After previously working with Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner on her debut LP 'Belladonna of Sadness', Alexandra Savior returned to the indie scene three years after with her second album 'The Archer', a melacholic and more stripped LP in all compared to the raspy electric guitar and AM-inspired lyrics of her previous work, however it feels 100% Alexandra and I could not love it more.

The opening track 'Soft Currents' is, in my opinion, the perfect note to begin ... read more

I've never listened to Quadeca before apart from his newest single 'FORGONE' but JESUS CHRIST I was missing out
Every track sounds and feels like its own enclosed pocket of serenity and intrusive thought, with folkey electronica production that cements it as some of the most outstanding and unique music in recent history. Not to mention, Quadeca's vocal performances are a highlight, with breathy and fast-delivered lyrics that hit like semi-trucks with such potent and ... read more

Hana Vu's latest album 'Romanticism' delivers a synth-driven pop album that befits crying just as much as it does dancing.

I originally only listened to 'Hammer' and 'Look Alive' for the past two months, however I did not realise what a goldmine I sleeping on. As the album dives deeper into its tracklist, the guitar gets raspier, the synths growl and Hana's vocal performance sustains its explosive and enchanting performance.
Apart from track 11 'I ... read more

Jane Remover's 2025 alt rock/shoegaze album under the sideproject 'venturing' feels like a haunted spiritual successor to their main project's second album 'Census Designated'. Originally, venturing had a fictional backstory as a South Dakota-formed rock band formed in 1990, disbanding after the death of their drummer, however since this album's release, this story has since been scrapped.

Over the course of this packed 13-track LP, Jane explores themes of ... read more

Midwest emo brought to 100, the tracklist is consistently melancholic and perfectly befitting of the genre.

The best track on this EP is 'Sleep Patterns', a beautiful expression of dealing with death that I cannot listen without tears. The second verse, wherein the speaker depicts seeing his own death in a dream before it happens, where he doesn't recognise the people he is with nor the music in the car that will eventually become his tomb. As the speaker pieces together the ... read more

8.5/10

Metal/Metalcore at it's seemingly finest, Knocked Loose comes back to the spotlight following their 2019 LP 'A Different Shade Of Blue' with an explosion of blaring guitars, explosive drums, and a noticable increase in vocal performance since their last work.
The tracklist is consistently one-upping itself as the songs play on, with the Chris Motionless feature being one of the best tracks on the LP, and the subsequent track 'The Calm That Keeps You Awake' ... read more

McKenzie Ellis’ latest album is everything I loved about Nocturnal but somehow more beautifully tragic yet hopeful.

‘Kissing Death’ explores Ellis’ biggest musical influence: her relationship with death, fantasising it as a wedding with the grim reaper across many music videos for the album.

Tragically beautiful lines like “thought fifteen was right, so happy I was wrong” from the title track and “I know what to do, lie with you till we ... read more

Synthpop duo Magdalena Bay return from their previous album 'Mercurial World' with a groundbreaking and pivotal LP release in the underground pop scene, launching them into fame and critical acclaim.

The nostalgic and vibrant soundscapes created by Matt and Mica is refreshing in the music scene of 2024/5, as well as the variety on offer. Explosively vocal-driven celebrations of love and life such as 'Love Is Everywhere' and 'The Ballad of Matt & Mica' pair ... read more

'Achilles' is Kevin Atwater's debut full-length album, following his EP 'Downer's Grove', a true successor to the raw and emotional songwriting we've come to expect from Atwater.

Highlights of the tracklist includes the outlying rock-esc song 'the cage', the instrumentally melancholic and sparse 'ferry beer', and the titular final track.
This final track, 'Achilles', feels like a much needed explosion of instrumentation, vocal ... read more

Marina's return to music in 2025 is everything pop stars that rose to fame in the late 2000s/early 2010s wish they could do (cough cough Katy Perry)
The album's themes range from crazy devoted love, reclamation of life and the owning of ones own sexuality, reminiscent of 'Electra Heart' and 'The Family Jewels' but in a completely transformed, mature way.

The blaring synths and digi-core-style video-game-esc production intensifies the surreal feel of the album, ... read more

10/10

A true no-skip album, Jane seems to defy any attempt to box her into one genre, moving from her previous shoegaze project ‘Census Designated’ towards an experimental hip hop banger LP ‘Revengeseekerz’

Jane explores the idea of moving on from her career defining debut release ‘Frailty’ in opening track ‘TWICE REMOVED’ to the fame culture and substance abuse that comes with the rave/club scene across ‘Dreamflasher’, ‘TURN ... read more

9/10

Dora Jar’s debut album is like magic to the soul, from her varied EP ‘digital meadow’ spanning fast drumbeats and breathy vocals to silly and whimsical frolicking pop, she comes into her own as an artist with a refined sound.

The second track, ‘Timelapse’ is easily the strongest, featuring synth instrumentals that scratch my brain as she postulates ‘who am I?’ and ‘I’m zooming out to find my mind is kinda like a blurry stranger on the ... read more