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Welcome Ghouls, Demons, and Fellow Wyrd Ones! This Dark Moon, We are planting another Venusian Seed! A seed planted by the hands of our Libran Man, Niv Snaggletooth! As this lunar transit initiates a spark of creativity in Aries, with a lovely handoff to the embodiment of Taurus. I love the synastry with the Libra and Taurus essence harmonizing in true Venus Fashion. I find the overall character arch within the Life of Niv to be beautifully in alignment. And this is only intuitively based off his Sun Sign, his intentional story I will be sharing below, and the Soul felt within the Exclusive listening experience of his New Single. I will admit to my ignorance of this song. I was slightly shocked to discover it was a cover of a 1984 release from Los Lobos. I had missed that memo when I connected with Niv to cover this release. (LOL) With that, I unknowingly signed up for the Musical Adventure of a lifetime.

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April 8, 2026 Jason Shrum

What Is The Meaning of Life?

“’meaning of life” is about giving depression company,” meg shares. “It’s being fucking tired, stuck in self-sabotage and procrastination, feeling nothing and living vicariously through other people instead. It’s a pretty goddamn selfish song.”

She further explains, “It’s also about ruining normal, sweet moments with nihilistic thoughts, like what happens when I die while I’m trying to find that a Bed Bath & Beyond coupon.There’s no reason to it. And if there’s no reason to it, then maybe there’s no reason to me. It’s about the freedom and relief in realizing that maybe it’s not about everything being meaningless, but about how hard it is to find meaning when there’s no reason to it.”

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April 7, 2026 Melinoe Macaria Mourningstar

Maria Magdalena’s New Single ‘Smell Me I’m Running’ Is A Mystical Journey

In this modern era, in some small realms of the world, a woman is mostly able to ponder these questions. She is able to act out what it may mean to be a free woman of this world. A woman free from the biased lens of our inherited patriarchal mold. What if we were written without the venom that is the Male Gaze? Not the Masculine gaze that Worships the Goddess, but the Male Gaze that imprisons us all, even themselves. As the song concluded, I had to replay immediately. I wasn’t too sure how I could label the song. There were components of a more Gothic and/or Vampiric Undertone. A scene that could express various moments in time, however particularly, the 40’s-60’s came to mind. We have the melody cloaked in an essence of Femme Fatale, with a subtle bop that reminds one of Marina. Giving the song a connection to the Pop Femme Frequency. There is a darkness and lightness to the song. A duality that only an integrated soul could express. There is a sound in alignment with those who enjoy workings from artists such as, Alexa Dark, Luvcat and Portishead. An eclectic tuning that embodies the complexity of what it means to be a woman and feel as a woman feels.

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April 3, 2026 Jason Shrum

Hussy Fit Wants You To Listen

To engage with Hussy Fit is to mix all your favorite cereals together. They are dynamic in flavor. The band pulls from genres past and present and keeps their personal style at the focal point. The band consists of Cordie Nicole adding synth flare to her vocal prowess, Izzy Cring – bass, vocals, Nick Doukas – guitar, Saige Cordero – guitar, backing vocals, and Jackson Tsukahara – drums. For this single they brought Seth Lake in for multiple guitar parts and let producer Lonny Cagle chime in on those gang vocals for the track.

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March 12, 2026 Jason Shrum

The Binding Divide debut their single ‘Finding Forever’

‘Finding Forever’ is very engaging, and the production is layered nicely with Alysa’s voice pushed forward to really showcase her soulful tonality. The bassline and drums lead the song into a steady gait, and the writing follows to create a beautiful segment of art. The words draw the listener in with lovely storytelling before the one-minute mark with a familiar relationship thought, “I don’t know what you expect me to do/ I am losing myself in you/ And I don’t know what you expect me to say/ And I’m going crazy, crazy”. There is carefully placed chaos that sonically pounds from underneath the prose and builds to the next set of lexicon in, “What am I gonna do when you’re stuck in my veins/ going straight to my heart and my brain/ You are the only truth/ I know it/ finding you/ I think I’m finding forever”.

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December 30, 2025 Jason Shrum

Vincent Bonelli Brings A New Single To The New Year

To get to know Bonelli is to be immersed in all things’ music. He began playing the guitar at just 5 years old and by age 11 he was jamming at venues across his home city of Buffalo, New York. His smooth style and jazzy rhythms produced a full-length record by 15 years old. The record was called “Lines” and earned him a spot endorsing music gear from manufacturers like Keeley Electronics, J. Rockett Audio Designs, Walrus Audio, and Morley. A couple years later, Bonelli dropped his second album (which he again produced and mixed), titled ‘Vincent Bonelli’ and then the teenager made the decision to head to Nashville and get a music related degree from Belmont University.

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August 13, 2025 Jason Shrum

The Staggering Expanse of Man

The song’s beginning challenges the impact of our global footprint with its prose. The band is screaming for us to listen and take heed, but our consumption may be drowning those cries out. So, there is a musical shift that happens and the song structure slows as if to appeal to us with another approach. This is one of those many layers that the trio brings to the forefront of their efforts. With tightknit precision and playing, the group captures their audience in mystical undertones that float beneath rough and metallic surfaces. It is absolutely gorgeous to listen to the transition from heavy to soft without losing the engagement of the audience. It might have been three separate songs if conceptualized differently, but it works as one opus and only for a few seconds are we fluttering in this softened sonic status before being hurled back into a deeper sound. And for all this, we are just :40 seconds into our journey.