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CA in LA Turns Inner Struggle Into Melodic Bloom on “Waking Up”
Los Angeles duo CA in LA — Courtney Birk and Ashleigh Coffelt — have released “Waking Up,” a track that folds dream pop haze around indie rock bones, with alternative…
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ØZWALD Release New Single “Stream of Dreams” Ahead of Eighth Studio Album
This week brought a new track worth discovering: “Stream of Dreams” by ØZWALD. Genre-wise it’s dreampop with a psych-indie texture, but the duo, it seems, managed to take it beyond…
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“The Music Is an Invitation to Slow Down, Listen and Reconnect”: Clíodhna Ní Aodáin on For the Love of Trees
Clíodhna Ní Aodáin built For the Love of Trees from a practice of carrying her cello into forests, sitting beneath individual trees and waiting for a melody to emerge through…
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The Wheel Workers Dominate with the Single “One More Thing To Say”
One incredibly deep song is worth recommending, “One More Thing To Say”. It’s a track by the band The Wheel Workers. This single became a real discovery, musically speaking. Well,…
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MACKER Releases New Tech-House Single “Set It Off”
There is a certain authority that comes from spending years on the other side of the booth, reading rooms, controlling momentum and knowing exactly when a dancefloor wants the next…
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gunshots or fireworks Return With Their Second EP “DÉSORDRE”
There’s a particular kind of desert-band restlessness running through DÉSORDRE, the second EP from Arizona’s gunshots or fireworks. All four tracks on the EP DÉSORDRE have ’90s indie-rock DNA running…
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‘Down Wit Dat (Cold Killa)’ Puts DAPS Over a Moody S.W.A.T.-Inspired Beat
There’s a certain grit that comes only from West Philly, and DAPS carries it like a second skin on his new single ‘Down Wit Dat (Cold Killa),‘ dropped August 4th…
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Dr. M. Introduces “Adult Metal” on New Album ‘Follow Me’
Okay, so somebody decided heavy metal and adult contemporary needed to get married. Weird pitch. Weirder that it kind of works. Dr. M. is 39, does everything himself: writes the…
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Bunny X Put the American Dream in a Corner Office on Love on a High Floor
Bunny X have spent over a decade treating the 1980s as a language they can continue speaking in the present, and their third album arrives at the point where fluency…
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With “Little Death,” Steady Sun Add a New Layer to Their Psychedelic Sound
Steady Sun have added another song to the collection of psychedelic music. The new track, “Little Death”, starts with light motifs, more in the spirit of Blur and Gorillaz. Slight…
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“Cold Shoulder” Sees Awake & Dreaming Go From Piano to Arena-Scale Rock
Awake & Dreaming come from Waterloo, Ontario, with Kristoff joined by guitarist Stefan Schneider, bassist Phil Lee and drummer Ryan Dugal. On “Cold Shoulder”, the four-piece work somewhere between alternative…
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Sal Weston Made an Album About Growing Up That Actually Sounds Lived-In
On Darlin’, Sal Weston gives the awkward process of growing into yourself a pulse, then lets fourteen songs test how many forms that movement can take. Love becomes tangled with…
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MILYAM Sharpens Her Atmospheric R&B Sound on “Lost In The Jungle”
MILYAM is an independent singer-songwriter with a taste for atmospheric R&B and cinematic pop. The music by MILYAM tends to centre on a smoky vocal presence, amazing arrangements and a…
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Nearly Skulls Release New Single “Wear The Scars”
“Wear The Scars” by Nearly Skulls is a pinch of melancholy that gradually turns into joy. At first glance, Nearly Skulls present a typical sound. Standard, slightly minor-key indie rock,…
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After Her Debut Album, Emilie Reid Introduces “House of the Silent”
Actress and singer Emilie Reid has presented a new song that takes us into a world of retrofuturism with a touch of pop culture. This year, Emilie Reid started with…
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MONSTA X Reveal Member-Produced Mini Album The Phase Ahead of September 4 Comeback
MONSTA X are gearing up for their September comeback with The Phase, a six-track mini album shaped heavily by the members’ own songwriting and production. Starship Entertainment revealed the tracklist…
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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…
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Pop Rock Done Right: Astrid Yan Delivers on “Aqui Ya No”
Today I want to go through the single ‘Aqui Ya No’ by Astrid Yan. It hit my mood right away, and, well, that doesn’t happen all the time. Here’s everything…
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Tessa Rae Explores the Cost of Love on New Single ‘Lovers Always Lose’
Sometimes I come across tracks that are very quiet but at the same time very loud. Not in a bad sense, though — I mean that they seem to creep…
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Tara Craig’s I’ve Been Looking for You: Caregiving, Exhaustion and Everyday Grace
Falling in love adds another item to the schedule. The world keeps asking for attention, your own mind keeps sending reminders, and somebody has left the Winter Olympics running beside…
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Wild West: Grant Maloy Smith Puts Bass Reeves, Sacajawea, and the Trail of Tears Alongside Cowboy Mythology
The hardcover book arrived first in my thinking, before the music. Grant Maloy Smith wrote it, illustrated it, ninety pages, companion to the double album. That detail keeps pulling at…
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Paul Stone & The Basement Collective build “Brother” around loyalty and hope
Property development and songwriting occupy equal space in Paul Stone’s working life. The Yorkshire musician runs businesses, raises four children and records with six trusted players in a professional studio…
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Alex Solely’s Cascade: Essential Minimalism with a Quietly Complicated Personality
On my first listen to Alex Solely’s forthcoming Cascade, I admired the calm, marked Cascade of Nothing as the obvious centerpiece, and assumed the album had already disclosed its entire…
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New York’s Newest Pop-Rock Diary Entry: Igor Delivers “My Number One”
Okay so I stumbled onto this one through the submission pile and honestly, I clicked play expecting background noise and ended up sitting through the whole thing twice. Igor’s got…
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Monnekÿn’s New Single “SPEAK WITH MY GHOST” Is a Slow Walk Through a Haunted House
Okay, so I hit play on this expecting another nu-metal revival cash-grab, and honestly, Monnekÿn caught me off guard. “Speak With My Ghost” opens their EP The Hundredth Night like…
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Cam Ezra Turns Anxiety Into Art On “Dead Internet”
There’s a moment early on the title track where Cam Ezra opens with the line “Do you ever wonder if your life is really yours?,” and honestly, that’s the whole…
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“Cold in California” by Max Maryott: The Sound of Ambition Freezing Out Love
There’s a particular kind of ache that only shows up once the sun goes down, and Max Maryott bottles it perfectly on “Cold in California.” Southern California kid turns the…
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First Listen: Jeanie Aird’s “Teenage Dreams” Hits Straight From the Heart
Had this one on repeat since yesterday and I’m still trying to figure out why it hits so hard for a track this simple. Aird opens with this amazing guitar…
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MUANH Turns Late-Night Doubt into Quietly Gripping Alt Pop
MUANH keeps “the dream” close to the skin. The beat moves at a slow pulse, the synths hang low in the mix, and her vocal carries the song with a…
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Loose Buttons Race Through The City Lights On “Sure Thing”
Loose Buttons launch “Sure Thing” with a quick flare of feedback, then slam straight into a guitar riff carrying enough voltage to power half of Manhattan. The New York quartet…
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Tessa Marie Sends Her Heart Straight Into the Open on “Dear Love”
Tessa Marie arrives with a debut that knows exactly where to place its emotional weight. “Dear Love” begins inside a polished cinematic-pop setting, while the centre of gravity remains her…
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Tainted by Geoffrey Lewis: An Experimental Indie Rock Album Worth Discussing
I tend to grow suspicious when a home studio becomes the headline of an album. The phrase can excuse unfinished decisions or lend ordinary recordings an instant mythology of solitude.…
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Loco Dice Pushes the Room to Breaking Point on Hold Up (You Feel That)
Loco Dice has spent more than twenty years learning what makes a dancefloor twitch, surge and finally lose control. On Hold Up (You Feel That), he goes straight for that…
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Pleasant, Persuasive and Slightly Vintage: Nina Mae Harper on A Long Time Coming
photo by Alex Baker A Long Time Coming is almost suspiciously easy to enjoy. Nina Mae Harper gives it a light country-folk step, a cheerful vocal and the faint polish…
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Fifth Floor Cologne Brings Pop to Indie Rock on ‘Full Motion’
Cologne-based producer and songwriter Jonathan Moho has spent the past few years shaping Fifth Floor Cologne into a project built around warmth, groove and melody. His new single Full Motion…
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Matilde G’s “GELATO” Is the Sweetest Heartbreak of the Summer
Matilde G just dropped a new single called GELATO, and it’s an instant heart-shatterer. Good pop-rock has always been my weak spot. Across her catalogue, Matilde G blends her Italian…
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Halfway Through Orbitheory: Apex, Vincent Projects Erases the Word “Compilation”
Some albums introduce themselves immediately. Orbitheory: Apex spent its first few minutes doing something far more irritating: it kept making me forget that I was listening to a compilation. I…
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Neon Pilgrim’s “Getaway” Is the Breath of Fresh Air We All Need
I was digging through playlists when “Getaway” landed in my recommendations, and yeah this one stuck instantly. The kind of track you feel compelled to pass on the second it…
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Emilio Lanza’s “Celebrating” Turns Life’s Small Wins Into Indie Pop Gold
Today I want to talk about something bright and genuinely uplifting. Straight up, it’s the single “Celebrating” from indie pop artist Emilio Lanza, and this track radiates pure positivity. It…
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Cj Gill Finds His Voice On “Time To Go”
Some songs take years to find their shape. This one took six of them. CJ Gill spent that stretch writing on Chicago’s South Side before packing up for Nashville, and…
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Kenjah Turns Up The Heat With “When I’m With You”
Mid-July and the radio’s still fighting over who owns the season. Kenjah just walked in and took the crown. Most people clocked her first on CBS, playing a fan-favourite on…
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Michael Waters Writes A Love Letter To The Planet On “Requiem For Earth”
After the sunny glow of “La La Love Song”, Michael Waters swings the lens somewhere bigger. “Requiem For Earth” trades romance for something far weightier, the ground under all our…
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MILYAM EMPIRE’s New Single Makes a Promise in the Title and Spends Three Minutes Keeping It
“Intimacy” is a track where the title makes a promise and the production tries to keep it. Atmospheric downtempo, R&B underneath, most of the air cleared out. MILYAM‘s phrasing is…
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