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BE NOT AFRAID

Polyphia

7.5/10
ElectronicProgressive rock/metalRock

Polyphia have never treated the guitar as an instrument that needs to stay in its own lane. BE NOT AFRAID takes that attitude further, placing their precise playing inside a dark world of bass, synths and chopped vocal samples. There are no guest stars to steer the songs in different directions this time....

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Vagabond

Ariel Posen

Blues

For some reason, every few days I'm bombarded with the song Vagabond by Ariel Posen. Truth be told, I'd never heard of this guy, but... every time I...

Dopamine Chamber

Fontaines D.C.

Alternative RockElectronicPost-Punk

Fontaines D.C. keep finding new ways to sound unsettled. Dopamine Chamber takes the bigger arrangements of Romance further into electronics, with...

FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT

GHØSTKID

Alternative MetalMetalcore

FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT gives GHØSTKID's dark world a more personal centre. Sebastian “Sushi” Biesler uses the familiar rabbit-hole idea to...

Alienation

Three Days Grace

Alternative MetalMetalPost-GrungeRock

Adam Gontier is back with Three Days Grace, and Matt Walst has stayed. This gives Alienation a more interesting premise than a simple reunion. Each...

Treetop Garden

Foureyes

7.5/10
ElectronicIndieLatin

It's wonderful finding an artist with only one monthly listener on Spotify. Not so great for Foureyes, the artist in question, but great because you get to discover something that few others have. GrooveGauge was founded with the goal of giving small artists a chance to show their music to a wider audience,...

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