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"it’s cathartic to hear, no matter your relationship status, and makes you feel like everything is going to be alright," anne-claire writes about ashnikko's latest album 💛
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Ashnikko’s Guide To Healing Your Heartbreak Through Hole — Ringtone Mag
In an age where we seem to drown in fun horny pop albums (and I love it — give me more), Ashnikko’s latest album Smoochies still sticks out with its vulnerability and narrative about healing. The id...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"it’s cathartic to hear, no matter your relationship status, and makes you feel like everything is going to be alright," anne-claire writes about ashnikko's latest album 💛
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danny brown's long-awaited album stardust is finally here (alongside our own lavender alexandria's review)! 🌟
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Stardust Is a Glitchy Celebration of Danny Brown’s One-Of-A-Kind Versatility — Ringtone Mag
Danny Brown has been to hell and back, something anybody familiar with his discography would know. His breakthrough 2011 mixtape XXX is soaked in a rockstar-style excess of substance abuse, and it’s...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
danny brown's long-awaited album stardust is finally here (alongside our own lavender alexandria's review)! 🌟
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catch up on last month's new releases with our latest edition of caller ID, featuring music by danny brown, underscores, lily/skaiwater, intentions, lil mariko, chichi, cecilia gault, hallow, soonerthanlater, and dazegxd 📞
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Caller ID: Track Roundup — October 2025 — Ringtone Mag
IT’S NEW MUSIC TIME ONCE AGAIN! This month’s edition of Caller ID highlights our favorite (and least favorite) new releases by Danny Brown, underscores, lily, Intentions, Lil Mariko, ChiChi, Cecilia G...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
catch up on last month's new releases with our latest edition of caller ID, featuring music by danny brown, underscores, lily/skaiwater, intentions, lil mariko, chichi, cecilia gault, hallow, soonerthanlater, and dazegxd 📞
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www.ringtonemag.com/articles/cal...
"it feels deeply musical (“alive,” even) despite being wrapped up in a sonic package that sometimes sounds like a bag of marbles being thrown down a flight of aluminum stairs," anne-claire and theresa write about galen tipton's latest album 💥
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galen tipton Did Not Kill Music — In Fact, She May Have Brought It Back to Life!!! — Ringtone Mag
Music died? Well shit, who killed it? Certainly not indie veteran galen tipton. Was she trying to? The jury (consisting of Anne-Claire Kröger and Theresa Sweetheart) was unable to reach a verdict. Sur...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"it feels deeply musical (“alive,” even) despite being wrapped up in a sonic package that sometimes sounds like a bag of marbles being thrown down a flight of aluminum stairs," anne-claire and theresa write about galen tipton's latest album 💥
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"its biggest achievement is cementing pink's talents, but it’s a proclamation we already knew, and we didn’t need a twenty song project to reiterate it," samuel alexander writes about pinkpantheress' new remix album
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PinkPantheress Shows There’s No Beating Her on Home Turf With Fancy Some More? — Ringtone Mag
Scrolling through the singles and EP releases of the pop divas of the 2000s, such as Mariah Carey and Brandy, you’ll find their releases in bundles, coupled with a handful of remixes. Some feature...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"its biggest achievement is cementing pink's talents, but it’s a proclamation we already knew, and we didn’t need a twenty song project to reiterate it," samuel alexander writes about pinkpantheress' new remix album
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www.ringtonemag.com/articles/pin...
september's caller ID is live now! featuring songs by yaeji, underscores, aliyah's interlude, holliday howe, 8485, mysie, soxx, neraev, woman's touch, kub0, slayyyter, GRRL, made of oak, umru, chase icon, and JEL: the digital dream girl 📞
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Caller ID: Track Roundup — September 2025 — Ringtone Mag
September was weirdly packed with historic collabs. Here are our favorite tracks from September, featuring new collabs by Yaeji, underscores, Aliyah’s Interlude, Holliday Howe, 8485, Mysie, SOXX, Nera...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
september's caller ID is live now! featuring songs by yaeji, underscores, aliyah's interlude, holliday howe, 8485, mysie, soxx, neraev, woman's touch, kub0, slayyyter, GRRL, made of oak, umru, chase icon, and JEL: the digital dream girl 📞
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ICYMI: lavender reviewed @iglooghost.bsky.social's latest EP! "in his combination of the clanging rigidity of metal machinery with the blurry viscera of disgusting flesh, iglooghost gives listeners an entirely new way to appreciate his greatest strengths" 🚧
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Iglooghost Is Predictably Unpredictable on Bronze Claw Iso — Ringtone Mag
Describing an artist's breakthrough as “exploding onto the scene” is music critic cliche 101, but for Iglooghost, it's hard to describe it in any other terms. His first era, consisting of three EPs th...
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September 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
ICYMI: lavender reviewed @iglooghost.bsky.social's latest EP! "in his combination of the clanging rigidity of metal machinery with the blurry viscera of disgusting flesh, iglooghost gives listeners an entirely new way to appreciate his greatest strengths" 🚧
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"remember where you are when you listen to sister for the first time because, when that first synth melody hits two minutes and eight seconds into 'position famous,' it’s 2010 again," anne-claire writes about frost children's new album 🌷
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Frost Children’s Sister Is Sincere 2010s Pop Perfection — Ringtone Mag
Do you remember the feeling you got when you heard Black Eyed Peas’ “I Got A Feeling” for the first time on the radio? I was 13 years old, just old enough to have experienced the incredible power this...
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September 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"remember where you are when you listen to sister for the first time because, when that first synth melody hits two minutes and eight seconds into 'position famous,' it’s 2010 again," anne-claire writes about frost children's new album 🌷
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www.ringtonemag.com/articles/fro...
august's edition of caller ID is out now, featuring reviews of new music by @iglooghost.bsky.social, @ramonpang.bsky.social, graphy-T, fakemink, lil mariko, oli XL,
, slayyyter, osquinn, feardorian, and frost children 📞
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, slayyyter, osquinn, feardorian, and frost children 📞
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Caller ID: Track Roundup — August 2025 — Ringtone Mag
Summer’s almost over… Luckily, August was a massive month for last-minute song of the summer contenders. It was also a massive month for Ringtone — our little website is 5 years old now, and we’re of...
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September 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
august's edition of caller ID is out now, featuring reviews of new music by @iglooghost.bsky.social, @ramonpang.bsky.social, graphy-T, fakemink, lil mariko, oli XL,
, slayyyter, osquinn, feardorian, and frost children 📞
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, slayyyter, osquinn, feardorian, and frost children 📞
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"state of emergency sees the two artists paying homage to the past while embracing the future, which results in an album that sounds distinctively present and confident in its identity," samuel alexander writes about swami sound + gum.mp3's new album 💿
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Swami Sound and gum.mp3 Fight Against the Internet’s Indifference on State of Emergency — Ringtone Mag
The impact of dance music culture, especially Black dance music culture, on the mainstream is hard to overstate, yet music writing usually tends to do the opposite, understating and neglecting the history as if genres like techno, house, and jungle just appeared at sold out raves for thousands. As
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August 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"state of emergency sees the two artists paying homage to the past while embracing the future, which results in an album that sounds distinctively present and confident in its identity," samuel alexander writes about swami sound + gum.mp3's new album 💿
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www.ringtonemag.com/articles/swa...
one more 5th anniversary surprise... introducing TONIE, ringtone's new mascot! (art by the wonderful emile fortune)
![drawing of a sentient slime creature wearing big chunky DC sneakers with the ringtone logo. next to them, text says: "TONIE
PRONOUNS any
SPECIES slime/goo :]
Tonie was born when the Slime Factory next to the Ringtone Mag HQ had an accident. Some of the slime got into our office, and a little chunk of it became sentient and discovered hyperpop journalism on one of our computers that was left open overnight. Tonie is 1 day old but has already amassed a proficient vocabulary
LIKES 165 bpm speed garage, gelatinous substances, DC sneakers, iPod Nanos, “Clarity” by Zedd and Foxes
DISLIKES r/hyperpop, quiet 808s, Zedd"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xtebffkogrzfi2utsqyixpck/bafkreia5pp22esprgfdkcorcplvo7julxaawghllhew634jm6oz26awdqe@jpeg)
August 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
one more 5th anniversary surprise... introducing TONIE, ringtone's new mascot! (art by the wonderful emile fortune)
happy 5th birthday to us… our first print issue is on its way!!! featuring interviews with ninajirachi, cortisa star, and more along with playlists, games, and features on everything from brostep and slutpop to milwaukee’s unexpected queer rave scene 🎂
August 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
happy 5th birthday to us… our first print issue is on its way!!! featuring interviews with ninajirachi, cortisa star, and more along with playlists, games, and features on everything from brostep and slutpop to milwaukee’s unexpected queer rave scene 🎂
"this is computer music, this is internet music, this is music by a generation that loves and finds much inspiration in being stuck behind a screen," anne-claire kröger writes about ninajirachi's debut album 🖥️
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Ninajirachi’s I Love My Computer Makes Me Want To Live Online Forever — Ringtone Mag
Have you ever wondered what it sounds like to be cosplaying a fairy, running barefoot across a meadow, and wearing a gossamer dress on your way to a daytime rave in the woods with all your internet fr...
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August 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"this is computer music, this is internet music, this is music by a generation that loves and finds much inspiration in being stuck behind a screen," anne-claire kröger writes about ninajirachi's debut album 🖥️
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www.ringtonemag.com/articles/nin...
july's edition of caller ID is out now! featuring new music by frost children, athing, kim petras, glaive, FKA twigs, fakemink, lustsickpuppy, and kill alters 📞
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Caller ID: Track Roundup — July 2025 — Ringtone Mag
Happy August! We hope everybody’s soaking up the summer sun. Here are our favorite releases from July, including new music by Frost Children, athing, Kim Petras, glaive, FKA Twigs, fakemink, LustSickP...
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August 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
july's edition of caller ID is out now! featuring new music by frost children, athing, kim petras, glaive, FKA twigs, fakemink, lustsickpuppy, and kill alters 📞
www.ringtonemag.com/articles/cal...
www.ringtonemag.com/articles/cal...
in our latest show review, samuel alexander introduces the world to the polish hyperpop duo vgtbl.pl (and their vegetable-themed antics) 🍅🥕🥬
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Live From The Vegetableverse: Concert Review of vgtbl.pl at Pohoda Festival — Ringtone Mag
What do vegetables and hyperpop have in common? This is the question at the heart of the project vgtbl.pl, a quickly-rising Polish duo made up of Franek Warzywa and Młody Budda (Franek Vegetables and ...
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July 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
in our latest show review, samuel alexander introduces the world to the polish hyperpop duo vgtbl.pl (and their vegetable-themed antics) 🍅🥕🥬
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www.ringtonemag.com/articles/liv...
on love & ponystep, @vyletpony.com blends call of duty samples, 2010s internet references, and a heartfelt narrative into "a beautiful love letter to being yourself, weird interests and all." (album review by @manateemailbox.bsky.social on our site now!) 🎚️
www.ringtonemag.com/articles/vyl...
www.ringtonemag.com/articles/vyl...
Vylet Pony Lands a Really Sick Trickshot on Love & Ponystep — Ringtone Mag
Vylet Pony is an enigma to me. She’s¹ very online, of course, and you can learn almost everything about her music through a 600+ row spreadsheet that keeps track of her releases (and a Wiki that k...
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July 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
on love & ponystep, @vyletpony.com blends call of duty samples, 2010s internet references, and a heartfelt narrative into "a beautiful love letter to being yourself, weird interests and all." (album review by @manateemailbox.bsky.social on our site now!) 🎚️
www.ringtonemag.com/articles/vyl...
www.ringtonemag.com/articles/vyl...
our june edition of caller ID features new music by SOPHIE, ninajirachi, BABYNYMPH, mor elian, frost children, leroy, underscores, and KATSEYE + ice spice 📞
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Caller ID: Track Roundup — June 2025 — Ringtone Mag
A lot of music released this month invites questions such as: Is Ice Spice good again? Is leroy back against all odds? And, most importantly, “It sounds like iPod Touch, little crack in thе screen” ...
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July 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
our june edition of caller ID features new music by SOPHIE, ninajirachi, BABYNYMPH, mor elian, frost children, leroy, underscores, and KATSEYE + ice spice 📞
www.ringtonemag.com/articles/cal...
www.ringtonemag.com/articles/cal...
we're sending out our third newsletter this week (pspsps... it features a playlist curated by @saoirsedream.com)! sign up here if you haven't already:
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What?!!!??!!?? Newsletter Time????!!? — Ringtone Mag
HEY! We’re breaking character to let you know that Ringtone has given birth to its very own unnamed baby newsletter, and you can sign up NOW! (Long overdue — this website is almost five years old .)
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June 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
we're sending out our third newsletter this week (pspsps... it features a playlist curated by @saoirsedream.com)! sign up here if you haven't already:
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Thanks to @ringtonemag.bsky.social for reviewing Neurotica, the new album by @faltydl.bsky.social
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FaltyDL’s Neurotica: Manic Beats To Experience the End of the World To — Ringtone Mag
Here I am, once again, listening to the latest record of an artist I have never heard of before . My knowledge of FaltyDL consists entirely of the copy I read from the press release I received befo...
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June 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Thanks to @ringtonemag.bsky.social for reviewing Neurotica, the new album by @faltydl.bsky.social
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the latest album by @faltydl.bsky.social is "addictive, interesting, and somehow comforting: a perfect soundtrack for these uncertain times," @theresa-sweetheart.bsky.social writes 🫂
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www.ringtonemag.com/articles/fal...
FaltyDL’s Neurotica: Manic Beats To Experience the End of the World To — Ringtone Mag
Here I am, once again, listening to the latest record of an artist I have never heard of before . My knowledge of FaltyDL consists entirely of the copy I read from the press release I received befo...
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June 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
the latest album by @faltydl.bsky.social is "addictive, interesting, and somehow comforting: a perfect soundtrack for these uncertain times," @theresa-sweetheart.bsky.social writes 🫂
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www.ringtonemag.com/articles/fal...
addison rae's debut album "taught us to find the joy in the face of blind cynicism, to seek beauty in the forms that it manifests in before us," ivy skarda writes 💐
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www.ringtonemag.com/articles/is-...
Is Addison Rae Postmodernist or Just Really Good? — Ringtone Mag
Who remembers “Obsessed” by Addison Rae? It’s not a great (or good) song. The debut single by the TikTok dance star is awkward and stilted, performed as if she’s rigidly reading a set of instructions...
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June 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
addison rae's debut album "taught us to find the joy in the face of blind cynicism, to seek beauty in the forms that it manifests in before us," ivy skarda writes 💐
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www.ringtonemag.com/articles/is-...
"it’s nostalgia for the past wrapped so tightly in the sonics of the present that one gets the feeling kmoe is mourning the moment as it is happening," samuel alexander writes about kmoe's debut album ⭐
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kmoe Is a Modern Day Romantic Channeling Shoegaze on K1 — Ringtone Mag
Said to begin in 1798 with the publication of Lyrical Ballads , Romanticism was a 19th century literary movement characterized by the significance of the subjective and a focus on feelings. The perio...
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June 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"it’s nostalgia for the past wrapped so tightly in the sonics of the present that one gets the feeling kmoe is mourning the moment as it is happening," samuel alexander writes about kmoe's debut album ⭐
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www.ringtonemag.com/articles/kmo...
shortly before the release of pebbles&tamtam's nostalgia-packed debut mixtape, our writer roger had the chance to catch up with the dynamic duo about 2000s samples, sleepover memories, and horse girl summer 🐎
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Staying Up and Sneaking Out With Pebbles&TamTam — Ringtone Mag
Bread & butter, peanut butter & jelly, and bacon & eggs are all food combinations that are all known for pairing extremely well. Now, there’s a new duo on the menu: Pebbles&TamTam, and...
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June 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
shortly before the release of pebbles&tamtam's nostalgia-packed debut mixtape, our writer roger had the chance to catch up with the dynamic duo about 2000s samples, sleepover memories, and horse girl summer 🐎
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www.ringtonemag.com/articles/sta...
happy pride month!!! celebrate with our may edition of caller ID (featuring new songs by jane Remover + funeral, KATSEYE, skaiwater, kuru, estoc, JACKIE EXTREME, fakemink + ecco2k + mechatok, vi0let, and arca) 🏳️🌈
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Caller ID: Track Roundup — May 2025 — Ringtone Mag
Happy Pride Month! We’re celebrating with some excellent new music from Jane Remover and funeral, KATSEYE , skaiwater, kuru, estoc, JACKIE EXTREME, fakemink, Ecco2k, and Mechatok, vi0let, and Arca. T...
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June 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
happy pride month!!! celebrate with our may edition of caller ID (featuring new songs by jane Remover + funeral, KATSEYE, skaiwater, kuru, estoc, JACKIE EXTREME, fakemink + ecco2k + mechatok, vi0let, and arca) 🏳️🌈
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www.ringtonemag.com/articles/cal...
in the wake of KATSEYE’s single “gnarly” (unexpectedly written by alice longyu gao), our writer anne-claire examines the connections between k-pop and what’s left of the hyperpop scene ⭐ www.ringtonemag.com/articles/k-p...
K-pop & Hyperpop: The Musical Twins Who Grew up in Different Tax Brackets — Ringtone Mag
For the past few weeks, Alice Longyu Gao has forced me to listen to K-pop (though I’ve admittedly been a very willing hostage). Diving back into the K-pop rabbit hole I visit periodically every few ye...
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June 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
in the wake of KATSEYE’s single “gnarly” (unexpectedly written by alice longyu gao), our writer anne-claire examines the connections between k-pop and what’s left of the hyperpop scene ⭐ www.ringtonemag.com/articles/k-p...