Author: Helena Lynch
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“VHS isn’t a Perfect Format, but it’s the Imperfections that Make us Human”: Robert dos Santos – on Cinema and Everything in Between
Forty awards. One former lawyer. And a film on VHS – the first in twenty years. Robert dos Santos isn’t trying to be a provocateur. He simply knows what he wants – and what he doesn’t. He doesn’t want to press a button and get a screenplay from AI. He doesn’t want his work dissolving…
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Bird – “Strange As Folk”: A Stereoscopy of Melancholy in Five Tracks
Hollywood spent a good half-century and several billion dollars to explain: Texas is not a place, it’s a diagnosis. Cowboys there are silent more eloquently than any monologue, sunsets last longer than the laws of physics allow, and love is either eternal or tragic – there is no third option. John Ford, Clint Eastwood, Wim…
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Welcome to the Basement: Pop Gets a New Life in m0n0 jay’s ‘L- L- L-‘ (ATH Remix)
“Real strength does not need the spotlight” – that’s roughly what Nietzsche might have said if he went to raves. When the motivational music in the gym fades out, the last visitors with pink water bottles leave, a third of the lights switch off. What remains is iron, darkness, and you. At the point –…
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New Energy of Rome: “Are We Happy” by Valerio Montelatici
Rome — a city where all roads converge. For centuries, this phrase has been more than a saying: it’s a principle etched into the very layout of the ancient road network, where thousands of kilometers of stone highways radiated outward from a single point. Rome has always been a place where paths begin — and…
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“Coquihalla”: Angela Begin and the Road That Doesn’t End
I’m not one of those who follow the indie scene systematically. But sometimes something finds you on its own – and it’s already hard to pretend you haven’t heard it. “Rose Up” by Angela Begin found me exactly like that. A Canadian singer-songwriter based between Montreal and Edmonton, she writes music about nature, space, temporality,…
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Ten Songs, One Mountain, No Limits: Mt. Kili’s Album “The Noticer”
On souvenir mugs in an airport shop I once saw an engraved inscription: “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” Rick Sichta, apparently, saw the same mug and took the advice with surgical seriousness. With a backpack on his back, he traveled to China, Tibet, and climbed Everest. The brainchild of…
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Intensity and Contrast: Zeronic Return with “The Hope And The Enemy”
The Austrian trio zeronic is pleased to present their brand-new single, “The Hope And The Enemy.” The song explores the dual nature of existence, the spectrum of positive and negative emotions, despair and hope – and the single reflects on what these feelings mean and how they can be approached constructively. The track showcases zeronic’s…
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Love like it Used to be: Presenting “Love like 1983” by Jaclyn Bradley
Maybe you lived through it. Maybe your parents did. If you experienced the 1980s, you miss them. “Love like 1983” is a Polaroid snapshot of how things used to be. In the age of artificial intelligence, many feel a nostalgic attachment to the past, even if some dream of remembering it for the first time.…
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“Of Brothers And Sons” Is Riotmaker’s Most Personal Statement Yet
For years, Riotmaker had a distinct sound… a certain energy. But the new track, “Of Brothers And Sons,” is something different. Something more personal. “Of Brothers And Sons” was written in reflection on the relationships that shaped one of the band members’ life – his two sons, three brothers, and two fathers. It speaks to…
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Unfiltered and Unfolding: Lily Vakili’s “Heart’s Afire”
Lily Vakili’s songs are defined by personal lyricism and intimate, observational writing. Unconventional harmonies, complex chords, open guitar tunings, and jazz-inflected modulations – “Heart’s Afire” sounds exactly like this. The voice functions as an instrument: clear, flexible, with sharp leaps and a conversational phrasing. Around it – guitar, piano, bass, and plenty of space, where…
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