On this edition of LITM Pop Picks, tracks take on an energetic, optimistic emotion full of dreamy, hypersonic love, commitment, lasting love and the liberation that comes when one chooses to move on. This lis features Sloane Monroe, Vanda, Michellar and more!
Read MoreLITM Pop Picks featuring Thammarat, Akira Sky, Kris Kolls and More!
On this edition of LITM Pop Picks, tracks take on a vast array of emotions over bright, sentimental soundscapes. The list features Thammarat, Akira Sky, Kris Kolls and more!
Read MoreLITM Pop Picks featuring Rafael Montecruz, Philip La Rosa, Sloane Monroe and More!
On this edition of LITM Pop Picks, immersive synths, pianos, guitars and percussion take over each track’s soundscape, highlighting each track’s full spectrum of emotion. Some feel bright, while others delve into darkness, but each track is groovy and light in its own right. This list of synth-heavy tracks features Rafael Montecruz, Philip La Rosa, Sloane Monroe and more!
Read MoreLITM Rock Picks Featuring Allan Jamisen, Matt McClure, Brudini and More!
On this edition of LITM Rock Picks, songs take on darker tones that range from insidious to emotionally charged nostalgia. These tracks are edged in darkness, the slight edge and weight in them feeling a lot like clarity. This list features Allan Jamisen, Matt McClure, Brudini and more!
Read MoreLITM Rock Picks Featuring Falvus Nora, Asta Bria, Doug Mishkin and More!
On this edition of LITM Rock Picks, take on love and all its effects. From moody loneliness and heady infatuation, to love that settles into wholesome communities and declarations of commitment. This list features Falvus Nora, Asta Bria, Doug Mishkin and more!
Read MoreLITM Rock Picks Featuring Lawrence Timoni, Masquerade, Mister Rabbit and More!
On this edition of LITM Rock Picks, tracks come to loud crescendos bearing even louder emotions before eventually settling to something soft and groovy. This list features Lawrence Timoni, Masquerade, Mister Rabbit and more!
Read MoreLITM Rock Picks Featuring Chandra, Lexytron, 9 o’clock Nasty and More!
On this edition of LITM Rock Picks, tracks use bright, loud guitar-led melodies to emote a call-to-action, chances in love, smittened accounts and fleeting rendezvous. The list features Chandra, Lexytron, 9 o’clock Nasty and more!
Read MoreLITM Pop Picks featuring Francesca Fuentes, Bailey Grey, Found Instruments and More!
On this edition of LITM Pop Picks, tracks take a vast array of moods and tones, ranging from soulful nostalgia and expansive soul-searching to playful reflection and wistful sentimentality. The list features Francesca Fuentes, Bailey Grey, Found Instruments and more!
Read MoreLITM Rock Picks Tunes Featuring Pilots, Justin Sconza, Ethan Gold and More!
LITM Rock Picks Tunes to set the week right brought to you by Pilots, Justin Sconza, Ethan Gold, Glorybots and Ghost Fetish!
Pilots - Come On Let's Get Together
Come On Let's Get Together is a catchy song, penned in an indie rock package that glows with an excellent charm and energy. This kind of raw, off-the-cuff sensation of a song bounces on its unadorned, hook-driven songcraft.
The track opens on such perfect notes that take hold right from the start. The vocals are catchy and strong, and blend perfectly with the instruments to develop a chorus which sounds ready to top both indoor club shows and outdoor festivals.
Lyrically, Come On Let's Get Together is a marvel for all those who listen to it. You honestly do not want to miss this. Production is alluring, but once again working more to encourage the song's rawness and old-school sound instead of detracting. Pilots walk the fine line between retro inspiration and contemporary indie hip with aplomb, the end product a song both familiar and state-of-the-art.
2. Justin Sconza - Broken Glass
Justin Sconza's Broken Glass is a heartbreaking exercise in toughness and vulnerability, provided with lush jangle-pop and folk-inflected texture. A standout on his album Standards, the song directly demonstrates Sconza's capacity to merge retro sound with contemporary subject matter.
The tune starts with shimmering guitar chords and airy rhythm, creating an airy, open ambiance. Sconza's voice is emotionally laden, swinging between introspection and optimism. Broken Glass texturally navigates longing, self-awareness, and the delicate ballet between recollection of the past and decision of the future.
Self-comparative to such bands as The Beatles and Weezer, Sconza weaves antique visual beauty and modern indie-pop beat with complete ease. Understated production gives precedence to naked emotional drive of the track. Broken Glass is a fine demonstration of the artistry skills of Sconza, where the listener finds a real-life tale shrouded in lavishly created melody.
3. Ethan Gold - Camera
Ethan Gold's Camera is this hauntingly self-reflective song that's on the brink of art-rock and ambient sounds. With unearthly production and emotionally intense vocals, the song is akin to viewing a film that struggles to cope with the passage of time and memory.
The track begins builds an immersive, dreamlike atmosphere. Gold's voice is raw and inquisitive, inviting the listener into the heart of his introspection. The lyrics convey the struggle between grasping a moment and being in it, presenting a profound sense of modern life.
Gold's minimalist production style enhances the emotional impact of the song, illustrating that sometimes less can be more. Camera is a heartbreakingly beautiful track that lingers long after the last note, demonstrating Ethan Gold's skill for creating music that is both sonically engaging and intellectually stimulating.
4. Glorybots - Be Fair
Be Fair by Glorybots is a post-rock/alt trance-like hybrid that offers as enigmatic as intriguing music. The track takes listeners on a foreboding, atmospheric ride of complex melodic textures with reflective lyrics.
It starts with an ominous bassline and disquieting guitar textures, Be Fair coiling through slow, measured movement. The voice is otherworldly resonant, recounting an experience of self-discovery and emotional nuance. Lyrically, the track is fixated on justice and balance, its quasi-philosophical inclination imbuing its sonic loveliness with added depth.
The production is incredibly detailed, and every sonic feature is precisely set to further intensify the track even further. The contrast of dark and light textures makes listening rich, for Be Fair happens to be the fan favourite of experimental and atmospheric music fans alike.
5. Ghost Fetish - Show and Tell
Ghost Fetish's Show and Tell is a perfect introduction to darkwave and dance alternative territory, taking the substance of a genre and applying a new sheen to it. The dark ominous atmosphere that comes out immediately at the very first notes of the song is sustained by thumping synths and driving beat that set the mood off right away.
The vocals are hypnotic and otherworldly, adding to the already darkly colored soundscape an air of mystery. Show and Tell lyrically walks the tightrope between openness and showmanship, tension that holds together with the gothic undertones of the song.
Musically, the tune is a nostalgic nod to '80s synths but rendered with modern production methods. The result is a tune that is retro but also progressive, simultaneously, bridging the past to the present. With its trippy beat and rich sonic tapestry, Show and Tell makes Ghost Fetish an artist to take note of for the alternative genre.
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LITM Pop Picks featuring Latti Patterson, GINAxC, Mark Walsh and More!
In this edition of LITM Pop Picks, tracks take on sweet, sentimental love with the promise of settled commitment. Each track is warm with affection, some promising escape and heart-thumping adventures. This list features Latti Patterson, GINAxC, Mark Walsh and more!
Read MoreLITM Rock Picks Featuring Oliver Jordan, Fragile Creatures, Eric Shroeder and More!
On this edition of LITM Rock Picks, tracks take on vulnerability with aching, dark edges. Moods fuelled by frustration and sadness. Featuring artists like Oliver Jordan, Fragile Creatures, Eric Shroeder and more!
Read MoreLITM Singer-Songwriter Picks featuring Andrew Hartshorn, John Serrano, Track Dogs and Blue Rose Code!
In this edition of LITM Singer-Songwriter Picks, each track dwells on love and lightness in full, wholesome waves. The list features Andrew Hartshorn, John Serrano, Track Dogs and Blue Rose Code!
Read MoreLITM Rock Picks Featuring Todd Capps, The Heligates, Tom Minor and More
On this edition of LITM Rock Picks, tracks oscillate between variations of energetic, quick-paced loops. Some that dare to dream, while others veer on the side of reflective. All hold this sense of optimism and bright hope, featuring Todd Capps, The Heligates, Tom Minor and more!
Read MoreLITM Pop Picks Featuring TaniA Kyllikki, Stoneshoes and Mark Masguro!
In this edition of LITM Pop Picks, songs take on love in all its forms, whether it settles in the self, or tethers to another. The songs build and layer on momentum with swells that build. This list features TaniA Kyllikki, Stoneshoes and Mark Masguro!
Read MoreLITM Rock Picks Featuring Poke A Brain, th0rn, Caitlin Mae and More
This edition of LITM Rock Picks takes on the melancholic oscillations of heartbreak; from emotionally charged sentiment to quick-paced dejection and apathy. Featuring Poke A Brain, th0rn, Caitlin Mae and more!
Read MoreLITM Pop Picks featuring Emily Dimes, Harris Hunter, Grampa Baby and More!
In this edition of LITM Pop Picks, tracks oscillate from moving tributes to those lost to losing yourself to throws of escape and club-bangers– featuring Emily Dimes, Harris Hunter, Grampa Baby and more!
Read MoreLITM Singer-Songwriter Picks featuring Jamie Somerville, Lexi Berg, Francis Fell and More!
In this edition of LITM Singer-Songwriter Picks, artists take on a deep acoustic approach to reflection, moving from dark, cascading guitar melodies to brighter ones that feel like new beginnings—featuring Jamie Somerville, Lexi Berg, Francis Fell and more!
Read MoreLITM Rock Picks Featuring West Friends, Velvet Sun, Tantrum Zentrum and More!
On this edition of LITM Rock Picks, the tracks take on an intense, quick-paced tone that builds. Some songs explore the questions that play on the mind, while others reflect on the questionable ethos that forms the basis of the world we live in—featuring West Friends, Velvet Sun, Tantrum Zentrum and more!
Read MoreLITM Rock Picks Featuring Hotel Mira, Chantal Acda, Cleo Handler and More!
On this edition of LITM Rock Picks, songs play with guitar-led melodies to flit from sarcastic indifference and deep heartache to settling realisation that helps with moving on and along. The list features artists like Hotel Mira, Chantal Acda, Cleo Handler and more!
Read MoreLITM Singer-Songwriter Picks features Claudio Olachea, dr.rift, Hybrid Kid, and other exquisite artists
In this edition of LITM Singer-Songwriter Picks, experience absorbing themes and hard-to-forget tunes from artists Claudio Olachea, dr.rift, Hybrid Kid, Caitty, and Bailey Perrie.
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