Category: Single
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Dante Shivers Revisits a London Night Fifteen Years Later With “Changes”
A conversation that had taken place in London was turned into a song in New York and only later, when the writer had started to live some of the things…
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David Alex-Barton Brings Nashville Party Spirit to His New Single “Crush”
A crush provides a songwriter with something immediate to work on: excitement, distraction, and the chance of making a complete fool of oneself. Combine it with the idea of a…
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William Wyatt Brings a Little Hope to His Country Debut Single “Once In A Blue Neon Moon”
The moment that remains with me is when he tells the bartender that he’s okay, only to right away admit that he’s lying; the story set in the bar has…
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Could The Early Bloom’s ‘Sunrise Won’t Decide’ Be the First AI Pop Song You Play Twice?
The most irritating thing about ‘Sunrise Won’t Decide’ is how quickly it wins me over. I knew Yuna Seong and Elliot Hart were fictional AI voices before pressing play, yet…
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Zoe’s ‘Honest’: Eight Songs Somewhere Between Intimate Art Pop and Late-Night Unease
By the time Honest reached Holy Water, my first impression of Zoe’s second album had changed twice. What began with an expansive pop-rock ballad had passed through smoky jazz, bright…
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The Old Dream Still Has a Key to the House on Rob Carranza’s Realign
Somewhere between college plans, a first serious paycheck and a baby arriving, the future in Realign changes its measurements. Rob Carranza gives that turn fatigue, pride and the lingering appetite…
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“Nimble” reveals how pop-oriented Kylo’s songwriting has always been
Removing the dreamy electronic haze associated with Kylo’s earlier releases reveals how firmly her songwriting has always belonged to pop. “Nimble” introduces live instrumentation and a folk-oriented surface, although its…
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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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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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Matt Tarka Addresses Institutional Power on “Letter to the Editor”
The song takes aim at The Washington Post Editorial Board’s decision to sit out the 2024 presidential endorsement, a move Tarka sees as clashing directly with the paper’s own “Democracy…