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...
(LOS ANGELES, CA) - Singer, songwriter and producer Betty Moon has officially released her 2003 album Doll Machine on streaming platforms for the first time. Originally released in late 2003 through Sextant Records/EMI while Moon...
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”...
Ricky Z. has spent 25 years as one of LA's most in-demand session guitarists, with credits running through Steven Tyler, John Fogerty, Josh Groban, Alan Parsons, and a Latin Grammy for his...
