TJPL News

TJPL News Magazine is an award-winning global independent music publication spotlighting the freshest talent from across the world. Published monthly in both print and digital formats, it offers in-depth artist features, exclusive interviews, album reviews, and curated playlists across genres—from hip-hop, pop, and R&B to indie, rock, dance, and acoustic. With a focus on discovery, authenticity, and innovation, TJPL News connects readers to breakthrough acts, rising voices, and boundary-pushing music culture. Distributed to libraries, airlines, universities and creative hubs globally, TJPL News is a trusted voice for music lovers and professionals alike—where underground meets impact, and sound meets story.

EDITOR'S NOTE • Some issues arrive with a theme already waiting inside them.

Acoustic, Indie Rock & Guitar Riffs Playlist Picks

MAD PAINTER BUILD A WORLD OF HAMMOND, HARMONY AND HEAVY ROCK ON ISLAND POETRY • "Rather than recreating the 1970s as a novelty, Mad Painter treats that vocabulary as a living musical language."

C'BATCH TURNS HEARTBREAK BACK TOWARDS THE DANCEFLOOR ON NEXT TIME • "This remix represents finding joy after heartbreak. Sometimes when you've decided you won't fall again... someone comes along and changes everything."

MXR Textures Granular Synth Engine Pedal Where Your Guitar Stops Behaving Like a Guitar • There is a point in effects processing where delay stops sounding like delay, reverb ceases to resemble a physical space and the original instrument begins to dissolve altogether. The MXR Textures Granular Synth Engine lives comfortably on the other side of that boundary.

Dance & Pop Playlist Picks

Magenta Ray Capture the Vertigo of True Love on 'A Kiss Like This' • United States, San Francisco

LUIS MARTELO MAKES SUMMER MOVE TO A SALSA PULSE ON 'SABROSO' • "It's to rub the buckle until it breaks the belt"

PRAYZVIBES FINDS A DIFFERENT VIEW ABOVE THE NOISE ON 'MOUNTAIN DAY' • Sometimes perspective is not found by solving the problem in front of you. Sometimes you need to change where you are standing. For Bavarian indie folk artist PRAYZVIBES, Mountain Day began with precisely that experience: climbing away from the noise until what once felt overwhelming could finally be seen from somewhere else.

MARSUG LETS PIANO AND METAL COLLIDE IN THE CINEMATIC WORLD OF 'RIVE' • CANADA, SURREY

HALFWAY DOWN MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR WANTING MORE ON 'WANT YOU' • Halfway Down is what happens when poppunk gets restless.

DR. M. INTRODUCES 'ADULT METAL' ON DEBUT ALBUM FOLLOW ME • FINLAND, TURKU

JOHN SMYTHS TAKES STOCK OF THE JOURNEY ON 'THOSE BONES OF MINE' • There comes a point when looking backwards becomes less about nostalgia and more about understanding the person standing in the present. On Those Bones of Mine, John Smyths turns that moment of reckoning into country songwriting, reflecting upon where he has been, what he has become and, crucially, the knowledge that his story remains unfinished. Released on 14 July 2026, the original single is personal by design. Smyths wrote the song himself, translating his own state of mind into a piece rooted in the direct storytelling traditions of country music. There is something fitting about that choice. His relationship with the genre developed gradually, arriving after an earlier musical education built around considerably heavier foundations. Born Johan Smits in Nijmegen in March 1961, Smyths encountered music through his parents and older brother. His formative tastes gravitated towards Kiss, Van Halen, Iron Maiden and AC/DC, establishing an affinity with old school rock before country began occupying increasingly important territory in his listening. Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Alan Jackson and George Strait became part of...