by Let’s get one thing straight right out of the gate: protest songs were never meant to be pleasant. They’re not here to vibe quietly in the background while you sip a latte and pretend everything’s fine. Protest songs exist to poke the bruise. To rattle cages. To grab history by…
by Some songs are indie because nobody heard them.Some songs are mainstream because everyone did. And then there are songs like “Tick Tick Boom” by The Hives — indie by origin, punk by attitude, and mainstream by sheer force of impact. Released in 2007 as the opening salvo of The Black…
by Hey hey SoniqLoox fam! Paige here, your resident pop-culture troublemaker, kicking open the saloon doors with a question that has divided living rooms, YouTube comment sections, and that one overly passionate table at every ’90s karaoke night: Which Michael Bolton was the superior species — Long-Haired Bolton or Short-Haired Bolton?…
by The SOUR opener, brutal, snarls, spirals, detonates, and rewrites the rules of the teen angst anthem. Alright music fiends, gather ‘round. Today we’re cracking open Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR like a piñata stuffed with social anxiety, perfectionism trauma, and guitar fuzz rough enough to exfoliate your soul. And leading this emotional…
by (And Why You’re Crying in the Club at That One 2000s Banger) You ever hear a song that hits you right in the solar plexus and suddenly you’re not in your office or your kitchen or stuck in traffic? You’re back on a summer night, windows down, the air thick…
by Some screams, err, songs don’t just get stuck in your head — they stalk it. Every October, certain sounds crawl out of the speakers like ghosts that never learned to rest. No lyrics, no hook — just pure, heart-stopping vibe. These aren’t just movie themes; they’re cultural poltergeists. 🩸 Halloween…
by SONGBREAKER: Where we crack open the tracks that cracked us open.We dive past the charts and the trivia into the blood, bone, and feedback of the songs that still echo decades later. No nostalgia goggles, no industry gloss — just the truth hiding in the noise. SONGBREAKER #3: TIME BOMB…
by SONGBREAKER: Where we crack open the tracks that cracked us open.We dive past the charts and the trivia into the blood, bone, and glitter of the songs that still echo decades later. No nostalgia goggles, no industry gloss — just the truth hiding in the beat. SONGBREAKER #2: “Levitating” —…
by There are some movies that don’t just entertain you — they remind you of who you were before you got cynical. Sing Street is one of those. Released quietly in 2016, written and directed by John Carney (the guy who gave us Once and Begin Again), Sing Street should have…
