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Emma Thimgren

Emma Thimgren är frilansande journalist, redaktör och kritiker baserad i Stockholm.

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Adam Wright

Manchester-based Music Journalist

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Oliver-James Campbell

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Maia Gibbs

Freelance music and culture journalist. Contributing writer for: The Mic Impact! Magazine Music is to BlameCLUNK! The Sundial Journal RIOT The Line of Best Fit When The Horn Blows

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Joseph Smith

I'm Joe, 21, from Leeds, West Yorkshire. I study English Literature at Newcastle University. I mainly write music based articles and spend my spare time, listening to and reading about …

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Valerie Magan

Valerie is a music journalist and photographer with 4+ years of writing experience. She is currently a staff writer at Substream Magazine, previously Editorial Intern at Bandsintown, and has contributed …

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Latest Articles

Bedridden’s "Philadelphia Got Me Through" feels like stepping into a mosh pit of angry gymnasts | Tracks

Becoming known in the underground rock scene for their surprisingly clean grunge sound, Bedridden is back with latest single, “Philadelphia Get Me Through”. The track tackles a night out in the city and an attempt to barrel past the hands of heartbreak by leaping into the arms of the Philadelphia …
By Camryn Teder
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Meljoann comments on our modern dystopia in infectious experimental pop track “Data Ghost” | Tracks

In their new single “Data Ghost”, DIY hyperpop artist Meljoann provides a commentary on our broken digital landscape framed through the lens of deliciously weird pop beats. In the single, textured instrumentals enshroud Meljoann’s vocals in a cyberpunk universe of off-kilter sound. The disorienting environment frames a re-telling of our …
By Camryn Teder
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Isabella Storm steps into her power with addictive dance-pop track “Satan’s Valentine” | Tracks

In her latest single “Satan’s Valentine” rising contemporary pop artist Isabella Storm takes us past the recovery period (while only briefly entertaining the thought of revenge). Swapping regret and bitterness for passion, acceptance, and self-love, the song begins with an electrifying synthesizer and distorted vocal line. Ushering in warm, oscillating …
By Camryn Teder
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Roomer’s latest track “Chance” is a shoegaze slow dance in an impossible storm | Tracks

Beginning with soft strums of an acoustic guitar, “Chance” has an angelic start with singer Ronja Schößler’s voice floating atop funky bass guitar chords and bold hits of a drum. As the instrumentals merge with her vocals, Schößler sings about her yearning for love, while admitting she knows it’s best …
By Camryn Teder
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Folk darling Natalie Wildgoose’s “Angel” is as tender as a declaration of love | Tracks

With her natural folk music, Natalie shows fans that strength and gentleness are wrapped up in one. For admirers of songwriters like Molly Drake, Sibylle Baier, or Angel Olsen, you will feel right at home with Natalie’s eccentric, warm, and sincere sound. With her new single “Angel”, Natalie keeps vulnerability …
By Camryn Teder
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Alt-rock group she’s green shares dreamy new shoegaze track “graze” | Tracks

Inspired by the vast Midwestern terrain that informs their lives, the underground shoegaze group she’s green steeps textured alt-rock sounds in dream-pop tenderness. The combination makes for balanced songs that feel like a rebirth. Off the heels of their 2023 EP Wisteria, they’re back with single “graze”, a soft ballad …
By Camryn Teder
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James Brandon Lewis's favourite songs | Nine Songs interview

Take the work of iconic trumpeter Don Cherry. Instrumental music speaks just like words, relaying stories through sound waves that soak into our subconscious and enshroud us in feeling. One thing Cherry’s discography reveals is his perspective on curiosity, where he constantly collaborated with new voices in jazz and challenged …
By Camryn Teder
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mynameisntjmack can’t escape the irony in his latest alt-rap track “argue typing” | Tracks

Modern technology has helped us become more efficient in a lot of ways, but inanimate screens are not necessarily known for helping us properly relay emotions. No matter your intentions, trying to be sincere in a text is about as straightforward as being able to breathe in space. Our futile …
By Camryn Teder
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Indie-rocker Camille Schmidt asks the impossible in her revealing new track “Cult in Denver” | Tracks

Every time we fall in love, it feels like the last. All-encompassing in its hazy euphoria, this one feeling has more power over us than anything, and its startling effects force us to ask impossible questions. Just as burgeoning songwriter Camille Schmidt muses in her song “Cult of Denver”, “how …
By Camryn Teder
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Cryogeyser shows a resilient tenderness in vulnerable slowcore track “Stargirl” | Tracks

Even in the darkness, we transform. Purveyors of shoegaze and grunge genres like Cryogeyser know this truth well, spilling out those knowing hearts accordingly in wildly cathartic alt-rock ballads. With bold guitars and wickedly honest lyrics, the songs both refresh and revive with their simultaneous truth and grittiness. Having rubbed …
By Camryn Teder
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Emily Burns confronts matters of the heart on Die Happy

Yet, it wouldn’t have been released without the insistence of her producer Cameron McVey and girlfriend Grace. Invoking the likes of Lauren Aquilina and Wrabel, the 12-track anthology divides its time pretty evenly between piano and guitar to tell stories about finding, cherishing, and grieving love. The opening title track …
By Caitlin Chatterton
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Filmore! explores the unpredictability of life in textured D&B track “It Never Ends" | Tracks

The work of the heart is often something of a tightrope walk between fulfillment and despair. Every artist must learn to navigate the complexity of following their passion despite the emotional and financial baggage that inevitably comes with. While navigating these realities is often difficult, it also, ironically, makes for …
By Camryn Teder
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sweet93 questions reality in dreamy new shoegaze track "what's true?" | Tracks

For most experimental fans, the lure of shoegaze, dense noise pop, or fuzzy alt-rock lies in the innate mystery of these songs. It’s those addictive reverb-laden choruses, the whispered lyrics, and instrumentals as vast and varied as a kaleidoscope we just can’t get enough of. There’s something hiding in this …
By Camryn Teder
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The Lemon Twigs' reference points on their new album | Interview

The last album by The Lemon Twigs, made up of New York-based brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario, was an honest, sober reflection on reality. Filled with melancholy ballads and layered acoustic numbers, Everything Harmony unpacked the double-edged nature of things like luck and love, and reflected a much more pensive …
By Camryn Teder
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girl in red: I'M DOING IT AGAIN BABY! Review - refreshing return | Indie

But the project, mainly its lead single collaboration with producer Finneas on “Serotonin”, shot her into a stardom she hadn’t experienced before. After that, depression and endless touring took its toll on the artist, and she had to postpone several shows due to voice issues. In interviews done during this …
By Emma Thimgren
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The Goa Express: The Goa Express Review - refreshing and melodic | Indie

With their self titled debut album coming over four years after the band’s first release, its proceeding releases have flirted with various genres including indie pop, psych pop and indie rock. so the announcement of an album was greeted with anticipation and wonder. What’s delivered is a youthful and expressive …
By Adam Wright
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Baby Queen emerges from the trenches of her early twenties on Quarter Life Crisis

The South African-born singer – real name Bella Latham – has curated a signature sound that sees breezy indie pop writhing in satirical nihilism; on her long-awaited full-length, it’s clear nothing has changed. It’s a reputation somewhat at odds with Heartstopper, a determinedly rose-tinted and (if you’re over the age …
By Caitlin Chatterton
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Dorian Electra deserves a world of acclaim for Fanfare

Though, to be fair, their first two albums had already made that pretty clear. 2019’s Flamboyant was a thumping, glittering pickaxe to masculinity, paving the way for the opulent absurdity of 2020’s My Agenda. Their eclectic sound earned them the slightly ham-fisted term ‘hyperpop’ alongside the likes of Charli XCX …
By Caitlin Chatterton
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Yeule: softscars Review - healing process heads inwards | Pop

Nat Ćmiel had a secluded upbringing, experiencing isolation from their peers due to asthma-related difficulties and growing up with OCD. Like many, they took to the internet as an escape and interacted with the world through forums and social networking sites like Tumblr. This was also the start of their …
By Alex Nguyen
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FIZZ let loose on gleeful debut The Secret To Life

“I get the feeling that lately you’ve been looking for something to inspire you”, says a smoothly robotic voice, atop a wobbling track of perfectly infuriating hold music. “Something to lift you up and get you out of that funk / an escape from reality.” Her prescribed remedy? The Secret …
By Caitlin Chatterton
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