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AJ Suede lays down his life mantras at a football match in the video for "A Quick Detour." His march through the stands is made eerie by the silence of the crowd around him.
AJ Suede – “A Quick Detour”
AJ Suede lays down his life mantras at a football match in the video for "A Quick Detour." His march through the stands is made eerie by the silence of the crowd around him. AJ Suede | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Spotify | Soundcloud | Bandcamp
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December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
AJ Suede lays down his life mantras at a football match in the video for "A Quick Detour." His march through the stands is made eerie by the silence of the crowd around him.
The Cribs know where this track takes place, and Briana Marela fell under its spell. Ripe fruit rot sweetly.
Briana Marela – "Willful or Self-willed"
Briana Marela – "Willful or Self-willed"
Briana Marela – “Willful or Self-willed”
The Cribs know where this track takes place ("where you'll fall in love so hard that you'll wish you were dead"), and Briana Marela fell under its spell ("I fell in and out of love here"). Ripe fruit rot sweetly. Briana Marela | order My Inner Rest | SnG coverage | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | Spotify | Soundcloud | Bandcamp
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November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The Cribs know where this track takes place, and Briana Marela fell under its spell. Ripe fruit rot sweetly.
Briana Marela – "Willful or Self-willed"
Briana Marela – "Willful or Self-willed"
"Not Giving It Out," the recent single from Nadia Reid, takes the listener to a remote, lush cove flanked by a reef that prevents waves from breaking heavily at its mouth.
Nadia Reid – “Not Giving It Out”
Nadia Reid is a spectacular songwriter, and her recent single is a beautiful addition to her discography. "Not Giving It Out" takes the listener to a remote, lush cove flanked by a reef that prevents waves from breaking heavily at its mouth. In Reid's own words, the song is "a luminous, slow-burning song about love, identity, and quiet resistance. It’s rooted in Dunedin’s North East Valley — a place that shaped me — and it feels like both a personal love song and a statement about holding something back, staying true." Nadia Reid | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Bandcamp
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November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Not Giving It Out," the recent single from Nadia Reid, takes the listener to a remote, lush cove flanked by a reef that prevents waves from breaking heavily at its mouth.
For groovy birders everywhere.
The Diasonics – "Finch"
The Diasonics – "Finch"
The Diasonics – “Finch”
For groovy birders everywhere. The Diasonics | order Ornithology | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Spotify | Soundcloud | Bandcamp
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November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
For groovy birders everywhere.
The Diasonics – "Finch"
The Diasonics – "Finch"
[LIVE REVIEW] This isn’t a true concert “review” in the sense that there is nothing new to add about the Grizzly Bear live experience. They are the live music standard for indie bands. They play entirely live, and Chris Taylor seemed to handle 80% of the instruments at the Shrine. READ MORE...
Grizzly Bear Ventures Out of the Woods
Though frontman Ed Droste has called Los Angeles home for years now, Grizzly Bear as a band never considered this city their ‘base.’ But each member has lived in LA at some point in their lives. So, “[t]his is kind of a hometown show for all of us,” declared Daniel Rossen…or maybe it was Ed. Admittedly my notes from their recent show at the Shrine were excruciatingly vague.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
[LIVE REVIEW] This isn’t a true concert “review” in the sense that there is nothing new to add about the Grizzly Bear live experience. They are the live music standard for indie bands. They play entirely live, and Chris Taylor seemed to handle 80% of the instruments at the Shrine. READ MORE...
Take a journey in the night without the threat of monsters. Only shadows and sprites to befriend.
R&D – "Everything Becomes A Sign"
R&D – "Everything Becomes A Sign"
R&D – “Everything Becomes A Sign”
Take a journey in the night without the threat of monsters. Only shadows and sprites to befriend. R&D | Bandcamp kitba | Twitter | Instagram | Spotify | Bandcamp Adeline Hotel | Instagram | Spotify | Bandcamp
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October 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Take a journey in the night without the threat of monsters. Only shadows and sprites to befriend.
R&D – "Everything Becomes A Sign"
R&D – "Everything Becomes A Sign"
R&B sounds better when chopped, screwed and exported in 16kbps.
Jazz Playaz – "die4u"
Jazz Playaz – "die4u"
Jazz Playaz – “die4u”
R&B sounds better when chopped, screwed and exported in 16kbps. Jazz Playaz | order Channel Surfing | YouTube | Spotify SIC Records | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Soundcloud | Bandcamp
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October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
R&B sounds better when chopped, screwed and exported in 16kbps.
Jazz Playaz – "die4u"
Jazz Playaz – "die4u"
Hammydown's title track Former You is warm like sun beaming behind thin curtains.
Hammydown – “Former You (feat. Caroline Rose)”
Despite sounding like their vocal contributions came through voicemail, Caroline Rose was part of the entire writing and recording process for Former You with friend and bandmate, Abbie Morin, aka Hammydown. The title track is warm like sun beaming behind thin curtains. Hammydown | order Former You | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Spotify | Soundcloud | Bandcamp Caroline Rose | SnG coverage | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Soundcloud | Bandcamp
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October 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hammydown's title track Former You is warm like sun beaming behind thin curtains.
Morning commute in a neon alternate dimension.
tennyson – “it’s idea!”
Morning commute in a neon alternate dimension. tennyson | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Spotify | Soundcloud | Bandcamp
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October 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Morning commute in a neon alternate dimension.
Living, bouncing beats.
Philipp Stoffel – "Akzent"
Philipp Stoffel – "Akzent"
Philipp Stoffel – “Akzent”
Living, bouncing beats. Philipp Stoffel | Spotify | Bandcamp
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October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Living, bouncing beats.
Philipp Stoffel – "Akzent"
Philipp Stoffel – "Akzent"
Hometown Heroes for All
The shoegaze sensibility of Subsonic Eye's Singapore Dreaming matches its descriptions of modern-day young adult malaise. The bassline stands out on “Situations,” even as the guitars race like a pulse during a panic attack. [Read more.]
The shoegaze sensibility of Subsonic Eye's Singapore Dreaming matches its descriptions of modern-day young adult malaise. The bassline stands out on “Situations,” even as the guitars race like a pulse during a panic attack. [Read more.]
Hometown Heroes for All
Photo by: Crispin Tan Now that I have lived for eleven years on the other side of the country from where I grew up, I have a more pronounced affection for what I call my hometown heroes, who are up-and-coming athletes or performers or persons of note. I relish in seeing success for other folks who are also where I’m from, even though I could never see myself returning for good.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hometown Heroes for All
The shoegaze sensibility of Subsonic Eye's Singapore Dreaming matches its descriptions of modern-day young adult malaise. The bassline stands out on “Situations,” even as the guitars race like a pulse during a panic attack. [Read more.]
The shoegaze sensibility of Subsonic Eye's Singapore Dreaming matches its descriptions of modern-day young adult malaise. The bassline stands out on “Situations,” even as the guitars race like a pulse during a panic attack. [Read more.]
Nmesh's chopped up jam "Heavyweight Subliminal" is a piece of modern art that masquerades as a song with a music video.
Nmesh – “Heavyweight Subliminal”
Nmesh's chopped up jam "Heavyweight Subliminal" is a piece of modern art that masquerades as a song with a music video. It circulates around a solid motif and reminds you that, like everyone else, you are equally as susceptible to covert psychological warfare. Nmesh | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Soundcloud | Bandcamp
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October 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Nmesh's chopped up jam "Heavyweight Subliminal" is a piece of modern art that masquerades as a song with a music video.
Beautiful things happen when ambient dreamwave marries vocals with soul.
Purelink – "Rookie" feat. Loraine James
Purelink – "Rookie" feat. Loraine James
Purelink – “Rookie” feat. Loraine James
Beautiful things happen when ambient dreamwave marries vocals with soul. Purelink | Instagram | YouTube | Bandcamp Loraine James | YouTube | Soundcloud
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October 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Beautiful things happen when ambient dreamwave marries vocals with soul.
Purelink – "Rookie" feat. Loraine James
Purelink – "Rookie" feat. Loraine James
Written like a persuasive essay, "SPANK!" by HiTech gets your ass shaking even if you aren't listening to the lyrics.
HiTech – “SPANK!”
Written like a persuasive essay, "SPANK!" by HiTech gets your ass shaking even if you aren't listening to the lyrics. HiTech | website | Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Soundcloud | Bandcamp
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September 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Written like a persuasive essay, "SPANK!" by HiTech gets your ass shaking even if you aren't listening to the lyrics.
Work through your own crash-related trauma with "Blue Mountains," the closing track on Singapore Dreaming that ironically ends with steady claps of a cymbal.
Subsonic Eye – “Blue Mountains”
Work through your own crash-related trauma with "Blue Mountains," the closing track on Singapore Dreaming that ironically ends with steady claps of a cymbal. Subsonic Eye | buy Singapore Dreaming | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Spotify | YouTube | Bandcamp
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September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Work through your own crash-related trauma with "Blue Mountains," the closing track on Singapore Dreaming that ironically ends with steady claps of a cymbal.
A beautiful reel of vintage nature footage accompanies the latest contemporary vaporwave effort by Jazz Playaz.
Channel Surfing is available in ultra-limited 140-gram vinyl.
Channel Surfing is available in ultra-limited 140-gram vinyl.
Jazz Playaz – “If I Could”
A beautiful reel of vintage nature footage, with aerial footage taken in helicopters instead of by drones, accompanies the latest contemporary vaporwave effort by Jazz Playaz. "If I Could" appears on the back half of their latest LP, Channel Surfing, which is available on ultra-limited 140-gram vinyl on Bandcamp. Jazz Playaz | order Channel Surfing | YouTube | Spotify SIC Records | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Soundcloud | Bandcamp
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September 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A beautiful reel of vintage nature footage accompanies the latest contemporary vaporwave effort by Jazz Playaz.
Channel Surfing is available in ultra-limited 140-gram vinyl.
Channel Surfing is available in ultra-limited 140-gram vinyl.
A healthy reminder to forge your own path, not follow someone else's.
CATT – "Jungle of Abundance"
CATT – "Jungle of Abundance"
CATT – “Jungle of Abundance”
A healthy reminder to forge your own path, not follow someone else's. CATT | website | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | Spotify | Bandcamp
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September 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A healthy reminder to forge your own path, not follow someone else's.
CATT – "Jungle of Abundance"
CATT – "Jungle of Abundance"
"WE GONE MAKE IT" is a hopeful start to MOLLY'S SON, an album-long ode to deramcastmoe's mom.
dreamcastmoe – “WE GONE MAKE IT”
A hopeful start to MOLLY'S SON, an album-long ode to deramcastmoe's mom. dreamcastmoe | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Spotify | Soundcloud | Bandcamp
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September 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"WE GONE MAKE IT" is a hopeful start to MOLLY'S SON, an album-long ode to deramcastmoe's mom.
Ascendant psych rock.
Saving Miles Lemon – "You're a Star"
Saving Miles Lemon – "You're a Star"
Saving Miles Lemon – “You’re a Star”
Ascendant psych rock. Saving Miles Lemon | Facebook | Instagram | Bandcamp
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September 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ascendant psych rock.
Saving Miles Lemon – "You're a Star"
Saving Miles Lemon – "You're a Star"
State Change is an achievement in many ways. Joyce tells a poetic autobiographical tale about an accident that permanently injured her left hand using adaptive tools with a compositional focus on disability. "August 6, 1999" is sparse enough to let you imagine the pain for yourself.
Molly Joyce – “August 6, 1999”
State Change, the new album from composer Molly Joyce, is an achievement in many ways. Joyce tells a poetic autobiographical tale about an accident that permanently injured her left hand using adaptive tools with a compositional focus on disability. As if the music itself wasn't already vulnerable—"August 6, 1999" is sparse enough to let you imagine the pain for yourself.
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September 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
State Change is an achievement in many ways. Joyce tells a poetic autobiographical tale about an accident that permanently injured her left hand using adaptive tools with a compositional focus on disability. "August 6, 1999" is sparse enough to let you imagine the pain for yourself.
An improvised story with slight conflict and gentle, compassionate resolution.
Louis Prince feat. Joseph Shabason – "Add Increase"
Louis Prince feat. Joseph Shabason – "Add Increase"
Louis Prince feat. Joseph Shabason – “Add Increase”
An improvised story with slight conflict and gentle, compassionate resolution. Louis Prince | website | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | Spotify | Bandcamp Joseph Shabason | website | Instagram | Spotify | Bandcamp
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September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
An improvised story with slight conflict and gentle, compassionate resolution.
Louis Prince feat. Joseph Shabason – "Add Increase"
Louis Prince feat. Joseph Shabason – "Add Increase"
Spectral nu-jazz sunbeams.
Błoto – "Chaga"
Błoto – "Chaga"
Błoto – “Chaga”
Spectral nu-jazz sunbeams. Błoto | Facebook | Instagram | Spotify | Bandcamp
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September 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Spectral nu-jazz sunbeams.
Błoto – "Chaga"
Błoto – "Chaga"
Twinkling breakbeat reggae.
Riddim Research Lab vs Lay-Far – "Cry Fi Dem"
Riddim Research Lab vs Lay-Far – "Cry Fi Dem"
Riddim Research Lab vs Lay-Far – “Cry Fi Dem”
Twinkling breakbeat reggae. Riddim Research Lab | buy "Cry Fi Dem" single | Bandcamp Lay-Far | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Spotify | Soundcloud | Bandcamp
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September 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Twinkling breakbeat reggae.
Riddim Research Lab vs Lay-Far – "Cry Fi Dem"
Riddim Research Lab vs Lay-Far – "Cry Fi Dem"
If daydreams were a hi-hat and emotions a steady groove.
Purelink feat. J – "4k Murmurs"
Purelink feat. J – "4k Murmurs"
Purelink feat. J – “4k Murmurs”
If daydreams were a hi-hat and emotions a steady groove. Purelink | Instagram | YouTube | Spotify | Bandcamp
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September 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If daydreams were a hi-hat and emotions a steady groove.
Purelink feat. J – "4k Murmurs"
Purelink feat. J – "4k Murmurs"
End the suspense and dive into this funky brass shindig.
Omar – "I've Been Waiting"
Omar – "I've Been Waiting"
Omar – “I’ve Been Waiting”
End the suspense and dive into this funky brass shindig. Omar | buy Brighter the Days | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Spotify | Bandcamp
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September 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
End the suspense and dive into this funky brass shindig.
Omar – "I've Been Waiting"
Omar – "I've Been Waiting"