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Bedridden’s "Philadelphia Got Me Through" feels like stepping into a mosh pit of angry gymnasts | Tracks

Becoming known in the underground rock scene for their surprisingly clean grunge sound, Bedridden is back with latest single, “Philadelphia Get Me Through”. The track tackles a night out in the city and an attempt to barrel past the hands of heartbreak by leaping into the arms of the Philadelphia nightlife instead.
Here jangly guitars intermingle with driving drums and bass in a simmering pot of rage. It’s grimy and chaotic, but the noise doesn’t boil over. Instead, layered guitar chords ring o...
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Meljoann comments on our modern dystopia in infectious experimental pop track “Data Ghost” | Tracks

In their new single “Data Ghost”, DIY hyperpop artist Meljoann provides a commentary on our broken digital landscape framed through the lens of deliciously weird pop beats.
In the single, textured instrumentals enshroud Meljoann’s vocals in a cyberpunk universe of off-kilter sound. The disorienting environment frames a re-telling of our existence between the real world and the digital. Where does the bleeding of the two end and begin? And is the compelling nature of the digital space a whimsical...
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Isabella Storm steps into her power with addictive dance-pop track “Satan’s Valentine” | Tracks

In her latest single “Satan’s Valentine” rising contemporary pop artist Isabella Storm takes us past the recovery period (while only briefly entertaining the thought of revenge). Swapping regret and bitterness for passion, acceptance, and self-love, the song begins with an electrifying synthesizer and distorted vocal line. Ushering in warm, oscillating beats and Isabella’s bold vocals, the song is a testament to Isabella’s fierce spirit and strength. With stormy electronica sound and vibrant lyr...
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Roomer’s latest track “Chance” is a shoegaze slow dance in an impossible storm | Tracks

Beginning with soft strums of an acoustic guitar, “Chance” has an angelic start with singer Ronja Schößler’s voice floating atop funky bass guitar chords and bold hits of a drum. As the instrumentals merge with her vocals, Schößler sings about her yearning for love, while admitting she knows it’s best to leave things to chance to avoid the pain. Spectral in its dark and dreamy allure, the single is an evolving web of uncommon chord structures atop intentional slacker rock rhythms. Ronja cries ou...
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Mallrat - 1883 Magazine

Known affectionately by the world as Mallrat, the vibrant Grace Shaw completed her first EP while hunkered down glamorously in a friend’s storage box. Not long after, she started getting emails from record labels. Playing her first shows just after high school supporting acts like Allday, who inspired her to try her hand at producing in the first place, she’s now made it full circle. 


A decade on, Mallrat has perfected her infectious underground pop sound– and fans all around the world are lo...
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Luvcat puts on her rose-coloured glasses in hazy new pop track “Love & Money” | Tracks

Rising pop star Luvcat shares her version of this timeless tale in her latest single “Love & Money”. Released just in time for the holiday of love, Luvcat is known for her quirky pop singles and witty lyrics. Her moniker comes from a song by The Cure, and she specializes in crafting similar tracks covering the in-and-outs of twisted romantics.
In “Love & Money”, a shimmering synth sets the tone with a warm bass and driving drums coming to complete the soundscape. It’s a summery pop song followin...
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Folk darling Natalie Wildgoose’s “Angel” is as tender as a declaration of love | Tracks

With her natural folk music, Natalie shows fans that strength and gentleness are wrapped up in one. For admirers of songwriters like Molly Drake, Sibylle Baier, or Angel Olsen, you will feel right at home with Natalie’s eccentric, warm, and sincere sound.
With her new single “Angel”, Natalie keeps vulnerability at the core. The warming fuzz of an analog machine and a tender piano act are the backdrop for her soft lyrics, where Natalie explores our capacity to surrender in a world that demands th...
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Alt-rock group she’s green shares dreamy new shoegaze track “graze” | Tracks

Inspired by the vast Midwestern terrain that informs their lives, the underground shoegaze group she’s green steeps textured alt-rock sounds in dream-pop tenderness. The combination makes for balanced songs that feel like a rebirth. Off the heels of their 2023 EP Wisteria, they’re back with single “graze”, a soft ballad that cascades into yearning shriek.
The song begins with layered guitar chords spilling out into a sea of reverb, like wild stars blinking in an open universe. Vocalist Zofia Smi...
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James Brandon Lewis's favourite songs | Nine Songs interview

Take the work of iconic trumpeter Don Cherry. Instrumental music speaks just like words, relaying stories through sound waves that soak into our subconscious and enshroud us in feeling. One thing Cherry’s discography reveals is his perspective on curiosity, where he constantly collaborated with new voices in jazz and challenged the boundaries of the genre. As he famously said about life, “When people believe in boundaries, they become part of them.”
While Cherry passed on in 1995, New York-based...
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mynameisntjmack can’t escape the irony in his latest alt-rap track “argue typing” | Tracks

Modern technology has helped us become more efficient in a lot of ways, but inanimate screens are not necessarily known for helping us properly relay emotions. No matter your intentions, trying to be sincere in a text is about as straightforward as being able to breathe in space. Our futile gestures turn into a frustrating game of ‘what do they mean by that?’, and eventually, it all spurs into a colossally unwinnable argument.
This all begs the question. Why do we still engage? Maybe we all sec...
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Indie-rocker Camille Schmidt asks the impossible in her revealing new track “Cult in Denver” | Tracks

Every time we fall in love, it feels like the last. All-encompassing in its hazy euphoria, this one feeling has more power over us than anything, and its startling effects force us to ask impossible questions. Just as burgeoning songwriter Camille Schmidt muses in her song “Cult of Denver”, “how could anyone be like you are to me?” is one of the most pressing of all these, especially when a relationship feels it’s about to reach an incomprehensible end.
Throughout the song Schmidt hovers in a s...
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Cryogeyser shows a resilient tenderness in vulnerable slowcore track “Stargirl” | Tracks

Even in the darkness, we transform. Purveyors of shoegaze and grunge genres like Cryogeyser know this truth well, spilling out those knowing hearts accordingly in wildly cathartic alt-rock ballads. With bold guitars and wickedly honest lyrics, the songs both refresh and revive with their simultaneous truth and grittiness.
Having rubbed elbows with mainstays in the slowcore scene like Wednesday, Pond, Citizen, and Horse Jumper of Love, to name just a few, Cryogeyser is coming off a string of sol...
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Filmore! explores the unpredictability of life in textured D&B track “It Never Ends" | Tracks

The work of the heart is often something of a tightrope walk between fulfillment and despair. Every artist must learn to navigate the complexity of following their passion despite the emotional and financial baggage that inevitably comes with. While navigating these realities is often difficult, it also, ironically, makes for great fodder for more art too. D&B artist Filmore! proves that with his latest EP Idle Death Gamble, which is an exploration of the highs and lows of being an artist.
“The...
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sweet93 questions reality in dreamy new shoegaze track "what's true?" | Tracks

For most experimental fans, the lure of shoegaze, dense noise pop, or fuzzy alt-rock lies in the innate mystery of these songs. It’s those addictive reverb-laden choruses, the whispered lyrics, and instrumentals as vast and varied as a kaleidoscope we just can’t get enough of. There’s something hiding in this music, and each project feels like a conversation between listener and artist.

This elusive sound can be found in the discographies of shoegaze greats such as Mazzy Star and Cocteau Twins,...
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Hinds - 1883 Magazine

When Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote appear through the glow of my computer screen, my eyes are immediately drawn to the bold statement necklaces hanging from their necks. They are both of a simple oceanic theme, Carlotta’s a shiny silver starfish and Ana’s a lovely conch shell. I ask about them and Ana reveals they are a gift from her to Carlotta. 


Beyond their material beauty, these simple accessories point out a lot about who these women are as both people and friends. The duo of Carlotta...
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Alix Page - 1883 Magazine

There’s an undeniably sunny energy about 22-year-old songwriter Alix Page. You can feel it in the way she talks about her life, creative endeavors, and especially in the words she shares about the community of musicians and fans around her. It could just be a Scorpio thing, but we’d say that this glowing, passionate person is really just who Alix Page is. Her confessional songs are vulnerable and honest, making for truly relatable listens for her fans. Combined with intentional instrumentation,...
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The Lemon Twigs' reference points on their new album | Interview

The last album by The Lemon Twigs, made up of New York-based brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario, was an honest, sober reflection on reality. Filled with melancholy ballads and layered acoustic numbers, Everything Harmony unpacked the double-edged nature of things like luck and love, and reflected a much more pensive side of the brothers compared to much of their previous works. (With tracks like “Every Day is The Worst Day of My Life”, the song titles speak for themselves.) “Everything Harmony...
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Hotline TNT swim through hazy layers of shoegaze in their latest single "Protocol" | Tracks

Love cannot be represented by a pendulum or a scale. It is the colour black which holds all of the other colours of the rainbow in the centre of its palm. This is perhaps what makes love one of the most terrifying of all emotions - it is just as gentle as it is brash. But despite love’s ability to be, at times, supremely difficult, it is also often worth those indomitable risks. Love has many pitfalls, but many also believe that it should be fought for.
Singer-songwriter Will Anderson, the front...
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"Nested" sees Jossle explore the feelings that linger at the end of a relationship | Best Fit

From taking notice of the floral patterns embroidered in a lover’s dress to matching the colour in their cheeks to a bottle of red wine, life is perhaps best enjoyed when we really sink into these mundane moments that too soon become a memory. This is exactly the sentiment Jossle captures in his latest single ‘Nested’ - a mellow indie-rock track told in two parts: the first at the beginning of a breakup and the next after months have passed by.
Jossle is the pseudonym for Cork-born Joshua O’Lea...