Pigeon Spins Featuring M@, Frederik Franklin & Fwends , and more!

M@ - Lucky

After retiring from NYHC band Vision of Disorder guitarist Matt Baumbach continued to write music for years, often jumping from genre to genre. Launched in 2023, M@ is a collection of these various tracks. Having successfully released all from the past, 2024 became a year of building new multi genre releases. Putting out new and fresh music as much as possible on a almost weekly basis has now become the norm. M@ is simply a sharing of what has become a musical diary of sorts.

The new single from up-and-coming indie artist M@ (pronounced Matt) is a viable force of alt-rock. With influences ranging from early Oasis to modern elements of indie rock, Lucky is simply stated. With the lyric “time after time, wasted a life” it feeds into both the subconscious as well as literal. Everyone can have bad moments and hopefully be lucky enough to come out of them.

Produced by M@ himself (Matt Baumbach formerly of NYHC veterans Vision of Disorder) and mixed by the grammy nominated producer/mixer Machine (Fall out Boy, Clutch, As it is), Lucky has already taken its root firmly in the world of indie by landing on the Top 100 Groover charts.

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Frederik Franklin & Fwends - Stream, Pay, Obey, Trust, Implore & Fk You

On September 17th, Frederik Franklin & Fwends were informed by their distributor iMusician Digital that Spotify had detected “unusual streaming activity” on their catalog. The verdict? An automatic penalty of €10 per track, with the threat of full revenue cancellation. No details on which songs were affected. No evidence. Just an injunction to “contact Spotify.”

The band, inactive since 2022 and with no recent promotional campaign, tried to understand. The only spike observed: 125 streams on June 24th, 2025 — compared to their usual 1 to 6 daily plays. Nothing alarming in their eyes. But for Spotify, it was suspicious. And their response? Vague. No explanation for the anomaly. No track identified. Just a redirect to iMusician… whose chatbot, the only available contact, claimed to be powerless.

Frederik Franklin & Fwends denounce an unjustified penalty, algorithmic opacity, and a total lack of recourse. They formally contest the decision and call for greater transparency for independent artists.

But instead of staying silent, Max and Sylvain are reopening a chapter in the band’s history. In response to this ordeal, they’re releasing a new single — a poetic act of resistance, a musical reply to the absurd. The title? Stream, Pay, Obey, Trust, Implore & Fk You.

A release that turns frustration into art, and penalty into performance.

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