We often underestimate how much meaning a sound can carry before we even begin to interpret it. Certain sounds are inseparable from memory, geography, ritual, and cultural experience; others acquire new meanings...
Destructo Disk has been a fixture of Richmond's DIY punk scene since 2015, building a reputation on relentless touring and self-releases through their own label, Sockhead Records, rather than waiting for anyone...
Somewhere along the line, worship music became afraid of weirdness.
Maybe it happened when somebody discovered that four chords, an enormous chorus and enough reverb to fill Noah’s Ark could reliably make an...
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...
Johnny Priest works out of Cologne with a sound that refuses to sit still, mixing hip-hop, reggae, funk, dub, and world influences, sung in German, English, and Spanish. "AlgoRitmo," out June 19th,...
The first thing that stands out about A.E.R.O. FLYNN's "Gunz Blazin" isn't the lyrics or even the hook, it's the groove! Built on rolling basslines, warm synths, and an unmistakable G-Funk pulse,...
Michael Cardamone, the Philadelphia attorney and martial artist making music as DJ Cards, has kept a quick pace since I covered his last single, "Forward," a throwback to early-2010s peak-time trance built...
Before "Verstas," the tribute to his late father I covered a few weeks back, Petri Selin's catalog started here. "Kesä saapuu vihdoin Helsinkiin" "Summer Finally Arrives in Helsinki," came out in October...
Lucía Molina's project, released under the name Luz Uzal, has moved fast since debuting with "38," a Radio Click Digital-praised reinvention of Latin soul, and "alma," a stripped-back, visceral single I covered...
Hidden Sector is the solo project of Tony Samuel, a British artist based out of Dubai, working in the space between electro, Detroit techno, and more experimental electronica. "Harmonic Surrender," out March...
Kiey, born Vưu Tuấn Kiệt, has spent two albums building an identity separate from his family's business legacy as heirs to Biti's, first with 2019's Night To Myself and then 2022's Sunday...
There’s an old assumption that seriousness wears darker colors than joy. That the heavy message always arrives in a minor key while happiness is somehow lightweight, disposable, a postcard instead of a...
