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On This Track: Weekend Listening #1
Five releases worth spending time with this weekend Searching for connection through memory, community and shared experience Not every release arrives with the same intention. On This Track Weekend Listening #1 moves between math rock, art-punk, dream-pop, Balkan alternative music and classic power pop, highlighting five artists approaching connection from different angles. Daydream Plus – "Speed Limit" Photo by Daydream Plus Blending math rock precision with city pop warmth
Anne
May 293 min read
On This Track #17: CHASER – ”Gonna Be Alright”
Positivity as Practice, Punk as Community Space With "Gonna Be Alright", released on May 29, CHASER approach melodic punk not through confrontation alone, but through affirmation. Built around reimagined versions of Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds” and the band’s earlier track “My Promise”, the 7” centers themes of reassurance, protection and collective optimism without abandoning the speed and urgency associated with skate punk traditions. Photo by CHASER Musically, the rel
Raven
May 292 min read
Three Track Week: Signals #8
From scene memory and collective grief to introspective self-observation Independent music often functions as a way of preserving emotional continuity through instability. Across scenes, genres and generations, songs carry memory, grief, identity and shared experience beyond the moment in which they were first created. This week’s Three Track Week: Signals selection brings together Boston Manor, Lynn Hollyfield and Oisin Mod - three artists exploring how music creates emotion
Raven
May 285 min read
Between Structure and Emotion: I’m Not a Blonde’s "11 (The Art of Being a Couple)"
On rhythmic electropop, emotional coexistence and the tension between minimalism and vulnerability Editorial Review | Partner Feature With "11 (The Art of Being a Couple)", I’m Not a Blonde approach relationships less as emotional fusion and more as a continuous negotiation between two distinct identities. Rather than presenting love as the disappearance of individuality, the Milan-based duo frames intimacy as coexistence: unstable, reflective and constantly shifting between
Anne
May 263 min read
The Disconnect #2: The Death of Musical Mystery I Music Industry Algorithms
AI-assisted editorial collage On hypervisibility, algorithmic pressure and the exhaustion of constant presence OPENING TENSION Artists used to disappear between albums. Now disappearance feels dangerous. Silence no longer creates anticipation. It kills momentum. Post less for a few weeks, and the algorithm notices immediately. Engagement drops. Followers stagnate. Reach collapses. In a culture driven by constant visibility, absence is no longer interpreted as mystery. It's in
Anne
May 262 min read
On This Track #16: Allo.B – “Hymn of Ash&Gold”
Reclamation as Process, Survival as Structure With Allo.B “Hymn of Ash&Gold”, released on May 23, the artist approaches dark pop as a space shaped by endurance rather than recovery. The track refuses to frame transformation as healing or closure. Instead, it focuses on the moment after collapse, where survival becomes an act of self-definition rather than continuation alone. Single Cover by Allo.B Built around piano-driven foundations, layered vocal harmonies and an uplifting
Raven
May 262 min read
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On This Track #31: Doctor Noize – "Some People See, But I Don't"
Seeing Beyond Sight Perception is often mistaken for certainty. We assume that seeing the world means understanding it, rarely questioning how much of our reality is shaped by habit, expectation or assumption. Yet perspective is never universal. Every person experiences the world differently, and sometimes it is those whose experiences fall outside the majority who reveal how limited our own understanding can be. On This Track 31, Doctor Noize's "Some People See, But I Don't"
Raven
9 hours ago2 min read
On This Track: Weekend Listening #4
Four female artists worth turning up this weekend Four releases by female artists exploring identity, belonging and self-worth This week's On This Track: Weekend Listening 4 brings together four female artists whose music turns inward without losing sight of the world around them. Moving between indie pop, Americana, experimental folk and alternative music, these releases reflect on growing up, conditional love, belonging and the ongoing process of becoming yourself. Rather t
Anne
1 day ago4 min read
On This Track #30: The Nagual Effect – "Dive Away"
When Losing Your Balance Becomes a Way Back to Yourself Editorial Review | Partner Feature Security often reveals itself as an illusion only after it disappears. We build routines, relationships and ambitions believing they will remain unchanged, until a single moment exposes how fragile those foundations have always been. The challenge is rarely the collapse itself, but deciding what deserves to be rebuilt once certainty is gone. On This Track 30: The Nagual Effect "Dive Awa
Anne
2 days ago2 min read
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