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Jacob O'Neill Traces Every Stage of Getting Hurt Through Four Songs on "Toxic Love" EP

Jacob O'Neill built his debut EP around a single, honest thread: what it actually feels like when a relationship doesn't go the way...

thisaktmusic 23 Aug, 2026

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G Sharp BIG 40 Channels Grief and Warning Through Gritty Hip-Hop Rock on "Salt"

G Sharp BIG 40 didn't set out to write a protest song or a public health message. He read a news article about a young person who died ...

thisaktmusic 22 Aug, 2026

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PLAYKNOW Started Writing an Opinion Piece Before He Wrote "Is It So Hard To Be Good"

"Is It So Hard To Be Good" didn't start as a song at all. PLAYKNOW songwriter Hans Petter Stormoen was working on a fictional...

thisaktmusic 22 Aug, 2026

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Untold Jukebox Sets an 18th-Century Battle to Yacht Rock on "Rehnskiölds Fraustadt Strategy"

Untold Jukebox took a real military event from 1706, General Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld's victory at the Battle of Fraustadt during the Gre...

thisaktmusic 22 Aug, 2026

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Pete Keating Wrote "Tenderly" to Explain Why His Marriage Works

Pete Keating timed the release of "Tenderly" to land on his own wedding anniversary, and that single choice changes how the whole...

thisaktmusic 22 Aug, 2026

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Man From The Woods Retreated to a Cabin in the Woods to Make "Submerge" EP

Man From The Woods didn't record "Submerge" in a studio. He made it in a secluded cabin deep in the forest, using minimal rec...

thisaktmusic 22 Aug, 2026

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The Sunmills Almost Called This Song "Rotting Away" on "Bird That Used To Sing"

The Sunmills have admitted this song could have been called "Rotting Away," which they say would have been honest, just maybe too...

thisaktmusic 22 Aug, 2026

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