rock
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Across Phoenix – “We Are Echos” review
Final verdict: 8/10 ★★★★☆ Shoegaze appears to be alive and well, as is the case with trip-hop and jangle pop, and I know that because indie rock collective Across Phoenix just blessed us with a mighty slab of all these elements mixed together. Taken off their 2026 EP “Dreaming Opaline” (oh, such a dreamy title), “We… Read more
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2OF13 – “fracture – Album Mix” review
This review was paid for by 2OF13. If you too want me to review your music, or any other release of your choosing, please place a commission here. Final verdict: 7/10 ★★★⋆˙⟡☆ Look, if you told me that there is a Christian rock band out there whose debut single sounds like it could’ve been the brainchild of… Read more
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The Heard Eye – “Free Everybody” review
Final verdict: 8/10 ★★★★☆ Another day, another The Heard Eye feature. Except this tune is not new, no, not at all – “Free Everybody” is a track off the funk-rock collective’s 2023 album “Funkalypse.” That is to say, it has been out for a while now, but that is no deterrent for the purposes of this… Read more
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Solid Gold – “Government Grade” review
Final verdict: 8/10 ★★★★☆ Music (and art at large) has always acted as a Trojan horse for political discourse. In 2026 more than ever before, with the United States up ablaze and the whole world down with it, politically charged art is of critical importance. That is the background against which Minnesota-based rock collective Solid Gold… Read more
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Brei Carter – “Country Lives In Me” review
Final verdict: 7/10 ★★★⋆˙⟡☆ I thought I was a country girl for having grown up in the country, and I thought I was a country girl for maladaptively daydreaming about fleeing the city on a bicycle and settling somewhere in the sunny meadows of rural Greece… But alas, here we have a country girl who not… Read more
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Dusty Edinger – “Welcome to Our Demise” review
Final verdict: 9/10 ★★★★⋆˙⟡ Dusty… Dusty, Dusty, Dusty. I love your stuff, man, I really do. This was a great song (as I will briefly attempt to demonstrate, though it really does speak for itself), but why does the cover have to be AI-generated? AI will be our demise, so isn’t this all a little ironic?… Read more
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I AP – “I.AP” review
This review was paid for by rileyssmiley. If you too want me to review your music, or any other release of your choosing, please place a commission here. Final verdict: 9/10 ★★★★⋆˙⟡ A person from Taiwan recently brought this record to my attention, prompted by what appeared to be no ulterior motive. According to them, they are… Read more
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Black Astronaut Records – “China Shop” review
This review was paid for by Black Astronaut Records. If you too want me to review your music, or any other release of your choosing, please place a commission here. Final verdict: 8/10 ★★★★☆ On this gloomy, gloomy Tuesday morning, I humbly bring to you Black Astronaut Records’ 2023 single “China Shop” – a ballad swingin’ with… Read more


