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After a 21-year wait, the legendary artist and ex-Genesis member Peter Gabriel has finally released new musical material. Since the beginning of the previous year, 2023, Peter released one song digitally every Full Moon, with its alternative mix released on the following new moon. This continued until December 1st when the official album "i/o" was released. The album, in total, has 12 original songs, each with two different mixes.

An unexpected collaboration between Mumford & Sons and Pharrell Williams has led to the release of a new song “Good People.” It kind of sounds a bit more soulful, something like Imagine Dragons could brew up. The vocals by Mumford & Sons are bluesy and mostly stay in the same tonality for the whole song. The end has an open bridge which rides the song out. The whole song is driven by the repeating eighth-note claps, which everything else sort of revolves around. Many artists are against using monotonous drum samples and patterns in their songs. But remember, if you have one solid anchor that brings the same rhythm to the whole song, then just play with stuff around that; the monotony can actually fit really well. So it does in this song. You often can’t have a song that is pure structure and order with rhythmics and note choices hitting exactly where people expect them to hit. At the same time, you can’t have a song that is pure chaos, with no cohesiveness that leads the listener to just drop interest.

Jennifer Lopez has just released a new song titled 'Can't Get Enough.' This song is supposed to be from her upcoming studio album 'This Is Me… Now.' It has been about a decade since her last release, 'A.K.A,' in 2014. I guess artists kind of think differently when they release singles before their new projects. Some might pick the songs they want or believe will gain the most traction. Some might choose the song they feel represents the feeling of the album in the most coherent way. But whatever the case, I am curious to find out how J.Lo and her team has figured this one out.

Arianna releases new music for the first time in a long time. Most people believe this song will be a part of her upcoming seventh album, referred to as AG7. This is an upbeat, house-inspired banger with a positive message of self-empowerment. One thing that catches you off guard straight away is the choice of groove for Ari. This house thing is fairly new. I dig it.

KOBeats, the 17-year-old musical newcomer from Lancashire, UK, has just unleashed his debut EP, "Find the Light," featuring the resonant vocals of Kelsie McArdle and the dynamic rap of No_Peace. This marks KOBeats' inaugural release, leaving us intrigued about the enigmatic producer's identity.

Bring Me The Horizon releases a new song, “Kool-Aid.” I have to hand it to them. From the first second, the song sounds like how the cover art looks: artistic coherence, that is hard to come by. Another thing that is hard to come by is a band that manages to sound old and fresh at the same time.

Alan Walker, the EDM prodigy from England, releases another banger in conjunction with MER Recordings titled “Who I Am.” The track is a mix of dancehall with a little bit of trap drums, featuring catchy vocal lines and atmospheric string pads. Some EDM acts rode the wave of whatever trend was popular during their first come up. Alan Walker was one of those acts, along with people like Skrillex, who decisively carved out a path for their very own unique sound. He started, and many followed. His sound has certainly changed since super hits such as “Faded,” but the music is impressively fitting for 2024. The vocalists featured on this track are Putri Ariani and Peder Elias. Putri is heard singing with powerful anthemic female vocals, which blends very well with Peder Elias’s still anthemic but raspy voice. The melodic hook in this song is a blend between a voice synth and some other synth sound. The choice of notes gives the melody a bit of an oriental sound, which unsurprisingly fits very well into the whole mood of the song.

It was 1982; an unknown and blind composer named Pauline Anna Strom released her first album, “Trans​-​Millenia Consort.” The album cover featured a broken egg and a gray eye coming out of it, its expressionless gaze pointing directly at the viewer through a window made of the cosmos and two rainbows.

World's End Girlfriend is widely known for his long-format output, post-rock minimalism, impeccable production skills, and collaborations with prominent artists such as Mono, Palmless Prayer, and Mass Murder Refrain. With each album, their most loyal listeners anticipate a blend of ambient pieces, slowly evolving post-rock tracks, electronic music, and 19th-century classical influences. However, in this album, they surpassed expectations and delivered 32 tracks, totaling an extensive 2 hours and 25 minutes of listening material.

Typically, when a composer crafts a minimalist musical piece, they do so with very specific intentions in mind.