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Heels Running – Reigns Reigns makes a bold statement with ‘Heels Running’. The track is no soul-pop flirtation, but a bold move: a driving beat, sharply defined string lines, striking brass accents – all tailored for maximum impact. The chorus marks the turning point: distorted vocals, an uncompromising stance, a momentum that unmistakably frames Reigns’…

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Smile Like A Weapon – Phyne In “Smile Like A Weapon”, Swiss band Phyne weaves a sophisticated web of confusion that builds in intensity with every passing minute. The track begins with a minimalist walking bass line, over which these retro 80s crime-series-style melodies unfold – as if you’d stumbled upon an old detective series,…

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NB – INDIE TOP 10 – 31.July.26

NB – INDIE TOP 10 – 31.July.26 1 Growing Pains Andy Jans-Brown, Cameron Spike-Porter2 Move With Me Alec La Roche3 Cost Of Loving Rogue FX4 Know the Talk Timothy Ivan5 The DJINN Carlos Ucedda6 Untergang Klang Fatal7 The Ballad of Percy Pilcher Chris Lewington8 Never Too Old To Thrust Suited and Booted9 Water Prayer Emma…

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In meinem Kopf – Thaler Thaler öffnet mit „In meinem Kopf“ einen Raum, den viele kennen, aber selten aussprechen: Dieses seltsame Zwischenstadium nach einer Trennung, in dem der Alltag längst weiterläuft, während das eigene Herz noch im Rückstand bleibt. Der Song kreist um all die Sätze, die man dem Ex nie sagen wird – nicht…

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Grand Ballet – Talking To Sophie ‘Grand Ballet’ by Talking To Sophie feels like an indie-pop-fuelled moment that unfolds from the gentle warmth of acoustic folk-pop elements into a cinematic expanse, whilst at the same time always maintaining a subtle connection to reality. The song opens quietly – almost like an inner film that begins…

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Get Up – EGGER

With ‘Get Up’, EGGER – the electro-experimental project by Austrian musician Wolfgang Egger –presents his fourth single: a 130 BPM synthwave track that liberates the 80s aesthetic from therealm of nostalgia and transports it into an analogue, retro-futuristic present. Egger, who works across modular synthesis, minimalism and sonic conceptual art, sees his music as studies…

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