Author: News Team
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KOOLAID Reconnects With Drum & Bass on the Euphoric Rush of “clinic”
KOOLAID wastes very little time getting “clinic” moving. The synths open wide, the drums lock into a fast groove, and “clinic” immediately carries the bright, weightless charge that made melodic…
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Georgia VanNewkirk Turns Three Dates Into a Full-Blown Summer Rush on “CRUSH”
Three dates can be enough to wreck your concentration for a week. Georgia VanNewkirk understands that very specific kind of trouble on “CRUSH”, a dreamy indie-pop single built around late…
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Daniel Leckerman Lets the Past Circle Back on “Karma”
Daniel Leckerman has a sharp instinct for the kind of electropop that works best after dark. “Karma” by Daniel Leckerman arrives wrapped in glowing synths, a restless bassline and that…
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Max Styler Finds the Sweet Spot Between Club Pressure and Pure Emotion on “Love Forever”
Max Styler has spent years learning exactly how much a dance record needs before the room starts moving. On “Love Forever,” featuring Kuuda, he brings that instinct into sharper focus,…
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The Wind Turn Teenage Cool Into Their Own Kind of Rock Star on “Party Like A Rock Star”
The Wind have always treated growing up as something worth documenting in real time. On “Party Like A Rock Star”, they catch one of its funniest stages: the moment when…
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loraine Turns Grief Into Open-Air Pop on “everywhere i go
Some songs arrive with a story attached. Others pick up extra weight while they are still being made. For Nashville songwriter loraine, “everywhere i go” belongs firmly to the latter…
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Rebecca McDonnell Turns Self-Belief Into an ’80s Rock Rush on “Won’t Regret It A Bit”
Indie rock and classical music education usually seem far apart. But one person brings them together: Rebecca McDonnell. She takes on the entire process of creating her singles herself. It…
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Heavy Set Woman Turn “Girl” Into a Funky Rap-Pop Time Machine
The duo of instrumentalist Gumpi Falcon and singer William Serralles have kept their single releases fairly selective this year. Heavy Set Woman clearly favors quality and ideas over quantity. With…
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BobbyAI Imagines the Next Stage of AI on “Forever Bionic”
BobbyAI comes to us with the single Forever Bionic, once again turning to the subject of AI. Here, the neural network takes on a living, vulnerable presence, driven by a…
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Hilary Cousins’ The Well Turns a Private Memory Into Something Close to Congregation
A piano opens “The Well,” and that alone tells you something changed. Hilary Cousins built his name on folk-rock arrangements – drums, guitars, the usual scaffolding – and here he…