The problem with empowerment songs is that everybody sounds empowered by the second chorus. Heart shattered? Fixed. Self-esteem missing? Located. Rotten boyfriend? Deleted. Three minutes later everybody's stronger, wiser, hotter, and presumably...
Some of the most interesting creative chapters begin when we least expect them. For 50mething, that chapter arrived at 58, with a decision to finally bring decades of ideas and a catalogue...
We often talk about music as an escape from reality, but sometimes it is less about escaping than figuring things out. “Bent Out of Shape” by Peter Manning Robinson emerges from precisely...
Somewhere between a heartbeat and a distant transmission, SATOSHI’s “Boundary Light” begins to glow. It feels like music arriving from somewhere just beyond reach, a place where memories lose their outlines, voices...
It is a remarkably simple statement, but in Ash L. Leif’s The Aegis Frequency, it feels almost like a battle cry. The anchor track, “I’m Still Right Here,” carries the weight of...
Electronic music has a tendency to equate intensity with impact. Bigger drops, heavier bass, and increasingly maximalist production often become the language of the genre. “Simplicity” by Thebrekka takes a different approach,...
Jordan Bakewell wrote "Nights Like This" the same way he writes most of his material, alone, late, and on the road, with a lot of the lyrics coming together during post-gig drives...
"Moonlit Habit" comes out of one of the most turbulent stretches of Tholly's life, a breakup that hit right as he was fighting for full custody of his daughter and moving back...
