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Riffindots return with “Everytime,” a feral, joy-soaked EP that feels less like a polite listen and more like being strapped into a rusted carnival ride that’s already in motion. Split between Boston and the Basque Country in France, the project is the work of Britta Pejic, musician, songwriter, artist, and…

Blakk Dogg leans fully into shadow and groove on “Coffin Pop,” a standout cut from his album Graveyard Lofi Vol. 1, and it’s easily one of the most immediately gripping moments in his growing “graveyard lofi” universe. Born from a friendly sample-based challenge between Blakk Dogg and two close friends,…

Released on November 30, 2025, via G80Records, “Pixel Throne” sees giovimo80 firing on all cylinders, blending throwback 90s Eurodance rush with contemporary R&B warmth and socially conscious rap. It’s a high-energy single with something on its mind, tackling digital addiction and online illusion without killing the party vibe. Right out…

Pittsburgh-based pop-rock collective Erro return with Shadowland, a confident sophomore album that builds on the tactile warmth and emotional honesty that made their debut, Strawberry Moon, such a quiet standout. After earning praise for its organic feel and dreamy melodies, Erro double down here, sharpening their songwriting while keeping things…

Montreal artist Chris Quesnel steps into a new era with “Dance in the Bar,” an original single released November 7, 2025, born from real-life serendipity and shaped by a team that knows how to bottle nostalgia without sounding dated. Co-produced with Fushi Agato and mixed by Jean-François Vézina, the song…

Karen Salicath Jamali’s newest offering, Wings of Gabriel, arrives November 21, 2025, as another luminous chapter in her angelic catalogue, with a dream-born, spiritually attuned piano album guided, as she describes it, by the presence of Archangel Gabriel. Composed entirely through visions received in sleep and recorded in the early…

Still Ruins’ Our Penance arrives as a shimmering slice of modern sophistipop that reaches back toward the elegance of Tears for Fears and Prefab Sprout while confidently sketching its own contemporary emotional terrain. The band leans into lush guitars, breathy aching vocals, and atmospheric synth textures, crafting a sound that…

Brisbane’s Massy, freshly 18 and fresh out of high school, arrives with a debut album that feels anything but beginner. Jet 5, his 14-track introduction to the wider rap world, builds on the SoundCloud buzz he’s been nurturing since 2023 and stamps him as one of the sharpest young voices…

LUISA’s new EP RISE arrives as a compact but richly layered three-track journey through geography, memory, protest, and rebirth. Released on December 5th, the project pulls together influences from Georgia, Belarus, and Ukraine, as emotional landscapes shaped by history and personal experience. Each track is a place and a moment…

The Idiot Kids return with Instants, a blistering indie-punk document of urgency, anxiety, and self-reckoning shaped entirely by frontperson Jon-Mikal, who performs every instrument for the first time in the band’s history. With rehearsal time shrinking and life stretching everyone thin, the project naturally evolved into a solo-recording endeavor, while…