Michellar crafts a stunning & complete album with "REVERIE ....FROM THEN TILL NOW"

On REVERIE ....FROM THEN TILL NOW, Michellar delivers a deeply human album that’s easily the most cohesive and progressive thing she’s done thus far. After initial decades away from songwriting, the San Francisco–based artist is here with a confident and expansive statement that reflects a lifetime of listening, living, and quietly gathering stories. The album plays like a personal archive cracked open and that’s why we love it.

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Gabriel Moonlight stares into the mirror on Avante-Garde single, "Vanity"

With Vanity, Gabriel Moonlight announces himself as an artist unafraid of darkness, drama, or depth. At just three minutes and thirty-nine seconds, the single feels like a concentrated dose of gothic atmosphere and poetic intent, a piece that lingers far longer than its runtime suggests. It’s a haunting, introspective work that positions Moonlight not as a pop provocateur, but as a young artist already reaching backward through centuries of literature while pushing forward into avant-garde sound that is downright stunning.

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Only1Zaina answers the unknown on "Call From Fate"

On her latest, Call From Fate, Only1Zaina captures the electric pause between comfort and courage, turning a life-altering decision into a song that feels both deeply personal and unbelievably relatable. Released on January 1st, 2026, the single arrives like a quiet vow that’s honest, hopeful, and charged with the possibility of becoming someone new. It’s a fitting way to begin a year, and a striking marker of where Zaina is headed as an artist.

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Bog Witch casts a spell with a stripped back Folk lullaby, "Dream Birds"

With Dream Birds, Bog Witch delivers a song that feels less like a single and more of a journal entry in the best way possible. Clocking in at a fleeting two and a half minutes, the track moves quietly but deliberately, unfolding as a surreal folk lullaby that invites listeners to lean in, lower the lights and listen closely. It’s a piece of pure atmosphere and intention, gentle on the surface yet carrying an undercurrent of beauty from beginning to end.

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Smooth Retsina Glow burn bright on Incandescence - Interview

With Incandescence, Smooth Retsina Glow deliver the kind of album that only comes from a band hardened by time, volume, and persistence. Released in October 2025, the Pennsylvania outfit’s sixth studio record finds them operating at full command, distilling years of lineup shifts, relentless touring, and creative experimentation into a focused statement. Across ten tracks and forty-nine minutes, the band doesn’t chase reinvention so much as refinement, proving how powerful a group can be when it truly knows itself.

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5 smart strategies for keeping Band morale High

Keeping your band motivated is as important as perfecting your sound. When everyone feels appreciated and inspired, it shows in the music. On the contrary, low morale can lead to tension, missed rehearsals or even members quitting.  If you’re looking for ways to keep spirits high, here are some innovative strategies every band can use.

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Astral Nocturna open a Cinematic saga with "Clockmaster’s Grief"

With Clockmaster’s Grief, Astral Nocturna make an immediate entrance, unveiling a symphonic metal single that feels less like a standalone track and more like the opening scene of an epic film. Released on December 29th, 2025, the song distills seemingly endless grandeur, emotion, and narrative ambition into just under four minutes, proving that scale isn’t measured by runtime but by vision.

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JJ’s Music Retaliation let loose on "Just Do It If Not"

With Just Do It If Not, JJ’s Music Retaliation continues to prove that straightforward doesn’t have to mean predictable. Clocking in at a lean three minutes and forty-five seconds, the single feels like a deliberate tightening of focus while still leaving plenty of room for his off-kilter personality to spill through the cracks. It’s rock music that knows exactly what it wants to be, and has a blast getting there.

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JCCutter raises a glass on an anthemic single, "Tequila at Dawn"

With Tequila at Dawn, JCCutter trades introspection for ignition, delivering a single that feels like the release valve after a long, hard year. It’s a song born from the need to let loose and to welcome what comes next with the volume turned wayyy up. Released as a celebratory exhale following heavier material, the track lands as a joyful reminder that sometimes the most honest thing an artist can do is write something purely for the fun of it.

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Faith In Vain confront the darkness on searing single, "Soul Tied"

Faith In Vain return swinging with Soul Tied, a towering single released on December 26th, 2025, that reaffirms the Midwestern band’s place among metal’s most emotionally driven forces. Clocking in at just over six minutes, the track doesn’t rush its message or its fury. Instead, it takes its time building a crushing atmosphere where pain, reflection, and resilience collide, delivering a listening experience that is downright cathartic!

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Kim Logan & the Silhouettes ignite the future on "Saturnalia"

With Saturnalia, Kim Logan & the Silhouettes don’t just pivot from their past, they detonate it. Released on December 19th, 2025, the transatlantic group’s third full-length album feels like a deliberate break from the comfort of nostalgia, a bold leap into something darker, stranger, and far more dangerous. Where earlier work reveled in grit and groove, Saturnalia stares unblinking at a dystopian horizon and dares listeners to follow.

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David Graham lets his vocals soar on album, "Insanity vs. Reality"

There’s a raw, unvarnished bravery running through Insanity vs. Reality, the debut album from David Graham, released on December 22nd, 2025. It’s the sound of an artist who has stared down limitation, pain, and doubt, and responded not with resignation, but with resolve. Framed as a pop record but driven by so many other sounds and styles, the album unfolds like a personal manifesto.

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Lulu Malaya takes the leap on debut single, "Time To Fly"

With her debut single Time To Fly, Lulu Malaya arrives with the kind of confidence that usually takes artists years to earn. Released on December 19th, 2025, the track feels like a mission statement disguised as a celebration, blending pop immediacy, hip-hop bounce, and the emotional sweep of musical theatre into something that feels joyful, purposeful, and unmistakably her own. It’s the sound of someone choosing momentum over hesitation, and enjoying every second of the fall upward.

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Dude In Black gets poetic on a gorgeous single, "The Death of Ophelia"

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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Leopold Nunan turns up the heat on “Feliz Navidad”

Leopold 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.

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At Risk come soaring back with a long-awaited EP, "Skyward"

Some 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.

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Hilary Cousins breaks the universe open on “Fragments”

Hilary 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.

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Rupert Träxler ignites a new era with “Atmospheres”

Rupert 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.

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Michellar drops the hammer with a bold year-ending single, “CROSSED”

Michellar’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!

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