LoDeck and YESH have known each other since the 90s, both coming up from the same South Brooklyn scene that fed the Fondle Em and Rawkus/Lyricist Lounge eras. Despite that history, "Viscera...
Maddox Jones has never stayed in one lane for long. He started out fronting The Departure, racking up four UK Top 40 singles and opening for The Killers and Placebo, before going...
Milyam, pronounced me-lee-AHM, has built her sound out of Los Angeles around a dark, cinematic take on hip-hop and R&B, and "Dream" leans hard into that atmosphere. The track came out July...
The desert is an unusual place to tell a story about surrender. There is nowhere to hide, little certainty about what lies ahead, and an almost unsettling amount of space to confront...
There was a time when heartbreak arrived through a slammed door, a dead telephone line, or a letter returned unopened. Now it comes through a glowing rectangle informing you that the person...
Gratitude can be an act of memory. It asks us to look backward, not simply at what went wrong, but at everything that somehow carried us forward. “God glory rise upon you”...
Infinitely soulful and charismatic, Isaac Roosevelt’s ‘Let Me Hold You’, produced by Timbhai, is a soul and acid jazz stunner that’s single handedly keeping about a half a dozen traditions going strong,...
Anthemic, patient, and loaded with a fantastic sense of character, The Jimmy Dixon Group’s ‘In Thin Air’ is a charming, soft and stormy, almost-instrumental rock and rock cut that is bound to...
Through honest writing of individual personal memoirs, Stonehocker crafts songs that explore and express the pain and joys of life. In a society where mental health issues have become even more prevalent, his goal...
Addictive and sublime, Bobby Afterlife’s latest single ‘Saxy Time’ is a delightfully peppy display of catchy saxophone riffs intertwined with driving grooves for results that are absolutely infectious.
Chicago-based artist Bobby Afterlife returns...
Absolutely inventive and novel, ‘Cherry Peach’ staunchly defies genre boundaries. Acidic, peppy, jazzy, quirky, and wholly exciting, this collective effort of about half a dozen exceptional talents turned out extremely well for...
Equation Billionz’s DPMO: A Powerful Anthem of Truth and Resilience
The London-based Equation Billionz isn’t only delivering a unique hip-hop single but also an important topic that I believe, relates to all of...
ZOOLOOK’s STONEFRENGE: Black in Space: A Cosmic Fusion of Sound, Story, and Imagination
It has been some time since I encountered such a rich blend of diversity and creativity in an electronic music...
I've always believed that simplicity has a universal appeal, especially when it's enhanced with a touch of creativity. Sunset Salore has unveiled her captivating single "Call It," which made its exclusive debut...
