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Noah James Mass is the kind of independent artist who prefers the fingerprints of real rooms and real instruments over anything too polished for its own good. Writing, producing, and performing his own material from his self-owned studio, the alternative-rock songwriter builds around organic dynamics, analog grit, and arrangements that…

Edinburgh has long had a taste for music that can make darkness feel strangely alive, and Pray Silence seems more than happy to lean into that tradition. The Scottish rock outfit, formed around singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Marky Wildtype and singer, songwriter and multidisciplinary artist Sam Siggs, arrives with a…

High school has a peculiar talent for making every heartbreak feel like the end of the world. On her debut EP Miss Melancholy, Dallas pop artist and songwriter Analiese turns that heightened teenage reality into a glossy, emotionally candid soundtrack of crushes, insecurity, friendship and the awkward business of figuring…

Caleb Elliott steps into a quietly expansive new chapter with “Without Warning,” a soulful piece of noir Americana that finds comfort without pretending anxiety does not exist. Rooted in the storytelling traditions of Louisiana and Muscle Shoals, Elliott has built his sound around haunting vocals, literary songwriting and atmospheric arrangements,…

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…

I Plead Irony have spent roughly two decades making music together, but This Monologue Conversation is proof that some things take their sweet time. Ten years in the making, the trio’s third album arrives carrying plenty of heavy questions about humanity, conformity, fear and self-destruction, yet it never sounds like…

Last Night Watchman’s Old Blighty is the work of a songwriter looking backward. Shaped by reflections on mortality, history, human behavior, and the relentless movement of time, the EP finds something quietly profound in everyday existence. The project is primarily a solo endeavor, with former Noseflutes bandmate John Horton, aka…

C’batch turns heartbreak into something you can actually dance through on “Next Time (I Won’t Be Falling/You’ve Got Me Falling),” a soulful house remix that takes the sting of emotional recovery and injects it with summer-night energy. Originally rooted in the aftermath of heartbreak, the remix shifts the song toward…

THROES NYC’s The Wires Out lives in the messy territory where attraction becomes obsession and intimacy can feel just as alienating as it does comforting. Drawing from alt-pop, trip-hop, electronic music, and New York’s underground pulse, the duo’s self-described “altriphop” sound turns romance into something hazy, restless, and slightly dangerous.…

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…