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Dante Shivers Finishes a Fifteen-Year-Old Song While Living Its Question on "Changes"

A ballerina's shoes hanging near a London window, a conversation about unlived dreams, a young songwriter awake while she slept, that...

thisaktmusic 4 Sep, 2026

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Grumbeaux Sets Names Once Erased Into Song on "Now Is Near"

"Now Is Near" was built to restore what history refused to record. Grumbeaux composed the track directly from lyrics written by T...

thisaktmusic 4 Sep, 2026

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The Friends of Norman Havelock Assemble a Country Track Across Five Cities on "Too Close To Call"

"Too Close To Call" thrives on distance made close, five cities feeding into one cohesive recording, and The Friends of Norman Hav...

thisaktmusic 4 Sep, 2026

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Anthony Casuccio Obtains the Courage to Stay Himself on “The Man That I Am”

“The Man That I Am” works because Anthony Casuccio understands that confidence in love does not require surrendering individuality. His lat...

thisaktmusic 4 Sep, 2026

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CREEPS Bring Loyalty and Vulnerability Into Focus on “I Will Follow You”

“I Will Follow You” finds CREEPS balancing the force of modern rock with an emotional openness that gives their comeback era depth. Followi...

thisaktmusic 4 Sep, 2026

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themindwillnotletgo Pushes Melodic Rock Into Psychological Overdrive on “burnout” Album

Across nine tracks, themindwillnotletgo channels anxiety, inner conflict, and existential unease into a dense melodic-rock record where hea...

thisaktmusic 4 Sep, 2026

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I Plead Irony Confronts Contradiction and Hope on “This Monologue Conversation” Album

“This Monologue Conversation” carries the scars of its unusually long journey, and that history gives I Plead Irony’s third album a compell...

thisaktmusic 4 Sep, 2026

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