Emerging from the shadows of bedroom production and literary obsession, Dude In Black announces himself with The Death of Ophelia, a single that feels less like a casual introduction and more like a handwritten confession. Released on November 22nd, 2025, the track drifts through Dream Pop haze, Indie Rock restraint, and Shoegaze blur, landing somewhere intimate and haunted, but still incredibly original.
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Read MoreLeopold Nunan has always thrived in motion. For those potentially unaware, he’s a Brazilian-born, Los Angeles-based performer who treats genres as merely a suggestion. So it feels wonderfully on brand that he would attack one of the most universally familiar holiday songs of all time and rewire it for the dance floor. His reinterpretation of “Feliz Navidad” doesn’t simply nod at José Feliciano’s legacy. It takes the familiar melody off the snowy postcard, drops it into the tropics, and lets it party until sunrise.
Read MoreSome bands vanish with a whisper. Back in 2006, after years of sharpening their sound from scruffy punk experiments in Oxford dorm rooms to darkly shimmering pop-rock on marquee stages, At Risk stepped away with unfinished business rattling behind them. Their long awaited EP Skyward is the punctuation mark they never got to place. It’s concise, loud, tender, and undeniably euphoric. It closes the loop with four tracks and fifteen minutes that feel like a final exhale and a little victory lap.
Read MoreHilary Cousins has never been shy about ambition. His writing tends to scan big landscapes and big questions, refusing to accept the small box often assigned to indie rock. Even so, his latest “Fragments” feels like a leap in that realm. The December 19th-released single interrogates existence at a planetary scale, pulling medieval mystics, evolutionary theory, and astronomical violence into one three-dimensional hook.
Read MoreRupert Träxler’s “Atmospheres” doesn’t behave like a “normal” song in the slightest. It plants its flag with the confidence of an artist who already knows exactly where he’s headed, as he gleefully melts down the genre borders that make up this track. Officially released on December 19th, 2025, the track feels like a private screening inside a restless imagination. It’s 100% cinematic, propulsive, and built with a precision. Träxler may be a student of technique, but here technique becomes emotion rather than restriction.
Read MoreMichellar’s new single “CROSSED” doesn’t arrive politely. It kicks the door open, flicks the lights on, and dares you to either keep up or get out of the way. This is the sound of an artist turning chaos into public catharsis. Plenty of pop songs claim to emerge from personal turmoil, but fewer actually sound like transformation. Michellar has done it again on another huge collaboration that we’re loving!
Read MoreOn her latest, “Elizabeth,” Evelí Ray offers a song that feels less like a performance and more like a quiet ritual, one meant to be listened to with a close ear. Inspired by her mother, who stands at the emotional center of the piece, the track unfolds as a tender tribute to motherhood and the simple values that often get lost in the noise of modern life. It’s so clearly a deeply personal release, yet its emotional reach extends far beyond the song itself.
Read MoreOn his latest “You Could’ve Just Told Me”, ninemansion delivers a quietly devastating single that lingers long after the final note. It’s a song built on absence as much as presence, expounding on the absence of honesty, clarity, and words that could have changed everything. In that space, NineMansion finds his sharpest emotional footing yet on a song that immediately hit us on first listen.
Read MoreOn Megalopolis, E. Grizzly and Height Keech come together to create a tightly wound and progressive hip-hop album that feels less like a casual collaboration and more like a carefully mapped ecosystem. Spanning nine tracks in a lean 27 minutes, the record moves with purpose, capturing the pulse, tension, and intimacy of city life through sharp lyricism, inventive production, and a shared creative vision that’s fully locked in.
Read MoreCable Street Riot’s latest single, Ricochet, is a masterclass in immersive and purely instrumental storytelling. Released on December 12th, the track immediately pushes the boundaries of electronic, rock, and experimental music, but still offers listeners a cinematic experience that feels deeply reflective. Hailing from Los Angeles, the anonymous project captures the city’s gritty energy and landscape super well, translating it into a 6-minute and 15 second exploration of sound, texture, and seemingly endless emotion.
Read MoreOn Mirabeau, The Real Zenogram emerges from decades of musical exploration to deliver a haunting, emotionally rich solo debut that bridges past and present. Italian-born and UK-based, The Real Zenogram has been a fixture in the music world for over forty years, most notably as a co-founder of the Norwich art-rock ensemble Pindar’s Apes. Yet this first release as a solo artist in the streaming era proves he is far from resting on his laurels.
Read MoreWith Star 67, The Martyr have taken a bold swing at the literal neverending boundaries of heavy music and have ended up landing a direct hit. The New Jersey–born quartet have long been known for high-voltage shows and a sound steeped in metalcore, emo, and all the adrenaline you can take. However with this two-track single, they push their identity into wilder, more uncharted territory, merging hardstyle, metal, and emo in a way that’s the definition of innovative.
Read MoreWith Angels released on December 12th, 2025, Annika Bellamy steps fully into the spotlight as one of the most emotionally connective voices in modern pop and R&B once again. The Southern California artist, Dutch, Indonesian, and European Spanish by heritage, channels her multicultural identity into a bilingual masterpiece that feels as celestial as the title suggests. It’s a track that doesn’t just show her growth as a songwriter and vocalist, rather in our eyes it has solidified her as a true storyteller of the heart.
Read MoreWith Heaven Shines Like Silver, Romanian pianist and composer Stefan Lovin offers a sweeping exploration of musical identity, one that feels both reverent and revolutionary. Released on December 12th, 2025 on Protomaterial Records, the album stands as proof to Lovin’s lifelong dedication to merging folk tradition, classical mastery, and the boundless spontaneity of jazz. It’s a work that feels meticulously studied, the kind of album that reveals new corners of itself each time you return to it.
Read MoreWith Better Days, DJ Momotaro delivers a radiant, forward-looking single that captures the pulse of modern pop while carving out a space that’s entirely his own. Just dropped on December 12th, the track feels like a glittering beauty that ropes you in from the first notes. Teaming up with vocalist Aria Wren, the Dortmund-based producer and Momodisco Records founder fuses sleek electronic polish with emotion, serving up a dance anthem that’ll have you movin’!
Read MoreWith Rare Brew, Suris, the collaborative powerhouse of Lindsey and David Mackie deliver yet another masterclass in atmospheric storytelling and genre-bending. This 2025 “re-release”, remastering a curated selection of tracks from 2005 to 2015 (with hints of even earlier work from the 1990s), breathes fresh life into an already striking catalog. The result is an album that feels both familiar and revolutionary, one that takes the best of the past and infuses them with so much modernity.
Read MoreWith $TUPID, O TH3 THOROUGH BABY plants his flag as one of St. Louis’ most compelling new voices, an artist who isn’t just rapping to impress, but rapping to testify. The track, the lead single from his new album, distills two and a half minutes into something potent, purposeful, and impossible to ignore. It’s short, sure, but there isn’t a wasted second.
Read MoreWith Terug Na Die Wes-Kaap, Christiaan Van Deventer delivers a profoundly intimate and cinematic album that charts the emotional journey of returning home, both physically and spiritually. Released on November 28th, 2025, this Afrikaans collection is a testament to Van Deventer’s growth as a singer-songwriter, blending contemporary pop sensibilities with folk-inspired textures and heartfelt storytelling that transcends language.
Read MoreWith his latest single, “New Orders,” Dear Genre, the stage name of Brazilian-born musician André Cataldo, continues to solidify his reputation as a genre-defying force capable of transforming emotion into sonic grandeur. From its slow building opening to the breathtaking crescendo midway through, the track is a masterclass in tension, release, and immersive production. Drawing from a lifetime of musical exploration, Cataldo channels his early musical exposure into a composition that feels both deeply personal and expansively cinematic.
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