Category: The Singles Bar
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The Singles Bar: Lace and Lee – Roadkill
Imagine blog favorite Bad Flamingo and new find Lace and Lee touring together. Minds would literally explode. With their new sog “Roadkill,” Lace and Lee offer up a smoky, thumping tale that’s equal parts Southern Gothic and country & western saloon. “Should have slept through the sunshine and missed the mornig haze,” the duo carve…
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The Singles Bar: Barlow – Billionaire’s Hand in My Pocket
In 2026, we can always use more protest songs. As billionaires hoard wealth, poor folks scrounge for crumbs. With his new song “Billionaire’s Hand in My Pocket,” rockin’ tunesmith Barlow doesn’t mince his words. “They don’t care about a living wage,” he hisses with a barbed tongue. Those lyrics drip like acid, eating through everything…
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The Singles Bar: Shiloh Lindsey – Failing Hail
When darkness strikes, hold those you love close. You never know when things will vanish in the blink of an eye. With her new song “Failing Hail,” country singer-songwriter Shiloh Lindsey reminds the listener about resilience and those we can count on to show us the way out of a rainstorm. “There’s a lot of…
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The Singles Bar: Zak Smith – Some Rules You Just Have to Break
“I believe it’s too late to turn back now,” sings Zak Smith, with a strawberry rasp hanging in his throat. His new song “Some Rules You Just Have to Break” fuses the brightness of a church organ with the heaviness of secrets whispered behind closed doors and the weight of society’s taboos. Smith yearns for…
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The Singles Bar: teo tala – the boy’s lullaby
If you struggle with mental health, you’re likely well aware of the things (e.g., art, music, movies) that serve as warm blankets in your darkest moments. Pop purveyor teo tala offers up his new song, “the boy’s lullaby,” as a comfort that sends tingles down the spine. While the pressures of a heavy head space…
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The Singles Bar: Taylor Nauta – Living the Good Life
In a time of depressing news and doomscrolling, it’s more important than ever to remember the good things in our everyday lives. Country tunesmith Taylor Nauta delivers a low-swinging song that just does that. In “Living the Good Life,” he sits upon his front porch and lists all the things he’s grateful for these days.…
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The Singles Bar: Leah Lawson – Nobody’s Baby
Society doesn’t tell you that grieving a heartbreak packs a wallop on a deeply physiological level. Your body shakes with sadness and wrecks your senses at the most inopportune times. Leah Lawson works through her own breakup with her song “Nobody’s Baby,” a deceptively chipper and bright melody that wrestles her pain to the ground.…
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The Singles Bar: FREND & SKV – Arcade Elevator
FREND‘s “Arcade Elevator” is the best pop song you’re not listening to. In collaboration with SKV, the solo project of Tom Woods pulsates with sweaty bodies and the neon glow of an NYC dance club. “Meet my later,” he coos over frenetic synths and a throbbing heartbeat. It’s electricity funneled right into the eardrums. It’s…
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The Singles Bar: Skylar Gregg – I’m Too Old for That Now
We all eventually reach the threshold where we realize that who we thought we were going to be is no long obtainable. These days, countless people pivot their lives to what actually makes them happy. With her new song “I’m Too Old for That Now,” Americana singer-songwriter Skylar Gregg admits that she’s crossed over and…
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The Singles Bar: Nick Gill – Another Me
From the opening chord, you prepare yourself for a somber, reflective ballad. Nick Gill wanders through a self-described “sloppy dark period in my life” with his new song, “Another Me.” Its shiny percussion and sweet melody deceive you into a state of complacency, but Gill rattles you awake in the chorus. “Why the hell would…
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The Singles Bar: J. Killen – Cold Winds
Life is all about endings. A job ends. A friendship ends. The world ends. With his new song “Cold Winds,” Americana tunesmith J. Killen searches his heart for what it all means. A sucker punch of endings sent him careening, so he put pen to paper to exorcise those feelings of brokenness. What resulted was…
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The Singles Bar: PEPALK – Bad People
Sometimes, life’s messiness sprouts from the moment, as fleeting as it may be. That’s the core of PEPTALK’s new song, “Bad People,” shimmering with the wisdom only deeply personal experience can bring. “I ended up crying in a hotel room in my head” throbs inside bombastic drums. Yet, there’s a slickness buried within the mix…
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The Singles Bar: Dylan Taylor – Apple Pie Fries
Dylan Taylor‘s new song “Apple Pie Fries” certainly lives up to its title. It’s literally like taking that first bite of freshly baked apple pie. There’s nothing like that tender warmth igniting you from within. Taylor’s voice is the whipped cream on top, and the bubbling guitars are the crisp, yet mouth-melting, crust. The song…
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The Singles Bar: goodkitty – The Right Kind
You ever have those crushes while you’re already in a relationship? goodkitty expresses that anxiety over the romantic divide. Her feelings are clearly reciprocated, but neither party can do anything about it. “The Right Kind” is fuzzy rock with thrashing, dirty guitars driving singer Katie Colt’s reedy, unwavering vocal. She breaks her heart over and…
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The Singles Bar: Maddie Regent – Schoolbags
Maddie Regent laments lost childhood innocence with her new song. “Schoolbags” is both haunting and ethereal, as she struggles with the current state of society and the things she won’t be able to give her kids one day. Instruments flutter like a flock of birds in formation heading South for the winter. Through layers of…
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