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THE WITCH ISN’T ALWAYS THE VILLAIN!

We’ve always loved a witch-hunt. Give a crowd a villain, a convincing story, and just enough outrage, and suddenly nobody remembers to ask whether...

Spirit of the Cactus (Desert Mix) by Pascal & The Shades

Pascal & The Shades build their identity around a specific kind of stillness, and "Spirit of the Cactus" leans all the way into it....

Shortcuts by GOODTWIN

"Shortcuts" has an unusual origin for a lead single: Gus Alexander wrote it years ago in her bedroom and shelved it as too simple...

A Kiss Like This by Magenta Ray

Magenta Ray is Lisa Hart and Mark Larson, a couple and creative partnership a decade deep, and "A Kiss Like This" was written during...

Nemoralia by Tennessee May

Tennessee May named "Nemoralia" after the Roman festival honoring Diana, and the song is built as a direct offering to that same lunar territory,...

Template by Fading Signals

"Template" is the second single off Fading Signals' debut album Metanoia, due September 25th, and it makes a strong case for a Portland five-piece...

ghostdown by Midgriefs

"ghostdown" is the first thing we're hearing from Midgriefs' upcoming album Signs of Laughter, out August 18th, and it lands as a fitting introduction,...

Album: Follow Me by Dr. M.

Dr. M. has spent years building toward this. The Turku-based, 39-year-old songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist first surfaced back in 2019 with "The Climate Song...

LOOSE GROOVES AND GOOD VIBES!

A band born out of lockdown could have gone in a lot of directions. For G-BRO, “We Got A Song” is almost a celebration...

NOT ALL DARKNESS NEEDS TO BE GLAMOROUS!

“Derelict Crawl” by The House Flies is not interested in making darkness particularly glamorous. It is sweaty, repetitive, physical, and a little uncomfortable. Driven...