Confidence can easily be mistaken for arrogance, especially when its history remains unseen. On “D.P.W.M (Don’t Play With Me),” London-based, Malawian artist YesaYa turns that tension into a hard-hitting UK rap statement,...
For centuries, the Silk Road connected people, ideas, and cultures across vast distances. But what if the journey wasn't only about reaching another place, but also about discovering something within yourself? On...
Allister Ainsworth and Jacob Connor, the Auckland duo behind Microbes, timed the release of "Dire Tribes" for October 7th, ahead of the New Zealand General Election. They began the song together in...
Most of what went into "I'm A Vine" came from Tara Van's community. The Toronto soul artist recorded the single, released October 9th, at Apartment Sea Sound, the east-end hub run by...
“Stolen Valor” by Tony Frissore featuring AXIOM builds an unexpectedly restrained soundscape for a subject carrying this much emotional weight. A slow funk groove, atmospheric synths, and distant sirens create a dark...
There is something almost sacred about five o'clock on a Friday afternoon. For the factory worker whose hands have carried the week's weight, the waitress who's smiled through another double shift, or...
Milan, Italy – Italian musician, guitarist, and composer Richard Green released “Age of Dreams” on 22 December 2024 as part of the EP First Light, the opening chapter of his most ambitious...
Young V, out of Michigan City, teams up with Love Ladda for "Get Away," out September 15th, a hip-hop and R&B collaboration built around the universal need to step away from the...
Last Seen Archive is the brand CJ Hill uses for No Reply After Midnight, a solo project out of Wentzville that arrived with "Space" on July 17, 2026. The idea behind the...
Desire can be physical, emotional, spiritual, and sometimes all three at once. Amanda Holley’s “NO MORE” moves through these different forms of intimacy, using contemporary R&B and neo-soul to explore what it...
Elsusi has spent more than fourteen years writing and producing music, much of it in makeshift studios, under conditions most artists will never have to imagine. He survived six months under the...
Kyoto-born, Oslo-based artist Sienná returns with her seventh full album, EMA, out September 23rd via Anneis Records, her first new Norwegian release since 2023's Wa-Kei-Sei-Jyaku. True to the "East-meets-West," no-rules approach she's...
Some creative partnerships feel inevitable in retrospect. Planeswalkers — the new project born from the union of ethereal gothic artist Arden Leigh of Arden & the Wolves and industrial and electro visionary...
There are artists who make music — and then there are artists who make worlds. John Ross McEwen is firmly in the second category. The Wichita, Kansas singer-songwriter, guitarist, collagist, and experimental...
