Reviews

THE WHISPERING – PART 1 by Los Angeles heavy metal outfit The Whispering sounds like it was dragged out of some burning underworld ritual at three in the morning. Fronted by the enigmatic Lucian Fhor alongside a lineup stacked with metal veterans like Loic Colin, Tobias Kellgren, and Dirk Verbeuren,…

You know the relationship is going down the drain when one partner has to ask for the bare minimum from the other. You can feel that tension churning right at the heart of Sarah Mickey’s “Hold My Hand,” a shimmering indie pop-rock track that shows how these small acts of…

There is a particular kind of heartbreak that feels beautiful while it is happening, even when you know deep down it is doomed from the start. South London quartet ferb bottle that exact feeling inside “Provence,” a towering shoegaze-infused alt-rock track that swings from fragile longing to full emotional detonation…

East Sussex outfit Wild Horse’s latest single, “Moments,” is an emotionally grounded indie pop-rock anthem that turns heartbreak into something strangely freeing. Fronted by Jack Baldwin alongside brother Henry Baldwin, drummer Ed Barnes, and newer member Jade Snowdon, the band continues sharpening the bright sound that has already earned them…

With warmth pulsing through “Minus One,” the latest single from Las Vegas-based Filipino American artist SANTOS, it hits long before the lyrics fully settle in. Inspired by the beloved “minus one” karaoke tracks woven into Filipino family culture, the song transforms a familiar communal ritual into something deeply personal and…

There’s nothing clean-cut or carefully polished about Christian Punk Rock for the Lost, and that’s exactly why it works. Brisbane artist Bangers12 crashes into the pop-punk scene with an album that sounds like a survival journal screamed through distorted amplifiers. Built from lived experiences with addiction, mental health struggles, isolation,…

After a three-year silence shaped by grief and personal loss, Greg Germain returns with “Cloud Highways,” a dreamy electronic single that glows like neon reflected on rain-slick streets. Blending synthwave textures, dream-pop softness, and a touch of glossy city-pop charm, the track feels tailor-made for solitary midnight drives where thoughts…

With a ragged, full-throttle urgency pulsing through “go,” the debut single from Irish rock outfit adequate, hits like a runaway freight train with sparks flying off the rails. Hailing from Wexford, the self-described “smelly Wexford grungers” channel the grit of alternative rock’s golden age while injecting enough raw adrenaline to…

There’s something quietly disarming about “Lingering Light,” the latest release from Gravitide. Emerging from Lavaux, Switzerland, Gravitide operates outside the usual polished indie-folk machinery, writing and producing independently while leaning into vulnerability. Built gradually from notes typed on a phone during ordinary moments and later shaped through digital production tools…

After a quiet stretch since 2024, London-based multi-instrumentalist Tiger Adopt returns with “MORTLAKE,” that comes like a long, slow emotional excavation finally set to sound. Built across five years and three different homes, the song carries the weight of time itself, shifting, reshaping, and refusing to stay fixed in one…