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Dame Atlas is a Canadian independent singer, songwriter, and rapper whose music blends alternative R&B, melodic hip-hop, pop, and emo-inspired sounds. Known for his emotionally honest lyrics and genre-bending style, Dame Atlas creates music that explores love, heartbreak, mental struggles, self-reflection, and personal growth. He first gained attention through a series of independently released singles before expanding his catalog with the 2025 EP PRELUDE. In 2026, he released his debut album ACT I, which helped grow his audience to more than 140,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. His music is recognized for catchy melodies, atmospheric production, and a balance between vulnerable storytelling and modern trap-inspired beats. As an independent artist, Dame Atlas continues to build a dedicated fanbase through streaming platforms and social media. His willingness to experiment with different sounds while staying emotionally authentic has made him one of the emerging names in the new wave of alternative R&B and melodic hip-hop. @dameatlas check’m out!

Shining and rising talent straight from Havana, Florida, Hurricane Wisdom is a music artist that has grown a great following and continues to thrive in the music industry. With breakout records like “Lil Hurricane” and “Chronicles” as well as a feature on the major hit “Got a Lil Older” with platinum record Jacksonville artist, SpotemGottem, Hurricane Wisdom has been building major credibility in the Hip-Hop scene as a standout artist. You can find Hurricane rapping/harmonizing emotional, deep thoughted lyrics that captures a story that people can relate to and feel as if his records are a way of venting for themselves. His beat selections consist of smooth, laid-back melodies, with catchy drums that are sure to keep your head nodding. Hurricane Wisdom continues to grow and rise into the industry’s next big breakout artist. If you love a great story, infused with melodic and trap inspiration, you should be on guard for Hurricane Wisdom. Follow Hurricane Wisdom: Instagram YouTube TikTok Spotify Apple Music

The Lemon Twigs’ two previous Captured Tracks albums, A Dream Is All We Know (2024) and Everything Harmony (2023), certainly indicated something of a ground zero in their then five album career. “It was the beginning of making records that we would listen to ourselves,” says Michael D’Addario, the younger Twig brother, now aged 26. By the time of A Dream Is All We Know and the future Michael classic “My Golden Years”, The Lemon Twigs’ new era had truly begun. And now comes the third Lemon Twigs album for Captured Tracks, Look For Your Mind!, which underneath its poppy exterior contains an undercurrent of paranoia and suspicion. Opening with title track “Look For Your Mind”, a jangly Michael number, the listener is introduced to the guitar-driven harmony sound that is the centering theme of the album. Much of what was achieved on A Dream Is All We Know is here, just more laser focused. It’s classic Twigs, indebted to the golden age of guitar pop, but in no way slavish. New to this album is the inclusion of live Twigs Reza Matin (drums) and Danny Ayala (bass), as well as Eva Chambers of Tchotchke, to the rhythm section. With the brothers previously having handled everything in the studio themselves, this shows a newfound sense of freedom. “Gather Round” is one of Look For Your Mind!’s bigger productions. A Brian song with joyous orchestrations, it feels like a turn of the century campaign song. The writer is looking for an uncorrupted leader, but resolves that collective action is the only way forward. Musically it’s ornate and delightfully 1967, but the mood and sentiment is distinctly 2026. “Every time we try to write something that’s completely straightforward, we can’t help adding an element which comes out of left field.” explains Brian. Brian’s “Fire And Gold” starts off with a ringing power pop riff before turning everything inside out. It’s also the first song on the album to feature the powerhouse drummer Reza Matin, whom the brothers favorably compare to Big Star’s Jody Stephens, The Raspberries’ Jim Bonfanti, and The Move’s Bev Bevan. Closing side one on the vinyl record is Michael’s beautiful ballad, “Mean To Me”, with vocals The Beach Boys would be happy to have committed to wax 60 years ago, care of Michael, Brian and Danny. The closer of the second side, “Your True Enemy”, completely throws a spanner in the works. “We at first approached the song as a simple rock arrangement, but it didn’t fit the moodiness of the lyric,” states Brian. “So that’s when we started to get more experimental.” The Lemon Twigs sixth studio album may at first seem like a direct continuation of the previous two, but it is also a lot more, with nods to the earlier records, a new found collective spirit, and most importantly great songwriting.

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The Kilans are an indie rock band from Salt Lake City known for their raw sound, kinetic guitars, and electrifying live shows. Formed in 2023, the lineup — Jack Ongman (vocals, rhythm guitar), Jacob Shultz (lead guitar), Cooper Brezoff (bass), and David Wiseman (drums) — came together after Jack and Jacob met while skateboarding in college and started jamming in basement sessions that quickly turned into something bigger. Just five months later, they released their debut single “Curly,” a burst of unfiltered energy that made waves across the local scene. Their follow-up, “Why Is It Light Out?,” sharpened their songwriting and expanded their reach, pairing introspective lyrics with dynamic, guitar-driven production. The track landed them on multiple editorial playlists and marked The Kilans as one of the most promising new voices in indie rock. Now, the band takes their next major step. On October 23, 2026, The Kilans will release their debut album Could You Keep It Dark via Mom and Pop Records. Anchored by key singles “Cherry, Please” and “Oliver,” the record marks a bold leap forward — channeling the raw energy of their basement origins into a fully realized body of work. In support of the release, the band will embark on a North American tour, bringing their signature live intensity to stages across the continent. With Could You Keep It Dark, The Kilans aren’t just delivering on their early promise — they’re announcing themselves on a national stage, authentically on their own terms.

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Letdown. is ready to embrace the positive. The Texas-born, Nashville-based rocker, singer, and multi-instrumentalist has tackled a slew of personal demons—many of which turned up on his catharsis-packed debut EP, 2023’s Crying In The Shower—in order to come out on the other side, stronger than ever. The prolific artist’s latest batch of songs, which he is constantly churning out as a therapeutic way to process daily life, are upbeat, hook-packed anthems that invite audiences to shout along in unison. “I think I’m at the end of writing about my problems,” Coddington muses. “I’ve been putting myself through emotional music therapy for three years now, and it’s working. I’m finally looking back and laughing for the first time. I consider it the upswing of the depression. I’m about to enter this whole new phase in my life. Everything feels new again for the first time.” Ever since he first began releasing music in 2020, Letdown. (real name Blake Coddington) has poured his soul into crafting soaring rock anthems that vulnerably chronicle his mental health journey and sonically intersect with punk/emo, metal, electronic, pop, and hip-hop. Posting a series of unguarded videos to TikTok, Letdown. has seen his following grow to more than 675K, plus nearly 1M monthly listeners on Spotify, and more than 100k on Instagram — and that’s not even counting the 200M total streams Coddington’s songs have earned. As he steps into a new era with his debut album, fans will be swept up into a whirlwind of poppy and propulsive beats, guitar-driven compositions, and impassioned choruses. “That’s the greatest part of this,” Coddington says of his more buoyant direction. “We’re all dancing around the studio. It’s the most natural writing I’ve ever done. When I met my producer Carlo, we started working on our first song together, which ended up being ‘Hate Myself.’ We were like, ‘This sounds nothing like any of your other stuff. We don’t know if anybody’s gonna like this. Let’s just see what happens.’ And then we got to the studio and everything happened. I remember looking at him, and I was like, ‘I don’t care who doesn’t like this. This is the most me I’ve ever felt.'” Coddington continues to unpack a dysfunctional romantic dynamic on “Be Ok,” which he wrote near the end of a serious relationship—one he didn’t fully grasp was unhealthy until it was over. “I was so focused on my love for someone else that I didn’t realize how much it was actually shooting me in the foot,” he says. “I didn’t understand that everything could be better if this was over. At the same time, it immediately says ‘I never thought I’d miss you this way.’ It’s something I think about all the time. I left everything negative in my life that has affected me, but I still think about it in a way that is almost like I miss it. It’s a weird headspace to live in—to hate something and know it’s gone, but still want it somehow. I think it’s something that everyone feels, and a lot of people don’t talk about that much.” In other instances, Coddington just gives himself over to the feeling of a magnetic melody and hard-chanting refrain. On the harmonizing “Dead Right,” Coddington looks back at recording a track “we just thought was really bumpy, fun, and catchy. We weren’t thinking about one thing in particular. This one happened really fast.” On the rushing “Crying In The Shower,” which went Top 25 at Alternative radio last year, Coddington illustrates the feeling of chasing a fleeting high in order to drown out the loss of a broken relationship. “I feel overwhelmed and trapped in a cycle of despair. I attempt but fail to wash away the memories and pain of this lost love,” Coddington says. “This song conveys a sense of emptiness as I resorted to unhealthy habits like chasing fleeting highs and taking pills to numb the pain. This relatable story is the promise of a perfect relationship that ultimately leads to heartbreak.” “‘Crying In The Shower’ was our first song that got some radio play,” he adds. “As we play this song live, we notice some of the audience nodding familiarly in acknowledgement that this is all too common. It seems everyone either has gone through this or knows someone who has.” Finally, Coddington’s clipped vocals shine on the punchy and anthemic “Go To Hell,” a kiss-off track with the power to get a packed crowd on their feet and pushing toward the stage. “This song captures the complexities of love and pain, illustrating the struggle between knowing you should walk away and being unable to let go of my intense feelings for my abusive partner,” Coddington shares. “This song has always been my most reactive release and a testament to how relatable this situation is… Though I wrote this from personal experience, I also hope that the message can resonate with people as they consider their own choices.” If anything unites Letdown.’s debut album, it’s mixing audible joy with the darkness that haunts his past. “This latest group of songs is my upswing—I’m literally finding the fun and light in the bad things,” he says. “The music I’m writing currently has been a lot more fun than it ever has been, and a lot less depressing. It’s less self-loathing. This is what’s been handed to me—now I’m gonna have to make something awesome.”