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Colin Keefe takes a hotel room jam in Portland and transforms it into the debut vocal record of Radical Man, and somehow everything works out in the end In one version of the story, the hotel room remains just a hotel room. There’s a loop that Colin Keefe was using on a random night in Portland loop gets forgotten by morning, marked under things that seem pleasant at 2 a.m. but mean nothing by…
Certain songs keep quiet until the right time comes for them to be revealed. One such example is Lazy Sunday, which was buried in an extended composition over a year ago in The Wood by Amanda Emblem, but the work is now finally receiving the type of focus it has long needed and deserved. With a less is more philosophy, Lazy Sunday emerges as a standalone song having been reworked since it first…
Cape Town pianist Ralston Van Der Schyff turned a year of stillness into a chase nobody could see the end of, and called it A Game Of Cat And Mouse. Think of a room that is now closed off to everyone. Dust has settled everywhere and there is just one cracked window through which light can make it into that room. There is something small, very quickly running around in the corner of that room.…
On "when it's dark out," Outlaw Cartier transmutes heartbreak into momentum and finds something close to freedom on the other side of the dark. Grief is something that can either dissipate over time or solidify into a substantial fortification. This is something very true for Outlaw Cartier’s “when it’s dark out.” The song begins with an expression of that solidly erected fortification: one who…
Melbourne's Reetoxa turns a decade of love, a pandemic breakdown, and a Budapest orchestra into something that feels impossibly fragile and completely alive. There exists an oft-unrecognized form of pain that creates chaos in a person's life through the gradual accumulation of many different nuances. Within this definition of pain are the various relationships, some of which were very meaningful,…
The Spark You Didn't Know You Were Missing There is a certain kind of awakening that doesn't announce itself at all with any big break. There isn't a before and an after for it. It could be as simple as someone entering a room, sending you a voice note at two o'clock in the morning or laughing at a specific moment, it changes how you see the world around you. It changes quietly and it changes…
That hour exists. Most of its character can be gleaned from experiencing it; therefore, almost anyone can tell you what that hour is by just being okay with its existence - simply by letting it just exist. Perhaps the best-known citizens of that hour remain silent no matter how many times they have an opportunity to make themselves known. This is true of men such as C'batch who have existed in…
As Joey PhD nears age 25, the Chicago musician returns to the song that launched him into existence and validates how much still exists in his start. For those who reach 25, it can certainly feel like an awkward time in your life. You're really not old enough to romanticize your past but too old to dismiss it completely. For Joey, this feeling was attached to "walked in," the song that provided…
Although several emerging electronic artists are focusing on performing live, ELTUS is taking a different route. The main goal for ELTUS right now is to develop a solid catalogue of music releases, a unique visual identity, and to create an expanding digital footprint. Rather than rushing to perform, ELTUS is focusing on establishing a foundation for the long term within the electronic music…
Rebellion to attract attention and rebellion to stay alive are two different things. OpCritical’s new single, “Doing Fine”, falls firmly into the category of survival. The track was released on May 15th, 2026 and is the fourth track released by the band this year. The latest single has the raw punk and grunge sound while addressing the topic of the need to conform to the group and the tremendous…
