Author: Robert Barnes
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Auralink’s Top 7 songs of 2025
Because 5 is too obvious, 10 is too many, and 6 is too round. Hello and welcome to the first annual “AuraLink’s 100% objective top 7 songs of the year” awards, where we look at the horrible clickbait list Rolling…
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THE ARCHIVE: katie MAC – screen
It’s 2:34am as you lay in bed staring at your ceiling. The LED mood lighting you bought on Amazon is tinted a deep magenta as you stare longingly through your phone. The display of your phone flashes photo after photo…
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We all forgot how to write Christmas Music
December is always a magical month, especially if you live in a freezing cold wasteland like myself. Between the time with family, the beautiful lights, and the warm drinks it really doesn’t matter if you celebrate International Ninja Day on…
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THE ARCHIVE: s8fespace – THEY ALL DIE IN THE END
I found this song too early. Like way too early. Being an early adopter is one of the greatest joys you can have as an avid music listener and I’m not one to take that for granted, but I will…
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Glitch gum – Movie Star (Director’s Cut) [featuring every single person ever]
One of my favorite things about following small artists is observing the sort of “social cliques” that emerge naturally between them. It’s a super organic phenomenon that really just boils down to musicians wanting to know other musicians, but what’s…
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More Toxic Music, Less Toxic People (please)
An Editorial by someone unqualified to talk about anything. It’s become a common occurrence among my social circle to utter the phrase “be kinder” to each other accountable for the horrible, terrible things we say and do. Granted this is…
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THE ARCHIVE: Batya Belle – Addiction + Thinking Right
The fun part about doing music journalism is that nobody gets to call you biased. When writing about music all of the silly little words I put on this page are subjective to begin with regardless of how much I…
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Me As A Girl & Helena Gao – when you had me you ran away
[written the week before our content hiatus, so all time related comments are a week out of date] Spotify is witchcraft created by money demons who have set out to ruin the music industry. Bold words I know, but despite…
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50landing – i could have sworn
When I first became embedded in the music communities that have now shaped my taste there was a small handful of names that were synonymous with the scene. The obvious ones are names like brakence, ericdoa, midwxst, but then there’s…
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Colliding With Mars – the christmas song
I’m going to get the obvious out of the way. I absolutely love Christmas. I adore spending time with the people I care about, and as much as I’m not a huge believer in the commercialization of Christmas I am…
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