Independent Music Publication || Music News • Reviews • Interviews + many more • ESTD. 2023

Great Adamz knows how to make an uplifting message feel right at home on the dancefloor. Following his fifth No. 1 on Music Week’s Black Music Chart, the Nigerian-born, UK-based Afrobeats artist returns with “OMAHE OMAHO”, a bright and infectious single that brings together feel-good rhythms, energetic vocals and a message of hope.
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Montreal-based power-rock trio Les Shirley are turning up the volume with their third full-length album, Hail Mary, a bold and unapologetic record that sees the band embracing their most confident and outspoken side yet. The album arrives alongside an official music video for its title track, giving listeners a visual introduction to one of the record’s most direct and confrontational songs.
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Ed Sheeran has cancelled his scheduled concerts at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, due to severe weather warnings across Boston and New England. The singer was due to perform at the stadium on Friday and Saturday as part of his ongoing US tour, but both shows have now been called off following concerns over high winds and potentially dangerous weather conditions.
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Toronto-based alternative artist and musician Sam Louis is confronting the feeling of being trapped inside your own thoughts with his new single “cave in,” a restless alternative-pop track that turns emotional overwhelm into something dark, atmospheric, and ultimately hopeful. Released via Shamus Records, the new song combines raw vocals, textured guitars and forward-driving production to recreate the sensation of losing control while desperately searching for a way back to solid ground. “cave in” explores the uncomfortable space between feeling overwhelmed and refusing to completely give up.
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Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter and actress Trinity Bliss has released her sophomore album Forever Fool, a 10-track coming-of-age project that captures the excitement, uncertainty and emotional intensity of adolescence as it happens. Best known to audiences worldwide for playing Tuk in the blockbuster Avatar franchise, Bliss steps further into her musical identity with an album built around first crushes, overthinking, self-discovery and the decision to embrace life even when there are no guarantees.
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Minneapolis pop-metalcore outfit SIFYN is turning up the emotional intensity with their brand-new single “Sew Me Up,” a genre-blending release that explores broken promises, crossed boundaries and the difficult process of putting yourself back together. The track arrives ahead of the band’s forthcoming five-track EP, Self-Encrypted, due December 4, and builds on the sound introduced with their previous single “Code.” While “Code” explored the instinct to protect someone while ultimately allowing them to find their own path, “Sew Me Up” takes a more confrontational approach to emotional fallout and self-preservation.
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Independent recording artist Bonner Black is entering a new chapter with the release of her five-track EP Little Bird In A Big Sky, a project that brings together her love of songwriting, storytelling, and an unexpected passion for birding. Known for pairing emotionally honest lyrics with catchy, radio-ready melodies, Black draws from both personal experiences and unconventional stories across the new EP.
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Palm Beach, Florida-based singer-songwriter Brit Drozda has unveiled her deeply personal new single ‘Flowers From Heaven,’ a soulful pop-folk tribute inspired by the loss of her only brother and longtime musical collaborator, Virgil Price. Built around acoustic warmth and gradually expanding into a fuller band arrangement, the song finds Brit transforming personal grief into a moving reflection on love, remembrance and the enduring connections we share with those who are no longer with us.
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Sydney-based singer-songwriter Holly Wild has released her new indie-pop rock single “So Annoying,” a sarcastic and energetic track that turns the complicated feeling of being jealous of a seemingly perfect friend into a catchy musical confession. Released today, September 25, alongside an accompanying music video, “So Annoying” arrives ahead of Wild’s debut album Technicolour, due next month.
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In this conversation, Rusty Reid discusses the enduring brilliance of Johnny Nash’s “I Can See Clearly Now,” why he chose to stay close to its original arrangement, the musical influences gathered throughout his journey from Texas to the Pacific Northwest, and the unexpected beginnings of Lone Stardust.
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Some songs are made to entertain. Others arrive with something they urgently want you to think about. Stephen Wicks’ latest single, “The Doomsday Clock (85 Seconds to Midnight)”, firmly belongs in the second category.
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Romance in the digital age can be a strange thing. It can feel exciting, intimate, and completely disconnected all at once. Co.LeGa taps into that contradiction on “you.Love”, a hypnotic new release that finds plenty of beauty in the uneasy side of modern connection.
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