Category: REVIEWS
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1AM – Take Me Home (Cloud Nine) (feat. Jake Gooding)
“Take Me Home (Cloud Nine)” is a new track by 1AM, a creative London-based duo consisting of Eve Eccles & Hounam Ehtemam. It’s their first piece of work since 2022, featuring Jake Gooding’s appearance, and it talks about the naivety of enjoying a toxic relationship. Soundwise, 1AM combines many different but complementary music genres to illustrate such rich…
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Tom Tikka & The Missing Hubcaps – Wrecking Ball
“Wrecking Ball” is a new song by Tom Tikka & The Missing Hubcaps, a Finnish songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Written and composed by Tom Tikka, “Wrecking Ball” also features Carmen Gray’s Lauri Lappe Holopainen on guitars and Nicklas Nyman on lead vocals, Janne Saksa on drums, and Tom Tikka on guitars and bass. It’s his second single…
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Kallai – Palisades
“Palisades” is the latest single by Kallai, an outstanding Portland-based quartet. It’s their second single in 2024, serving as an adequate follow-up to “Always/Never,” their debut track released earlier this year. Still, “Palisades” delivers many innovations in songwriting, composing, arranging, and producing. Their debut song leaned towards shoegaze, while “Palisades” showcases their admiration for post-punk…
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Scared Of Sharks – 2nd Jingle Idea
“2nd Jingle Idea” is a recently released song by Scared Of Sharks, an outstanding Australian group based in Mogareeka. It’s their second single in 2024, acting as an adequate follow-up to “Ode To Rose St,” another excellent composition released earlier this year. Soundwise, Scared Of Sharks combines many different but complementary subgenres to illustrate such…
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Dingo Dango – Bad Luck Curse
“Bad Luck Curse” is a brand new track by Dingo Dango, a Columbus, Ohio-based band. It’s the lead single coming from the EP of the same name, slated for release later this year. Soundwise, the band embraces the fundamentals of alternative rock, but don’t be surprised if you stumble upon some other elements along the…
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Cassetta – Give Them Nothing
Los Angeles-based heavyweights Cassetta released their new song “Give Them Nothing” a while ago. Formed by the current/ex-members of Suicide Silence, Scars of Tomorrow, Pressure Cracks, The Keeper, and Fake Figures, these experienced musicians will please even the pickiest fans of heavy underground music. “Give Them Nothing” is their first track in 2024, serving as an…
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Mother Vulture – Break Me
“Break Me” is the latest single by Mother Vulture, an outstanding Bristol-based rockers. It’s their first piece of work this year, acting as an adequate continuation of “Go Big Or Go Home,” “Monster Crunch,” “Homemaker,” and “Honey,” marvelous tracks released throughout 2022 and 2023. Still, their new song arrives with many innovations in songwriting, composing,…
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Alias James – Catch Myself
“Catch Myself” is a song by Nashville-based singer-songwriter Alias James. It’s a second single released in 2022, serving as an adequate follow-up of “Where You Used To Be” and “Hell (If I Don’t Cry),” two excellent compositions released in 2022 and 2021. Alias James is one of those promising artists that combines the singer-songwriter approach with…
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Avalon Stone – Drag Me
Canadian songstress Avalon Stone returns with “Drag Me,” another marvelous sonic display of her abilities as a singer, songwriter, and musician. This outstanding hard rock composition arrives as a perfect follow-up of “Harder” and “Forget,” two incredible songs we had a chance to write about before. “Drag Me” talks about battling personal demons and finding resilience. It’s…
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Murder In The Red Barn – Murder In The Red Barn 10″ EP (Dipterid Records)
Murder In The Red Barn was a band formed in the late nineties by the members of prominent post-hardcore acts such as Tintoretto, Credentials, The Paper Chase, Hero Of A Thousand Fights, etc. They published several recordings in the early noughties, such as their debut full-length Get In Before The Rain in 2001, and a…
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Monique Angele – Dreaming
“Dreaming” is the latest number by Monique Angele, a Canadian indie pop sensation. It’s her first single in 2024, acting as an adequate follow-up of “Sing Together On Christmas,” an exceptional standalone single released in 2022. Soundwise, Monique Angele combines her singer-songwriter approach, outstanding vocal abilities, and some of the finest elements borrowed from many…
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Faded Shades – What I’m on About
“What I’m On About” is the latest single by Faded Shades, an outstanding Swanley-based trio. It’s their first single this year, acting as an adequate follow-up to “My Place (Or Your Place),” “Stay,” Heartache Calling,” and “Waiting On Tomorrow,” excellent compositions released throughout 2022 and 2023. Soundwise, Faded Shades combine many different but complementary music genres…
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