Author: Helena Lynch
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Indie, Folk, and Reggae Under One Sky – Listen to “Bajo el Mismo Sol” by Rey Dante
Rey Dante releases a new track, “Bajo el Mismo Sol.” The song beautifully weaves together indie, pop, psychedelic touches, and a hint of folk warmth. Gentle flamenco-style guitars and soft, layered vocals set an intimate mood that suddenly bursts into a bright reggae-pop groove in the chorus. The artist plays with sound – and does it with…
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Personal Story and Dark Indie Pop in Michelle Rose’s New Single “Drowning”
Songs based on real, personal stories touch me in some special way. Honestly, I don’t even know why – maybe because behind them you can feel a weight that cannot be imitated. Fictional drama is audible immediately, but when a person sings about what actually happened to them – a certain particular roughness appears. Like…
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Half-Sleep, Mirrors, Trick of Light: Jessie Altman in “Sleepwalking”
Every year in spring I watch how new names appear on the musical Olympus, tremulously, like the first snowdrops in the forest breaking through the thickness of habitual radio noise. But if most of these “flowers” wither faster than their first tour ends, then Jessie Altman definitely plans to stay for a long time. Her…
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STARFLAKE With New Single “I Would Fuck Myself” – Not Audacity, But a Form of Self‑Respect
Sometimes in the morning a strange thing happens to me – I look in the mirror and don’t hurry to avert my gaze. The hair is not perfect, the coffee overflows over the edge, but instead of the usual “what a look” suddenly something quiet and a little surprised: “Not bad. Really, not bad at…
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An Abandoned Water Park as a Metaphor: The New Song by Exsonvaldes
In their previous work, the trio Exsonvaldes often displayed an intellectual side shaped by their academic backgrounds: Simon Beaudoux (vocals and guitar) holds a master’s degree in artificial intelligence; Antoine Bernard (guitar, keyboards) graduated in sound engineering from the Louis Lumière school; and Martin Chourrout (drums) studied at École Polytechnique. In their new song “Abandoned…
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25 Years Later: Milan Suta and His “Which Way Do I Go”
Many people have something like this – an idea you don’t know what to do with. A novel draft stuck at the third chapter. A photograph that never made it out of the film. A melody spinning in your head but never finding a way out. Milan Suta, an independent Czech producer and synthesist, kept…
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Seafret and James Morrison Unite on “Driftwood”
Stepping away from the corporate machine, Seafret are accountable to no one but themselves. “We’ve always rebelled against that,” Jack insists. “As soon as we stepped out of that pressure zone, we started writing songs because no one was telling us that we had to write songs.” And now the duo Seafret are pleased to…
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A Stare That Hits Hard: “Wendigo’s music should feel like a Kubrick stare” – and They Mean It
In the musical kaleidoscope of modern London, it’s easy to get lost – but Wendigo are not the kind of guys who blend into the background. The alternative trio from the British capital are masters of emotionally charged, live-driven rock. They describe their style as “di-gaze” – a cocktail of dense sound, sincerity, and that…
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Against Silence: “We Didn’t Survive to Be Quiet” by Neo Brightwell
There is a question that has been haunting me for a long time – and has sounded especially loud in the last decade: what happens to a person when a machine starts thinking for them? Not in the sense of arithmetic – in the sense of who to be, what to love, what to believe…
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The Cinematic Calm of New Wolves’ “Boiling Up”
New Wolves – a trio from Swansea, United Kingdom, create indie-electronic music with a guitar sense of space and a producer’s love for unusual details. Their songs often start with something familiar and then slightly change direction: warm hooks, flashes of broken synthesizer, low harmonies, and a cinematic drift. The second single of this year, “Boiling…
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