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Amanda Emblem doesn’t write albums so much as she accumulates them. She works through songs like they’re assignments, letting them pile up until something has to be done. That process drives The Wood, a collection written off-grid in a beach town. The album sounds more shaped by time spent off-grid than by any concern for…
Nanashi is a two-person project based in Glasgow. One handles the music, the other comes from the local club scene. They keep their names out of it. No press photos, no front-facing identity. Just music. False Horizons is their first track. It’s fully instrumental: electric guitar and acoustic drums. It starts slow and steady, with…
After holding back on releasing any new music for the first half of 2025, Dax returns with Man I Used to Be — a track written and recorded after reaching six months sober. The decision to delay new work until that milestone came from Dax himself: a self-imposed challenge to see what would come out…
Jane N’ The Jungle have never been subtle. The Phoenix duo: Jordan White on vocals, Brian Dellis on guitar, have built their sound around intensity, and their latest single “Parasite” keeps the pressure on. Produced by Cameron Mizell (Machine Gun Kelly, Avril Lavigne), the track starts low and slow. A dark synth pad and distant…
Leather Laces is a four-piece electronic project out of Italy with a fixation on sonic aggression and rhythm as a weapon. Their lineup isn’t built around traditional band roles. Instead, each member handles a distinct piece of the machine: rhythm programming, analog saturation, modulation, and structural dynamics. Their debut Rocket Launcher made it clear this…
Richard Green has a habit of making classical compositions feel immediate. Based between Milan and London, he’s spent the last few years building a neoclassical trilogy – composed at home, recorded in Italy, and performed by some of the country’s best players. “A Story,” featuring Irene Veneziano on piano and Archimia on strings, is the…
Karen Salicath Jamali didn’t set out to become a composer. Her music arrived unannounced – after a near-death experience in 2012 left her changed, she began to play piano despite having no formal training. Since then, she’s recorded thousands of pieces, performed at Carnegie Hall, and built a unique body of work that sits somewhere…
Kirsten Hildegard is a singer-songwriter from New York, now living in Copenhagen. With a background in philosophical theology from Yale and a deep connection to Danish myth, her work pulls more from literature and memory than pop convention. Her debut single, Still the Waves, arrives as a quietly personal track, shaped as much by grief…
Some music just feels ready for film. Not because it’s dramatic or overproduced, but because it gives scenes space to breathe. This month’s picks don’t sound alike, but they all carry something that fits into a visual world: Some are quiet, some are rhythmic, some feel a bit off on purpose. But none of them…
Stray Blue have always moved at their own pace. The Greek trio, formed in Chania in the early 2000s, built their following on small stages, heartfelt performances, and songs that leaned more on sincerity than style. Even after a long break from live shows, their sound remains focused on connection. This new two-track release: An…