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Abraham Manticore enters the darker corners of alternative music with “Dust on Tongue,” a brooding collision of Darkwave, Goth Rock, and Coldwave that treats forgiveness more like a difficult road walked in the dark. Built around atmospheric guitars, minimalist textures, and a cinematic sense of space, the track carries the…

Energy Whores turns feeling unseen into an experiment in perspective with “Invisible,” a composition that refuses to exist in just one emotional form. Led by New York songwriter, vocalist and producer Carrie Schoenfeld, the electronic/alternative project presents the song in four versions, Synth-Pop, Lo-Fi, Cinematic and Indie, each retaining the…

Trail Hawk turns devastating grief into a moving tribute with “One Hundred Angels,” a deeply heartfelt single released on September 1, 2026. Written after the death of Robbie, his wife’s only son, the song looks beyond the pain of losing someone and toward the extraordinary love that can emerge around…

Melbourne-based vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Stephen Murray puts an intensely personal stamp on his self-titled EP Evahfar, performing every instrument and vocal part himself from his home studio. Drawing from the haunting sensuality of Jeff Buckley, PJ Harvey and Radiohead, Murray balances DIY roughness with polished atmosphere, turning songs about personal…

Banquet Darling is the musical brainchild of Newcastle-based artist Todd Kilby, whose route to songwriting has been anything but ordinary. After years of travelling the world as a circus acrobat, musician and director, Kilby turned his attention fully toward music, writing songs everywhere from Paris to Hong Kong and from…

Independent rock artist TrixxStarr turns a deceptively simple question into an increasingly unsettling meditation on excess with “Enough.” The song circles around the idea of having everything you supposedly need and still being left wondering whether any of it actually satisfies. Its accompanying music video pushes that question even further,…

“Light of Blue” from The Mess:Age’s second album AGE OF MESS arrives as a sun-soaked pop-rock number with a surprisingly weighty idea beneath its breezy exterior. Built around images of summer, oceans and blue skies, the song turns its central colour into a symbol of hope, freedom and spiritual awakening.…

Love Rock’s “Flash of an Instant” lives in the delicious space between attraction and uncertainty, capturing the rush of a fleeting connection. The music project of Pétur Blöndal Magnason and Sveinung Fossan Bukve, Love Rock, blends organic instrumentation with electronic touches, turning memory, longing and brief encounters into something warm…

Whimsical alt-pop artist Amy Aytchi turns up the storm volume with her debut concept album, Cyclosis. Written between Glasgow and Stirling and produced independently, the record weaves a dark fairy tale about a girl crushed by life who runs into a tempest, catching a mysterious illness that turns her into…

Music by Jeremy makes a striking entrance with Scenes from a Well Worn Path – Side One, the first instalment of an ambitious 24-track double album rolling out across four sides from August to November. A debut in name but hardly in spirit, the Banbury singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist arrives with…