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EDITOR'S NOTE

VARUN SHEEL - SHINE A GOLDEN HOUR REVERIE OF HESITATION, HOPE, AND YOUNG LOVE • With pixelated synths and sun-soaked guitars, Varun Sheel captures the heart-flutter of unspoken affection in his most cinematic release yet.

OLINA UNLEASHES GRIT, GRITS AND GRITTY REALISM IN “NEWSPAPER SMELL” • A CLASS-CRUSHING INDIE-ROCK ANTHEM FROM THE MARGINS OF LONDON'S FOOD VANS TO THE DEPTHS OF IDENTITY

BLOG HIGHLIGHTS PLAYLIST PICKS

ESTRADA MUSIC PROJECT DELIVERS EMPATHY IN STEREO WITH "YOU ARE NOT ALONE" • A GENRE - BENDING MESSAGE OF HOPE FROM THE STERILE HALLS OF MEDICINE TO THE SYNTH - LACED STAGES OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC

JIM HUDSON – GILT HUDSON CONFRONTS THE CHAOS BENEATH THE SURFACE IN GRITTY NEW SINGLE “GILT” • A TURBULENT REFLECTION OF HIDDEN INNER WORLDS SET TO PULSE-DRIVEN ALT-ROCK.

COFFEE HOUSE ANARCHISTS EMBRACE AI AS CREATIVE CO-CONSPIRATOR IN “ART_OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE” • FRENCH-ENGLISH INDIE BAND RETURNS WITH DARK-POP EXPERIMENTATION AND ALGORITHMIC MUSINGS

A TRANSCENDENT COLLABORATION WITH COMPOSER MARK VAN OVERMEIRE EXPLORES LEGACY, IDENTITY, AND THE QUIET POWER OF CHORAL STORYTELLING. • SKYLARK ILLUMINATES THE HUMAN SOUL IN SHADES OF BLUE

MICHELLAR UNVEILS SPANISH DEBUT "AUNQUE SEA POR UNA NOCHE" FT. JIJI • A TENDER ODE TO FLEETING LOVE, CULTURAL IDENTITY, AND THE SOUL’S YEARNING FOR HOME

CAL TWOMEY FIGHTS BACK WITH ANTHEMIC ROCK SINGLE "UP IN SMOKE" • A FIERY RIFF-FUELLED PROTEST FROM CORK TO HELSINKI—CHANNELING REBELLION, MELODY, AND GRIT

AN EXPERIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH SYNTHS, SAMPLES, AND SCI-FI TIMELINES, THIS ALBUM BLURS REALITY WITH CINEMATIC IMAGINATION. • LATENIGHTBEATFEAST WARPS TIME AND SPACE ON TRANSMISSION SEVEN

'NON FARE RUMORE' CONFRONTS SOCIETY'S BLIND SPOTS THROUGH RAW STORYTELLING AND EMOTIONALLY CHARGED INDIE ROCK. • IBERICO BREAKS THE SILENCE WITH A BRAVE AND POETIC DEBUT

SIRENGLAS SUMMONS THE SUPERNATURAL WITH "FOREST MOTHER" • A MYTHIC DARKWAVE DESCENT INTO THE SPIRIT-SOAKED WILDS OF THE SUBCONSCIOU

ANIMAL SOULS INVITE US INTO A MIDNIGHT REVERIE WITH MOONDANCING • A HEARTFELT BLEND OF SOUL, JAZZ, AND CINEMATIC POP, THIS GENRE-CROSSING ALBUM PAINTS LIFE IN SHADES OF WARMTH, WONDER, AND WISTFUL BEAUTY.

ANTHONY CASUCCIO HOLDS THE LINE WITH "DON'T SAY GOODBYE" • A CHART-TOPPING VETERAN RETURNS WITH AN ALTERNATIVE POP-ROCK ANTHEM THAT REFUSES TO LET LOVE SLIP AWAY

A DEBUT OF HAUNTING PRECISION AND AMBIENT DECAY, BLINDED CONSTRUCTS SONIC ROOMS FROM SHADOWS, NOISE, AND MEMORY. • BASTIEN PONS TURNS SILENCE INTO SCULPTURE ON BLINDED

FRANCESCO DIGILIO INTERVIEW

NORWEGIAN POP TALENT BLENDS GOSPEL WARMTH WITH SELF-LOVE AND SPIRITUAL SASS FOR SUMMER 2025'S MOST EMPOWERING SINGALONG • HANNE LELAND RECLAIMS THE NARRATIVE IN RADIANT POP ANTHEM “LOVE I’M LOOKING FOR”

A MASTERCLASS IN SONIC STORYTELLING, BIG BLUE MACHINE BLENDS RETRO POP-ROCK WITH HEARTFELT TEXTURES, HANDCRAFTED BY A MUSICAL POLYMATH AT THE PEAK OF HER CREATIVE POWERS. • LAUREN PASSARELLI’S BIG BLUE...