Brisbane singer-songwriter Hazlett closes out 2019 with the release of his latest single, "Monsters," a poetic reflection on the reality that life's journeys are often riddled with unanticipated twists and turns. We all make mistakes along the way, and that is just human nature. Musically, "Monsters" is pure indie pop perfection, with its delicate acoustic treatment that transforms into an incredibly hopeful and infectious chorus that will have you singing along. Hazlett's em

On this last day of 2018, the anonymous electronic music collective Stockholm Noir releases its debut album DIV. To be precise (according to the album's press release), it's been 619 days since their first appearance and a series of 13 single releases that all started with "Hopeless Dreams" in April 2017. While Stockholm Noir has frequently been noted as presenting a darker side of electronic music, the overall theme and feel of DIV undoubtedly elevates that assessment to a

The anonymous Swedish electronic collective Stockholm Noir releases its newest single, "Fear." With their music originating from Swedish-based music, publishing and production company The Kennel, very little is known about the composition of this breakthrough electronic collective, other than their trail of impressive, playlist-topping singles, that began with "Hopeless Dreams" in April 2017. With "Fear", I love the way this track gradually transforms from its gentle, hauntin

A few months have elapsed since we last heard new music from Swedish indie/electronic project Stockholm Noir. I first fell in love with their fresh, electronic sound and array of stunning vocal performances going back one year to their breakthrough debut single, "Hopeless Dreams." The band's captivating and euphoric single "Boy Like A Girl (feat. Ofelia)" easily landed in SoundThread Music Blog's Top 20 Songs of 2017. The 'black shadow of electronic music' returns with two ne

It was just a few weeks ago that we posted about Swedish electronic band Stockholm Noir and their string of single releases over the past few months. Two of those singles - "Hopeless Dreams" and "Boy Like a Girl" - have been added to several viral playlists, and each already have over 100K streams on Spotify. The mysterious black shadow of electronic music returns today with a brand new track, "Island", which presents a slightly harder and more techno/club sound than "Hopeles

Within just the past three months, the anonymous Swedish electronic band, Stockholm Noir, has released four outstanding singles, along with several accompanying, captivating music videos. The band's Facebook page materialized in early April 2017 with a photo and map coordinates that correspond to a location (H&M?) in the Norrmalm area of Stockholm. Self-described as "the black shadow of electronic music," and veiled "behind unique masks at all occasions, letting the music spe