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Map of the Woulds treat “rock band” like a loose suggestion. The Seattle trio of Woody Frank, Andrew Woods, and Adrian Woods write songs that feel like they started as straight guitar music and then got pulled sideways by every strange idea in the room. Their releases move between psych, art-rock, and jangly indie, but…
Sheila Rafferty writes electronic music with a very physical anchor point. Working with her husband Ian on congas and percussion, she builds tracks around feel and environment as much as around melody. “Soaring On” was recorded out on the North Yorkshire Moors, and you can hear that in the way it stretches out: no rush,…
Ryoka Hagiwara comes at solo piano from a film composer’s angle. Born in Tokyo, raised in London and now busy scoring shorts and animation, she writes in pictures as much as in notes. “In A Haze,” recorded back near her childhood home and tied to a new strand of work about memory and identity, feels…
The Ghostly Pulse is the project of Cologne-based musician Nik Nova, who’s been building a lane around slow, shadowy tracks that blend trip-hop, post-punk and film-score mood. “Oh Heavy Rain” is a good snapshot of that approach: tightly controlled, full of small details, and completely locked in on atmosphere. The song comes in on a…
RMHNDRX has already proved he can do sharp, anxious electronic pop with YUKS, but The Hole sits in a quieter corner of his world. It feels closer to someone working late with the lights low, following half-formed ideas and stray memories instead of hooks. The Murakami influence he talks about is easy to hear: this…
“Sentimental Magic Cape – Live” drops you straight into its pocket. The bass comes in first, springy and upbeat, with a clear funk streak that instantly gives the track motion and a bit of swagger. Once the electric guitar joins, the song tilts into a loose, American-leaning rock feel. There is a streak of punk…
Hovercraft’s Blown Away closes out the Bond-themed trilogy on the rawest note. Where the earlier records leaned into cleaner reinterpretation, this one keeps its hands dirty with jagged indie punk edges and early ideas left with their seams visible. Opener Indie Kid lands like a cult sitcom or indie drama theme, with a close female…
Jánnos Eolou’s Night Beyond is a 13 track album for string orchestra, piano and qanun. It sits squarely in the space between modern film music and Mediterranean chamber writing, built around clear melodies and steady, song length nocturnes. Unwatched Stars lays out the core language. A soft piano arpeggio ticks in the background while low…
Our Bones is the long running project of Hudson Valley musician and producer Benjamin Durland. cash considerations, written and recorded largely solo at The Studio at Old Ridge, gathers a decade of songs into a tight, emotionally heavy rock record. no home opens the album quietly, with soft guitar picking and a close vocal before…
FJELIZI is a Valencia based composer, vocalist, songwriter, producer, and sound designer who handles every stage of her work herself. Good luck is a dark pop single with a cinematic, electronic frame and a clear R&B influence in the groove. The track opens on a grainy, high pitched pad that immediately sets a tense, slightly…