Category: The Singles Bar
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The Singles Bar: Plastic Harpoons – Haunt Me Forever
They never tell you that grieving a relationship is a very real thing with a very real physiological impact. That’s the feeling quaking inside Plastic Harpoons‘ new song, “Haunt Me Forever,” written immediately following a breakup. “I think she may be bound to haunt me forever,” the Americana band sings in the chorus. “Should have…
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The Singles Bar: Carbon City Lights – In My Head
We all have that lightbulb moment, when the dark, swirling clouds part and we’re hit with blinding clarity. You can never expect it. With their new song, “In My Head,” indie pop/rock band Carbon City Lights relish that moment of remarkable mental openness. “Who left the door open in my head?” sings frontman Michael Venia.…
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The Singles Bar: Kro – Mr. Misc
Sometimes, a song is all about the vibes. That’s certainly the case with Kro‘s new song, “Mr. Misc,” a foray into the swirling static of space and time. “Don’t give a fuck about nobody / Give it a rest,” Kro sings through a wall of reverberating sound that pounds. It closes in on your shoulders,…
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The Singles Bar: Mose Wilson x Hannah Juanita – Louisiana Two-Step
Mose Wilson wrote “Louisiana Two-Step” eight years ago. He’d sung it live with Hannah Juanita for years, and it finally sees the light of day as a proper recorded duet. “We do the Louisiana two-step day and night,” the pair sing over an arrangement ripe for line dancing down at the saloon. Their voices tangle…
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The Singles Bar: Emmett Jerome – Natural Disaster
Emmett Jermone doesn’t let the burning out of a relationship go to waste. With his new song “Natural Disaster,” he spins the ash into a rollicking rock-edged Americana track about the electricity of unfiltered attraction. “Walls made of glass in a house where nothing makes a sound,” he sings. His voice seeps with a strawberry…
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The Singles Bar: Kate Prascher – Jubilee
Kate Prascher‘s voice floats on an earthy breeze in her new song, “Jubilee.” A horse’s hooves supply the giddy-up, winding through city blocks of red brick and dirt. “It’s a strange train,” she sings with a lilt lacing her lips. She slides over the melodies with a sense of true calm, even though there’s just…
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The Singles Bar: Luna Keller – Wildflowers
Luna Keller pours the light glowing inside of her into her new song, “Wildflowers.” A chipper arrangement accentuates the joy gushing from Keller’s lungs. “There’s no need to fit the mold,” she sings. “I got prettier when I got old.” Her words not only power her further into this life, but it also encourages the…
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The Singles Bar: Bad Flamingo – Velvet
Bad Flamingo strips things back for a more somber, introspective moment with their new song, “Velvet.” Instruments ring like a set of windchimes, gently blowing through songbird vocals. “We look, and we wonder,” the duo sings in the enchanting opening line. Their voices are windswept and echo from here to yonder. You don’t know where…
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The Singles Bar: Brittany Ann Tranbaugh – When Our Timing’s Right
Have you ever had one of those loves where the timing just never lined up? Brittany Ann Tranbaugh muses on such an experience with her new song, “When Our Timing’s Right.” Whether one person is married or the other is deep into a relationship, timing never seems to work. “When our timing’s right, when we’re…
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The Singles Bar: Mona et Toi – Sweet + Sour
French singer-songwriter Alison Manicourt and British-Iranian composer and producer Shervin Hejazi collide to create Mona et Toi. They bill themselves as noir-rock, bending music like fragments of light through a prism. Their song, “Sweet + Sour,” radiates intense electricity, injected with anthemic self-expressiveness and a no-fucks attitude. “I don’t know how to feel about this…!”…
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The Singles Bar: teo tala – understudy
teo tala imagines his life like a movie. His tragic breakup plays over and over. Once the credits roll, it just starts again. He can’t seem to escape it. That’s the emotional underpinning of his new song, “understudy.” Somber, reflective lyrics course through the song’s veins, dressed up with bubbly synths and a throbbing beat.…
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The Singles Bar: Kai Karilove – Mind of Athena
We all have things that root us into the earth. That can be yoga, hiking, exercise, and spirituality. Whatever it is, Kai Karilove reminds the listener to embrace those things. “Mind of Athena” brims with brassy horns, throat-throttling drums, and a sky-tearing vocal that’s to die for. But within its intricated musical layers, you’ll uncover…
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The Singles Bar: Obed Padilla – Meet Me in the Middle
If you meet Obed Padilla in the middle, who knows what’ll happen! That’s the freeing groove of his new song “Meet Me in the Middle,” an acoustic-rendered song that’s equally playful and moody. “We can lay in my backseat,” he coos over guitar and rootsy rhythmic waves. With a voice as sweet as a rose…
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Pride 2026: Leilani Patao – kiddy scissors
For Pride Month 2026, B-Sides & Badlands is raising money for The Trevor Project. Our celebration of queerness features interviews with filmmakers and artists, reviews of queer horror and albums, and queer essays. Donate here. Trans love is a special kind of love. With their new song, “kiddy scissors,” Leilani Patao muses on the beautiful collision that…
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The Singles Bar: Travis Pickering – Hangover Song
Travis Pickering delights in good old-fashioned country music, circa the ’90s. His new song, “Hangover Song,” fits somewhere between Mark Wills and Clint Black. Memory swirls at the bottom of a bottle of Jack Daniel’s, or at least, that’s how Pickering views it. Cloudy moments mix with the fleeting nature of time, colliding into an…
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