“X Me Out” – Kamikaze

Kamikaze open a blunt, uncompromising chapter with “X Me Out”, and though it arrives as the fourth single from their debut The End, it reads less like a teaser and more like a concentrated act of liberation that refuses to be softened. The production threads distorted guitars through dark synth pads and pins them to…

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FiloFX Records – 28th January: ‘Too Cool’ – Alec La Roche

News: ‘Too Cool’ – Alec La Roche Alec La Roche ignites with ‘Too Cool,’ an electro/French touch banger that sounds like Stevie Wonder and Daft Punk are heralding the future of new disco together. In exactly three minutes, a small funk firework display unfolds: shimmering synth layers, a bouncy, funky bass, plus effectively distorted vocals…

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ListenNOW 02/26

„So eine Meinung“ – splITterMann. „So eine Meinung“ ist eine scharfsinnige, sprachzentrierte Bestandsaufnahme unserer Diskurskultur. Musikalisch bewusst reduziert, rückt der Song den Text in den Mittelpunkt: knappe Arrangements und präzise Pausen geben jeder rhetorischen Zuspitzung Raum. Die Stimme wechselt zwischen aggressiver Behauptung und selbstentlarvender Unsicherheit, wodurch die Figur zugleich Ankläger und Objekt der Satire wird….

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The Music I Still Adore – E.G. Phillips

E.G. Phillips’ The Music I Still Adore unfolds as a sober yet lingering composition in which Americana and folk do not merely coexist but are braided into a concentrated narrative, the piece eschewing theatricality in favor of economy—sparse acoustic layers, delicate rhythmic inflections and occasional harmonic turns that, while suggesting a jazz lineage, never allow…

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ListenNOW 01/26

‘Truth or Dare’ – Ninå With ‘Truth or Dare’, Ninå has released one of those tracks that doesn’t need to shout for attention because its tension burns in the subtext. Since its release, the song has been circulating in the playlists of those who are stuck between the healing phase and ‘maybe I’ll try again’….

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‘Darkness to Light’ – Andrew Corbin

Andrew Corbin’s new LP Darkness to Light feels like a carefully staged transition, an album that doesn’t just accompany its listeners, but guides them through a clearly defined dramaturgy: it begins in foggy introspection and works its way, piece by piece, towards a warm, energetic morning light. Right from the start, Cinematic Death (welcome to…

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