Beatopia’
Swirling in bittersweet sugar and crystalline highs, beabadoobee comes into her own with her sophomore album.
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Enumclaw – “Cowboy Bepop”
With the second single from Enumclaw’s debut LP, ‘Save the Baby’, Aramis Johnson takes a long look at the grass that’s greener on the other side and decides it’d be better to piss on it.
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The Beths – “Expert In A Dying Field”
With a wink of sentimentality and a spark of electricity to fuel the introspection, the Auckland band continue to become well-versed in one of life’s most hardest teachings.
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Gulfer – “Greetings” b/w “Barely”
A whirlwind of thoughts in the latest coupling of singles from the Montreal indie-emo rockers.
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Birds In Row – “Nympheas”
The latest from the Laval heavy punk trio’s third LP, ‘Gris Klein’, is their ode for the worn and weary to carry on in the face of a world spinning out of control.