“It’s just you. If this album fails miserably, and people say it sucks, then it’s on me, too. And that’s fine.“ You might know singer/songwriter Cameron Keiber from bands like Eldridge Rodriguez or The Beatings but we know him as the person responsible for some of the silliest back and [...]
If there was a single song of Real Beaut’s that you could call a proper “primer” to not only catch up music lovers on what’s come before but also one that previews what’s next then we think it’d most likely be “Paying Attention”. Yeah, that’s our final answer. Because pinning [...]
Vibrant but seething with venom, the latest from Salem, MA duo Phantom Ocean is a bit of a conundrum… in the best way ever! With “Sorry, Dude”, PO go all in addressing feminine rage as drummer/vocalist Sarah Moughan-Smith describes this fiery anthem as “a testament of absolute exhaustion”.
Inevitably there’s an album or two or three in a given year that we had no idea was coming. Either it’s something so soon following a recent release or honestly, something that was teased but we completely missed the signs. Whatever the case is here, we’re happy to be not [...]
The term “transcendent” immediately comes to mind upon finishing Ascension, the debut LP from Ceremony Shadows. As a whole, the record sounds gorgeous and is the kind of album that gets better and better with every listen. Friends looking for the first great Darkwave release of 2025 can look no [...]
It seems we’ve been talking about Izzy Reign a LOT over in RNRF land with many a shared social media post before launching a brand new column last October called “Spooky SZN Sounds” more or less with the sole purpose of covering IR’s slew of covers around the season before [...]
