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Welcome Ghouls, Demons, and Fellow Wyrd Ones!!! Princess Goes (featuring Michael C. Hall, Matt Katz-Bohen and Peter Yanowitz) released their Third Single “French Kiss” to tease their next album “3!” The album graces the public on October 30th, 2026! French Kiss is described as a “sprawling, six-and-a-half-minute electro-pop-disco-rock slow-burn.” The band notes inspirations from Daft Punk, Justice, Giorgio Moroder, and Isabelle Adjani. I was fucking electrified from the first listen. I cannot wait to witness the entire masterpiece that will be this album. These teasers have been the most exhilarating edgings of my melodic life. And their alignments with my spiritual reckonings, blessings and cognizance of wisdom has been brilliantly timed in mythological fashion. I couldn’t be more in love with how my story has played out, and where my story will continue to weave. That is equally manifested and expressed through my LOVE for Princess Goes, and this monumental album to come. Peter Yanowitz has expressed how these songs, and this album, have granted them an understanding of themselves, their sound, and who they want to be as the Universe has seemingly planted everything perfectly before them, and before us all!

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August 4, 2026 Jason Shrum

Parker Barrow | Hold The Mash | Album Review

When you listen to the album, it seems timeless in the sense that you could drop this compilation in any decade, post the mid-60’s, and it would be identifiable as being made in that timeframe. This construction of their art is well thought out, well place and certainly orchestrated with meticulous care. The fact that Parker Barrow’s sophomore record and the Rolling Stones 25th studio release came out within a week of each other is quite a cool coincidence. It bookmarks a place in musical history, yet it also says that the future has been listening and that the music never dies;it just takes on new shapes with fresh voices. Megan is that vocal prominence that tears into these tracks with a vibrance and a soul sound that is never mundane. She never sings in an idle space. Megan’s range matches the components of her bandmates’ abilities, and that is to say it is all endless. The twin lead guitars of Tipton and Bender jangle and twang with idyllic riffs and Safka’s electric ivories dance alongside, as all the cosmic tones race in the ethos of these recordings. Turner’s powerful pacing from behind the kit looms large with Priber’s bass and that uproarious thundering echo of life maintains an arc of toe-tapping joy.

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July 29, 2026 Jason Shrum

Meghan Pulles: New Single and New Record

I can honestly say that Pulles has left everything on the table and has come at us with a record from a deeply emotional place and ‘The Midhaven’ is just a sample of her putting her vulnerability on display so that the world may not only empathize together but also begin to heal through human connection. When the single drops,there will also be a gorgeously shot, black and white video, to accompany it. This is the first time that Pulles has released a video and a single on the same day. Meghan’s voice floats in the atmosphere and invites you to take part in the feast of her magical lyrics. Her words are a sonnet filled with staggering imagery that invokes heartfelt sentiment.

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July 28, 2026 Melinoe Macaria Mourningstar

Album Review | Madonna | Confessions II

With that, Madonna’s Confessions II is most certainly a Love Letter to the Oppressed. To all the Girls, Gays, and Theys. To everyone who has ever been exiled for being nothing other than themselves. Every song is a dance ballad of self empowerment, and healing. I cannot pick a favorite. Nor can I pick a song that is more meaningful. The entire album is medicine for the soul. As I said, it is Doctor’s Orders. Oracle’s Orders to initiate yourselves into this frequency with at least 1 Full Cycle from Start to finish. To feel into your body, and release any stored up toxins that shame you for being who you are. You are not a threat. You are not vile. You are beautiful as you are. We all serve our purpose. We all have a light to give to the Universe. We are the colors on her voided canvas. It is our Birthright to Shine.

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July 27, 2026 Stacy Marie

Album Review | Death Cab for Cutie | I Built You A Tower

Their mixes ranged from simple and methodical to complex and inspired, and the lyrics … well … Death Cab for Cutie has been one of my favorites for so long specifically because of their lyrics. (Ben Gibbard is a lyrical genius, and I don’t care who might try to say otherwise LOL) Their writing style has always struck a chord with me. I’ve always especially admired and connected with their use of metaphors, which only helps to create stronger visuals of their stories, and this album is no different. I Built You A Tower is a beautiful blend of complex emotions (deeply felt nostalgia). I don’t know how they always do it, but they do – and it’s magic!

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July 23, 2026 Jason Shrum

Album Review: “Time Will Tell” by Devon Gilfillian

This is Devon’s third studio project, and it is called Time Will Tell and it pulls from all the various sounds that he grew up with in Philadelphia. The album is a landslide of rock, country, funk & soul that comes from his youth and listening to those classic tones that played throughout his home. Upon doing a deep dive into the artists’ background, his hero was Jimi Hendrix, who spent some time in Nashville (as he was stationed at the Army base in Clarksville) grooving with a lot of those legendary blues musicians at clubs downtown. That’s what was inspiring Devon in high school, and eventually he picked up his gear and headed to Music City.

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June 29, 2026 Melinoe Macaria Mourningstar

Freaky Wilderness ‘Wind Swept World’ | New Music Video Review

This Music Video will present simple to the simpletons. Those who have never ripped apart their soul, nor faced the most painful of ego deaths. The Music Video is a Message of Harmony. Of Family, of Joy, and of Play. Hellooooo Jupiter in Leoo. I love this season for us. Just as the World is seemingly falling apart, we are reminded that sometimes it is fun to tear things down. Sometimes it is fun to RAGE! In the most innocent of waves. I thoroughly enjoyed the progression of the video. The themes of the imperfect, shyly awkward, and pure evolution of the children throughout this creative process? Just phenomenal! I dive deeper into these themes in my “Music Message” series on my “Come Drink the MoonJuice” Podcast. Where I have teamed up with Rock Oracle to Bring People Together Through Music! Where my dearest Gemini, Michael of Freaky Wilderness, is also Bringing People Together Through Music. The World needs more Life. We need to reconnect to our innocence. Our playful frequency of Freedom. To Love, and to Create. To nourish that imagination within the Heart and Mind of a child. Now that is beautiful parenting at play!