Category: Single
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Don’t Trust the Screen: LOYD from Wales and His ‘Kill The Dream’
Briefly about how we kill our dreams today: trivially easy – with a thumb on the screen. Scroll, like, another scroll. Somewhere between others’ successes and our own postponed plans, dreams leave without slamming the door. The new single “Kill The Dream” by LOYD is a neatly framed verdict on the habit of living in…
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“Union Song” – a Quiet Response to Late Capitalism from Tyler Ellis
Tyler Ellis is among those rare musicians who manage to be serious and unburdensome at the same time. His new single “Union Song” – the first from the upcoming ninth (!) album Hardwarestore, due out in June – sounds like a smart and tired person decided not to be angry, but to sing.And it works. “Union…
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Eliott Thompson – “Blue-gray Eyes”: Melancholy Disguised as Pop Rock
Oscar Wilde said, “that every time a person falls in love, he becomes a poet. No one asked what happens when that love goes away.” It seems Eliot Thompson has found out where that place is, but decided not to write a poem, but to do something better – to record a banger. “Blue-gray eyes”…
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Anti-Technique and Seduction: the Recipe for the Enchanting “cherry spice” by moonvine
There’s a version of me that appears exclusively in front of the bathroom mirror – between seven and a quarter past seven in the morning. That version has no doubts. She straightens the shirt collar with a confidence the rest of the day never justifies. I don’t know where she comes from. But I know…
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Camp in the Gym: “L.L.L.” by m0n0 jay Blows Up Fitness Culture
A strange place, the gym. It always has too many mirrors and too little sincerity: every involuntary glance into them is either control, comparison, or an attempt to convince yourself you’ve become better. Fitness culture tries to sell the concept of “before” and “after,” deficit and discipline, the body as an unfinished project. But what…
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Chaos That Holds Its Shape: Anna Storm’s New Single “Trap Opera”
Frankly speaking, I’m a bit tired of genre debates. Every time it’s the same: “this one doesn’t sound authentic enough,” “that one betrayed her roots,” “there’s too much pop here.” However, here’s what’s strange. The most interesting tracks appear when someone says “you can’t do that.” Criticism is an unpredictable thing, and everyone reacts to…
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Voice, Memory, Moment: Gentle Indie Folk on Adrienne Leska’s New Single “Never Gets Old”
They say that some things do not age. Old photographs in a box on the mezzanine. The smell of grandma’s pie. And-if you’re lucky-a song written with a warm, sincere feeling to which time does not stick. Cleveland singer and songwriter Adrienne Leska released the single “Never Gets Old” on March 27- a touching dedication…
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“Vitamins” by Cello: Because Be a Good Girl no Longer Fits in a Pill
“Vitamins,” the debut by London artist Cello, begins with a daily litany that many women know by heart: “I’ll do the homework… I’ll be a good girl… I’ll clean the house… I’ll do your therapy… I’ll do the workout…”. With soft submission, these lines describe a person who has been fulfilling a contract for years…
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“Nenya” by Matthias Lindner: Two Guitars Against the Fade
Tolkien in his book “The Lord of the Rings” associates Nenya with the element of water – fluid and memory-preserving. Matthias Lindner, apparently, read Tolkien carefully-and makes this metaphor the starting point of his release.His single “Nenya”, released on January 9, 2026, is three short statements for two guitars, ascetically recorded: a concert instrument, a…
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No Direction, But Together – “I Won’t Go Alone” by Echoes of MLO
In the 19th century there was no streaming; they probably didn’t even know such a word. However, the thoughts and quotes of the classics are still relevant today. For example, Victor Hugo once wrote, “Music gives a soul to the universe,” and that was exactly what I recalled when pressing play on the new track…