Following Jimmy Valentine started life as a full-cast audiobook musical from composer Jeff Flaster, based on an O. Henry story and a Hudson River School painting. This is the 18-song cast album,...
OG8 formed because its members felt overlooked and underappreciated, and instead of turning bitter, these industry veterans vowed to make music that entertained and healed. On Recognize, released October 9th, the band...
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...
Michellar’s music has been consistently a breath of fresh air. On ‘Cross My Heart’, Michellar’s latest release, she effortlessly lays out chord sequences that tug on the heartstrings, wrapping them in her...
Chris Pellnat’s latest multilingual single is an immediate tearjerker. With its exquisite softness, provocative melodies, and stellar uniqueness, ‘Love is Coming’ is a safe experiment that has gone exceedingly well.
A guitarist, singer,...
AZRÆYIL’s ‘War’ is an exquisitely soft piece of ambient indie pop that effortlessly took me somewhere warm and safe with its gentle instrumental and melodic embrace. A wonderful listen that will leave...
Punchy and melodic electro pop is the way of the game for GINAxC’s latest cut ‘Like a Snake’. With its unrelenting beat and quirky synth leads, ‘Like a Snake’ is a song...
Ava Valianti’s latest single is an extraordinarily sweet and aware piece of pop country that exudes with a lighthearted charm that makes it stand out all thoughtful, fun, pretty, and meaningful.
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There’s a certain kind of magic that happens when two people who’ve lived the lyrics come together to write and sing them. On “Bed of Roses,” Eleyet McConnell—Angie and Chris, the Americana...
Pamela Hopkins doesn’t tiptoe around her truth. On her latest single, “Me Being Me,” the Arkansas-based singer-songwriter confronts societal judgment with the grit of a barroom philosopher and the flair of a...
As someone who primarily enjoys rock and metal, I tend to become quite analytical when exploring different genres. Toby TomTom truly impressed me with its retro hip-hop influences, seamlessly blended with EDM...
