Category: The Singles Bar
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The Singles Bar: Allison Leah – I Didn’t Know I Was Growing Up
“Time is slipping through my fingers,” sings Allison Leah with raw delicacy. “And I’ve been wishing it away.” That’s the real tragedy of human nature, isn’t it? As they say: youth is wasted on the young. We never know what we need or how to get what we want. We simply bumble our way through
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The Singles Bar: Wax Owls – Freckle
The one constant in life: human relationships are damn complicated. Indie folk band Wax Owls sculpt their song “Freckle” with this deep, rich understanding that existence is a series of intricate puzzle pieces that take time to properly fit together. “It used to be healthy to stay,” they sing. Their vocal adornments are profounding (and
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The Singles Bar: Emily Vu – Attention
Emily Vu is about to get your undivided attention. Her new song “Attention” feels like a song you’d grind to at a dirty, invitation-only dance club down a back alley in NYC (complementary). Synths cry against a dark and deceptively somber backdrop, as Vu’s voice seductively slithers along a melody that’s like sweat dripping down
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The Singles Bar: Dagny – Closet Disco Queen
Dagny takes a cue from Madonna for her brand new song, “Closet Disco Queen.” The spiritual successor of “Vogue” and “Express Yourself,” Dagny’s dance-floor confetti explosion turns the synths up to 100 and lets the sweltering heat sweep you away. Bodies grind; sweat glistens; and the night stretches on forever. “I’m gonna dance my heart
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The Singles Bar: Adam Mac – Hate to See Me Coming
Country music has always been so gay. Look at rhinestone-studded nudie suits for crying out loud! While The Cowgays are taking over the scene, trio member Adam Mac continues his firestorm of solo music. His new song, “Hate to See Me Coming,” sees him reclaiming a genre he grew up loving but never saw himself
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The Singles Bar: Daniel Arison – Sad
Feeling sad? In total despair? Or maybe you’re numb? Well, Daniel Arison has the syrupy elixir for you. “I lost someone I never had,” he sings in his effervescent new banger, “Sad.” Like all deceptively chipper pop tracks, overwhelming sadness is masked beneath waves of juicy production. Just how I like it. When summer hits,
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The Singles Bar: Moncrieff – Point Me to the Sky
Moncrieff is committed to making me cry no matter what. His new, deceptively anthemic “Point Me to the Sky,” explodes with some of his most earnest and vulnerable lyrics to date. “I burned all of my sage, but I’m still haunting my bedroom,” he sings. That emotional tug-of-war forms the bedrock of the song, moments
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The Singles Bar: Adeem the Artist – Jason Isbell B-Side
To be a queer artist is to be in a constant state of untethering. Just take a listen to Adeem the Artist‘s “Jason Isbell B-Side.” The acoustic number sees Adeem in their rawest, most honest, and most vulnerable place of being. The pulverizing stunner, written “while I was beginning to spiral out of control,” Adeem
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The Singles Bar: Cinder Well – While the Womb Screams Silently
Dark, somber twigs scratch in the midnight hour. That’s the sensation of listening to Cinder Well‘s new song, “While the Womb Screams Silently.” Within the witchy fabric she’s created, her voice punctures like a spell cast for enchanting things. “Watching bristles crunch across the canvas,” she sings. “Little splotches, patches form her silhouette.” It’s the
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The Singles Bar: Rod Gator – Highway 29
“The road was filled with broken glass and gasoline,” sings Rod Gator in his emotional, raw cover. Bruce Springsteen’s “Highway 29” finds new life in Gator’s hands, calloused and dirty. His rasp brings out a visceral response to the lyrics. They become more biting, more intense, and more razor-sharp. Acoustic guitar cries out behind him,
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The Singles Bar: Myylo – Dick Pics
We all could use a little sexy time. Well, through our phones, at least. With his new song, Myylo gets a little “intimate” with a close-up of a certain appendage. “Dick Pics” is about what you might expect, and we are so here for it. Drums throb, synths echo, and Myylo sounds as good as
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The Singles Bar: Kassi Ashton – Bitches
Kassi Ashton has always been fearless. So, it’s not too surprising that her new song is called “Bitches.” It’s as if Loretta Lynn made “Coal Miner’s Daughter” for a modern generation. “I come from a long line of bitches / Thick-skinned, tough-as-nails misses,” Ashton bites down on the melody. She’s not only reclaiming the word
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The Singles Bar: Earth to Eve – Growing Up & You Don’t Belong Here
I can’t be the only one who became obsessed with Earth to Eve from her song “Threat Level Orange,” right? We love a good Orange Cheeto takedown. Now, she continues a stretch of 2026 singles with a double-dose of goodness, “Growing Up” and “You Don’t Belong Here.” She roots both tracks in a blindingly acoustic
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The Singles Bar: ill peach – SMALL TALK
There are times when small talk just doesn’t do the trick. You yearn for conversation that actually matters. With their new song, ill peach discards silly and mundane chatter for a far deeper exchange. “I don’t wanna talk,” sings Jess Corazza, whose acidic tongue stings the neck. “SMALL TALK” bounces along a pop-rock highway, shredding
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The Singles Bar: Emily Vaughn – Blame
Emily Vaughn shifts all the blame upon herself for a relationship that died and shriveled in the sun. “I won’t lie / I lost my mind for a minute,” she sings over fractured synths and a beat that just won’t stop. “Blame” arrives perfectly glossy, readying the listener for the sweltering heat and that ache
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It's definitely worth it. Gave me nightmares, no joke!
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